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Robert & Cari Walsh Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert & Cari Walsh Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$148kHealth$9kInternational$8kHuman Services$6kReligion$5kFood & Nutrition$4kCommunity Improvement$3kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
$1,100
Median grant
5
States reached
$93k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ANDREWS SCHOOL$25,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CALIFORNIA$20,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$7,500
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$5,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$2,044
IMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY$1,100
IMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY$1,100
CROSSING INC$1,000
PLACE OF HOPE$1,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$500
FRIENDS OF SANDOWAY HOUSE NATURE CENTER INC$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $400 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $800 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $150 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%PLACE OF HOPE: $2k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $1k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $250 → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $200 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$121k · 26 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
19

Total granted

$121k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+15%

Still filing today

69%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2024 · $16k · revenue +39%
  • SA
    SAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $11k · revenue +70%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $8k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • US
    UNITY SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND INC
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +10%
  • PP
    PERSONEL PONIES LTD
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • DB
    DELRAY BEACH YOUTH TENNIS FOUNDATION CORgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +62%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
The Everglades Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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8
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
11
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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12
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Personal Ponies Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $65,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $15,700 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC: $10,500 · EducationSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INCFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $2,000 · EducationST ANDREWS SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherST ANDREWS SCHOOLUNITY SCHOOL: $10,705 · OtherUNITY SCHOOLImpact 100 Palm Beach County CFPBMC: $5,300 · OtherImpact 100 Palm Beach County CFPBMCSAINT JOSEPH'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5,200 · OtherSAINT JOSEPH'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHUNITY SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $3,550 · Other+21 more: $7,625 · Other+21 moreCompassion International Incorporated: $8,081 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $4,103 · InternationalPLACE OF HOPE INC: $3,450 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,750 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $400 · Human ServicesIMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $3,250 · PhilanthropyAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $700 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $400 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INC: $250 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $150 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthPersonal Ponies Ltd: $2,500 · Animals+2 more: $65 · Animals
Education$100,700Other$67,380International$12,184Human Services$5,600Philanthropy$3,250Health$3,100Animals$2,565

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $15,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $8,081 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $4,103 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $3,550 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $3,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $3,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPersonal Ponies Ltd: $2,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF SANDOWAY HOUSE NATURE CENTER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CROSSING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELRAY BEACH YOUTH TENNIS FOUNDATION COR: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELRAY BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $240 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF STATE TROOPERS INC: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA STATE FIREFIGHTERS EDUCATIO: $75 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert & Cari Walsh Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Cari Walsh Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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