Illinois · Private foundation
The Walsh Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $12M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 67
- Grants FY2024
- 66
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 72
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $186M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Walsh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 66 | $12M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 66 | $13M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 67 | $11M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $10M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 67 | $9.8M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 69 | $10M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc | $5,766,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Misericordia Foundation | $4,545,000 | 3 | 10% |
| John Carroll University | $3,150,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $2,500,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mother McAuley High School | $1,500,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Christ the King Parish | $980,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Erikson Institute | $605,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $600,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $390,000 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($43M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Walsh 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: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Tully Family Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust
How this is measured
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About The Walsh Foundation
- How much does The Walsh Foundation give?
- The Walsh Foundation reported 67 grants totaling $11,718,977 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 72 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Walsh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (55%), Human Services (21%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Walsh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc ($5.8M), Misericordia Foundation ($4.5M), John Carroll University ($3.1M).
- Does The Walsh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Walsh 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 The Walsh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Tully Family Foundation.
- Where is The Walsh Foundation based?
- The Walsh Foundation is based in IL.
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