· Private foundation
The Walter O Evans 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE | $2,500 |
| SENIOR CITIZENS INC | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCSavannah College of Art and DesignInc2× · 2020–2021 · $11k · revenue +62%
- TMTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC5× · 2018–2023 · $6k · revenue +47%
- TSTHE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC2× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +123%
Funded once
- YUYALE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $20k
- SMSCAD MUSEUM OF ARTone grant, 2018 · $2k
- MMOUNTAINFILMone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +9%
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.
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.
The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…
The mint museum welcomes all to be inspired and transformed through the power of art and creativity.
Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art
The harvey b. gantt center for african-american arts and culture (formerly the charlotte-mecklenburg afro-american cultural and service center) exists to present, preserve and promote african american art, culture and history for the…
See schedule omuseum of the moving image (momi) is the only museum in the u.s. that explores the central technology of the present moment.screens are all around us. we use them to educate, entertain, and communicate. the moving…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The newport art museum's mission is to share a diversity of art and experiences that spark reflection, inspiration, and connection within our newport community and beyond. the museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Savannah College of Art and DesignInc ↗
- Who funds TELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds THE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAINFILM ↗
- Who funds COASTAL JAZZ ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS ↗
- Who funds LOOP IT UP SAVANNAH INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
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 Hodge Foundation Inc · The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Walter O Evans Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Walter O Evans Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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