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The Jack R Walter 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.

$128k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$230kEducation$152kHealth$89kHuman Services$39kAnimals$24kFood & Nutrition$19kYouth Development$18kInternational$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $83k
$4,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wasatch Adaptive Sports$36,075
Wheels of Hope LA$22,000
Laurence School$14,479
Individual grant recipient$10,000
American Brain Tumor Association$8,698
USARC United States Adaptive Recreational Center$7,500
Maui Human Society$5,182
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Oligo Nation$4,000
Triumph Foundation$3,000
University of Southern California$2,000
Paralyzed Veterans of America CA Ch$2,000
North Hollywood Food Pantry$2,000
TreePeople$2,000
HarvardWestlake School$1,500
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 (FY18–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Canine Companions for Independence: $1k → 11%Wheels of Hope LA: $22k → 14%Wheels of Hope LA: $16k → 14%Catholic Charities of Los Angeles: $2k → 14%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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$511k · 23 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
19

Total granted

$511k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+26%

Still filing today

57%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TL
    THE LAURENCE SCHOOL
    8× · 2018–2025 · $119k · revenue +70%
  • WA
    WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $111k · revenue +213%
  • MH
    MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $21k · revenue +178%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • WA
    Wasatch Adaptive Sports
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
  • FC
    FUNDACION CANCASQUE
    one grant, 2018 · $12k
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
3
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
4
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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5
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
6
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
7
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
8
Los Angeles Police Foundation

The mission of lapf is to create partnerships to provide resources and programs that help the police perform at their highest level and to enhance lapd-community relations.(see schedule o)

Human Services
9
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
10
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
11
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
12
Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation

Mission statement the mission of usc arcadia hospital foundation educates and inspires the community to generously support quality medical care at usc arcadia hospital.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wheels of Hope La. 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

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 46 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $110,536 · OtherWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INCIndividual grant recipient: $34,975 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $32,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $14,948 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $14,300 · OtherUSARC United States Adaptive Recrea: $14,000 · OtherLong Beach Flying Wheels Inc: $14,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,350 · OtherWasatch Adaptive Sports: $12,000 · OtherFUNDACION CANCASQUE: $12,000 · Other+22 more: $86,183 · Other+22 moreTHE LAURENCE SCHOOL: $118,724 · EducationTHE LAURENCE SCHOOLHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $12,500 · EducationHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CAL…Wheels of Hope La: $37,500 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesTriumph Foundation: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,897 · AnimalsTREEPEOPLE INC: $6,780 · EnvironmentOLIGO NATION: $4,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 · Health
Other$359,092Education$141,224Human Services$42,000Philanthropy$28,000Animals$20,897Environment$6,780Health$4,700

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 budgetTHE LAURENCE SCHOOL: $118,724 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $110,536 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetWheels of Hope La: $37,500 over 2y, 48% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,897 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTriumph Foundation: $20,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $14,948 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $6,780 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MONICA POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE: $5,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration: $3,545 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MONICA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISION AFRICA MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Police Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 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.

  • Who funds THE LAURENCE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Wheels of Hope La ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Triumph Foundation ↗
  • Who funds American Brain Tumor Association ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds TREEPEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MONICA POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLIGO NATION ↗
  • Who funds Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MONICA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗

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.

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Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 The Jack R Walter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jack R Walter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 46 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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