Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Walker Adams Charitable Trust
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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Walker Adams Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 10 | $66k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $63k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $63k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $60k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $62k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two State Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $223,750 | 9 | 1% |
| The Epiphany School Inc | $48,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Our Little Haven | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Eli Whitney Museum Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rodeo Austin | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hopkins School Incorporated | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two State Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $223,750 | 9 | 1% |
| The Epiphany School Inc | $48,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Our Little Haven | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Eli Whitney Museum Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rodeo Austin | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hopkins School Incorporated | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($196k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Walker Adams Charitable Trust 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: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Walker Adams Charitable Trust
- How much does The Walker Adams Charitable Trust give?
- The Walker Adams Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $66,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Walker Adams Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (39%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are The Walker Adams Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Two State Young Men's Christian Association Inc ($224k), The Epiphany School Inc ($48k), Our Little Haven ($45k).
- Does The Walker Adams Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Walker Adams Charitable Trust 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 The Walker Adams Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Walker Adams Charitable Trust based?
- The Walker Adams Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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