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The Walker Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Walker Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
49
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$60kEducation$55kReligion$50kHuman Services$43kInternational$35kPhilanthropy$34kAnimals$24kCivil Rights$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 97% of reported assets are held in U S Trust.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,125
GTU$5,000
GENDERCIDE$5,000
GIVE WELL$2,000
BUILDING FUTURES$1,919
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$1,273
Individual grant recipient$1,090
SLED ENDOWMENT FUND$1,054
GEORGE MARK HOUSE$1,052
SF FOOD BANK$1,000
SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY$1,000
APTP$600
ALAMEDA COUNTY FOOD BANK$527
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, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 7%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%BIG CAT RESCUE: $500 → 13%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 7%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%BIG CAT RESCUE: $502 → 13%COMMUNITY VISIONS: $517 → 12%YOUTH VILLAGES: $500 → 17%BIG CAT RESCUE: $500 → 13%YOUTH VILLAGES: $500 → 17%BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECT: $250 → 10%BIG CAT RESCUE: $500 → 13%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 7%BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECT: $250 → 10%BIG CAT RESCUE: $500 → 13%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 7%BIG CAT RESCUE: $500 → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $500 → 13%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 7%PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT: $100 → 10%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 7%PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT: $100 → 10%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $103 → 7%PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT: $100 → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $100 → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $100 → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $100 → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $100 → 10%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $210 → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $108 → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $105 → 17%CHARITY WATER: $100 → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $50 → 17%RED CROSS: $1k → 10%RED CROSS: $500 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 10%RED CROSS: $200 → 10%AMERICAN REDCROSS: $100 → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $100 → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $103 → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $100 → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $100 → 10%YOUNG WOMENS FREEDOM CENTER: $50 → 10%TIDES CENTER: $250 → 10%TIDES CENTER: $250 → 10%TIDES CENTER: $250 → 10%PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT: $100 → 10%RED CROSS: $500 → 10%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

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
WV
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$479k · 144 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

144 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 109 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

144
157

Total granted

$479k
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+12%

Still filing today

52%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • GT
    GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION
    2× · 2019–2021 · $39k · revenue +70%
  • OP
    OAKLAND PROMISE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $14k · revenue +185%
  • EB
    EAST BAY INNOVATION ACADEMY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $7k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • G(
    GTU (GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION)
    one grant, 2020 · $11k
  • P(
    PVF (PACIFIC VISION FOUNDATION)
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +13%
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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Public Advocates Inc

For more than five decades, public advocates has challenged the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing,…

—
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
7
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

—
8
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
9
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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10
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
11
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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12
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Women's Freedom Center; the most unlike its peers is Sled. 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

131 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. 131 of the 316 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)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
128/131
Grantees still filing
85/131
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GTU: $92,000 · OtherGTUIndividual grant recipient: $39,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCAREORG: $28,483 · OtherCAREORGPVF: $16,000 · Other+147 more: $217,366 · Other+147 moreGRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION: $39,000 · EducationGRADUATE THEO…OAKLAND PROMISE: $13,500 · EducationOAKLAND PROMI…UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY HI…SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationSOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC: $2,750 · Education+7 more: $7,704 · Education+7 morePACIFIC VISION FOUNDATION: $42,500 · HealthPACIFIC V…California Indian Environmental Alliance: $3,560 · HealthCaliforni…+4 more: $3,233 · Health+4 moreUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $7,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,926 · InternationalAid Still Required: $2,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,473 · InternationalVIETNAMESE AMERICAN NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NETWORK: $1,300 · International+3 more: $1,300 · InternationalGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,538 · Human ServicesBIG CAT RESCUE CORP: $3,502 · Human ServicesPacifica Resource Center: $3,103 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,800 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $750 · Human Services+8 more: $3,643 · Human ServicesPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $7,000 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,600 · AnimalsSAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsEAST BAY SPCA: $1,000 · Animals+2 more: $602 · AnimalsEAST BAY INNOVATION ACADEMY: $7,023 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $258 · Public Benefit
Other$392,849Education$70,954Health$49,293International$21,999Human Services$21,336Animals$13,702Public Benefit$7,281

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetPACIFIC VISION FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION: $39,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOAKLAND PROMISE: $13,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEAST BAY INNOVATION ACADEMY: $7,023 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,538 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING FUTURES INC: $5,458 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Community Services Inc: $4,544 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $4,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,926 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Indian Environmental Alliance: $3,560 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBIG CAT RESCUE CORP: $3,502 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPacifica Resource Center: $3,103 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC: $2,750 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $2,658 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAuco Vietnamese Cultural Center: $2,200 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $2,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAid Still Required: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTERNE SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS: $1,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,473 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFICA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,400 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVIETNAMESE AMERICAN NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NETWORK: $1,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCounterPulse: $1,175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $1,060 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAN LEANDRO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,027 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGender Spectrum Charitable Fund: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY SPCA: $1,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWalnut Creek Open Space Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $904 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $875 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $869 over 4y, 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 PACIFIC VISION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY INNOVATION ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING FUTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEAR FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Bay Area Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds California Indian Environmental Alliance ↗
  • Who funds BIG CAT RESCUE CORP ↗
  • Who funds Pacifica Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds MERCY FOR ANIMALS 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.

East Bay Community Fo…The San Francisco Fou…McNabb FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Jewish Community Fede…Walter and Elise Haas…Horizons FoundationThe James Irvine Foun…Esb Charitable Founda…The California Wellne…The Zellerbach Family…Koret Foundation
East Bay Community FoundationCA36.5× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · Horizons Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Esb Charitable Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Koret 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 Walker Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Walker Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Community Vision Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Florence Griswold Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 316 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home