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The Walters Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Walters Family Foundation Inc

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.

$325k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$800kCivil Rights$330kCrime & Legal$270kEducation$240kFood & Nutrition$175kAnimals$80kPublic Safety & Disaster$75kHealth$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL$35,000
UNITY SHOPPE$30,000
UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$30,000
LOVE 146$30,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$30,000
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$25,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$25,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$20,000
CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY$20,000
HARDILNG UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL$20,000
NPR$10,000
LAFD FOUNDATION$10,000
PBS FOUNDAITON$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNITY SHOPPE: $30k → 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

IL
MI
NY
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
AL
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 11 repeat orgs$734k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
26

Total granted

$1.5M
$554k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+16%

Still filing today

82%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k 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
InternationalCivil RightsFood & NutritionCrime & LegalEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    6× · 2017–2023 · $300k · revenue +21%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    6× · 2017–2023 · $300k · revenue +76%
  • LI
    LOVE146 INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $240k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +1%
  • A
    ACLU
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • Elevated Access Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
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
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
4
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
5
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
6
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
7
The Global FoodBanking Network

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

International
8
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
9
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
10
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
11
Waterorg

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

International
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

27 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. 27 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Save The Children Federation Inc: $300,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation IncUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFDIRECT RELIEF: $80,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $65,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · InternationalAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTY UNION: $110,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTY UNIONSAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL: $85,000 · OtherSAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOLACLU: $50,000 · OtherACLUIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWORLD CENTRAL KITHCEN: $30,000 · OtherGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF GIFT ADMINSTRATION: $25,000 · OtherUNITY SHOPPE INC: $30,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherUNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $30,000 · Other+18 more: $219,000 · Other+18 moreLOVE146 INC: $240,000 · Crime & LegalLOVE146 INCSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY…LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $30,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID FOUNDA…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Civil RightsElevated Access Inc: $50,000 · Civil RightsMIDWEST ACCESS COALITION: $25,000 · Civil RightsVOTERIDERS: $20,000 · Civil RightsFeeding America: $75,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $60,000 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $8,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,000 · Food & NutritionTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $65,000 · AnimalsWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $25,000 · EducationHarding School Foundation Inc: $20,000 · Education
International$825,000Other$649,000Crime & Legal$320,000Civil Rights$170,000Food & Nutrition$145,000Animals$65,000Education$45,000

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 budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $240,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElevated Access Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST ACCESS COALITION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarding School Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOXI THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION INNOVATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVOTERIDERS: $20,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $2,000 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Walters Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Walters Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 47 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
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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