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The Jeff and Mary Walker Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jeff and Mary 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.

$120k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$68k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$555kInternational$381kHealth$217kPhilanthropy$195kCommunity Improvement$164kHousing & Shelter$115kPublic Safety & Disaster$78kEnvironment$69kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $68k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pine River Shares$68,409
Shanta Foundation$30,000
Lupus Foundation of America$7,000
Sisters of St Benedict$5,000
Genius Recovery Foundation Inc$5,000
Childfund$3,352
Denver Rescue Mission$1,000
Ingage Unlimited$250
Rocky Mountain PBS$100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $777k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Covenant House: $8k → 17%Catholic Charities: $20k → 23%Pine River Shares: $95k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $250 → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $12k → 23%Pine River Shares: $68k → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $5k → 12%Charity Navigator: $100 → 7%Charity Water: $65k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $12k → 23%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 12%CHARITY WATER: $62k → 17%Catholic Charities: $10k → 23%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 12%CHARITY WATER: $62k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $7k → 23%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 12%CHARITY WATER: $62k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $6k → 23%American Red Cross: $30k → 14%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 12%CHARITY WATER: $62k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5k → 23%Charity Water: $60k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $2k → 23%American Red Cross: $25k → 14%CHARITY WATER: $60k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $5k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 14%Denver Rescue Mission: $1k → 12%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $113 → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
NM
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 32 repeat orgs$147k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
28

Total granted

$1.7M
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+2%

Still filing today

66%
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%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionArts & CultureHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • CHARITY GLOBAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $439k · revenue +17%
  • SF
    Shanta Foundation Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $171k · revenue +120%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2017–2024 · $77k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $84k
  • H
    HSI
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • WA
    WPY A GIFT OF TIME FOR JOLENE
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
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
2
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
3
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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4
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
5
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
6
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
7
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
8
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
9
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
10
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
11
Water for People

Water for people exists to develop high quality water and sanitation, accessible to all, and sustained by strong communities, businesses, and governments, working in ten countries; guatemala, honduras, tanzania, peru, bolivia, uganda,…

International
12
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is First Folio Theatre. 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

34 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. 34 of the 63 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
28/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $439,400 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INCPine River Shares: $163,082 · Human ServicesPine River SharesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $77,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent …CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $73,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES+4 more: $24,463 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $189,540 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $84,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLEFT TO TELLVILLAGE IMPACT: $78,044 · OtherLEFT TO TELLVILLAGE IMPACTHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $71,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYIndividual grant recipient: $68,978 · OtherIndividual grant recipientONWARD FOUNDATION: $67,000 · OtherONWARD FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $46,450 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSISTERS OF ST BENEDICT: $27,473 · Other+35 more: $131,738 · Other+35 moreShanta Foundation Inc: $170,945 · Community ImprovementShanta Fou…LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $63,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthMercy Corps: $32,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $14,000 · International+3 more: $1,765 · InternationalHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $26,000 · Housing & ShelterVITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INC: $12,500 · Food & NutritionCare and Share Inc: $12,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $1,500 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$777,445Other$764,223Community Improvement$170,945Health$64,000International$47,765Housing & Shelter$26,000Food & Nutrition$26,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $439,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetShanta Foundation Inc: $170,945 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetPine River Shares: $163,082 over 2y, 11% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $77,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $73,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $63,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $32,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INC: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DENVER HOMELESS VOICE: $9,521 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO: $9,083 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS: $4,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPets for Vets Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAsian Pacific Childrens Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusic in the Mountains Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $113 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST FOLIO THEATRE: $100 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 CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Shanta Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Pine River Shares ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds VITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Care and Share Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE DENVER HOMELESS VOICE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GENIUS RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Pets for Vets Inc ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Shell USA Company Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO16.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Jeff and Mary Walker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jeff and Mary Walker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–75%
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 63 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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