Texas · Private foundation
Walker Family Estate 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.
- $267k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $64,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $74,499
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Walker Family Estate Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $267k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $4.2M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Religion$1.2MYouth Development$1.1MHealth$1.1MEducation$1.1M
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's United Methodist Foundation of Houston | $1,153,907 | 3 | 52% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,107,884 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $1,093,722 | 2 | 1% |
| Boy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council | $1,056,244 | 1 | 7% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
About Walker Family Estate Trust
- How much does Walker Family Estate Trust give?
- Walker Family Estate Trust reported 4 grants totaling $266,799 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Walker Family Estate Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Youth Development (25%), Health (25%).
- Who are Walker Family Estate Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: St Paul's United Methodist Foundation of Houston ($1.2M), Shriners Hospitals for Children ($1.1M), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($1.1M).
- Does Walker Family Estate Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walker Family Estate 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.
- Where is Walker Family Estate Trust based?
- Walker Family Estate Trust is based in TX.
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