California · Private foundation
Smith Walker Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $270k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Smith Walker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 38 | $254k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $231k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $234k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $265k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $236k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $236k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $238k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $261k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Montecito Presbyterian Church | $268,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Pathfinder Ranch Inc | $202,867 | 9 | 2% |
| Grace and Peace Church | $109,600 | 8 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $102,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking | $90,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $82,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Fred Jordan Missions | $74,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston College | $56,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $48,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Providence School | $44,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Montecito Presbyterian Church | $268,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Pathfinder Ranch Inc | $202,867 | 9 | 2% |
| Grace and Peace Church | $109,600 | 8 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $102,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking | $90,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $82,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Fred Jordan Missions | $74,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston College | $56,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $48,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Providence School | $44,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $43,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange | $33,999 | 4 | n/a |
| Art Inspiring Change | $29,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Orange Coast College Foundation | $25,501 | 6 | 0% |
| Our Rescue | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian Healing Ministries Inc | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lex Rex Institute | $14,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Prager University Foundation | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Queen of Hearts Foundation | $13,000 | 6 | 23% |
| Restoration Immigration Legal Aid | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Human Adventure Corp | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Maritime Museum | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Open the Gates | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Generatehope Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Health Freedom Defense Fund Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Newport Harbor Educational Foundation C/O Emily Evans | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Hope Again | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lifegate Community Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benhaven Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maggie's Place Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassionate Communities for Children | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newport Harbor Athletic Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 22% |
| Patrick's Purpose Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Zelie's Home | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Evangelism Global Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 9% |
| St Francis of Assisi Parish | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Cross | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Onofre Surf Team | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain States Legal Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Church of the Resurrection | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Living Desert The | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($738k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Smith Walker Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Smith Walker Foundation
- How much does Smith Walker Foundation give?
- Smith Walker Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $270,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Smith Walker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Education (21%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Smith Walker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: El Montecito Presbyterian Church ($268k), Pathfinder Ranch Inc ($203k), Grace and Peace Church ($110k).
- Does Smith Walker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Smith Walker Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Smith Walker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Smith Walker Foundation based?
- Smith Walker Foundation is based in CA.
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