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Walker Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$310k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$3.7MCommunity Improvement$1.4MReligion$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.2MScience & Tech$1.0MHealth$761kPublic Benefit$498kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $1,731,390, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,204,390 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $473,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $320k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $585k
  • $250k+3 grants · $810k
$33,333
Median grant
12
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce Foundation$310,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$250,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$250,000
Aurelia Institute Inc$100,000
Giving Tuesday Inc$75,000
Hopewell Fund$60,000
National Philanthropic Trust$50,000
Columbia University in the City of New York$50,000
World Research Foundation$50,000
National Philanthropic Trust$50,000
National Philanthropic Trust$50,000
National Philanthropic Trust$50,000
National Philanthropic Trust$50,000
Inquiring Systems Inc$48,041
Johns Hopkins University$33,333
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 19 repeat orgs$7.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
75

Total granted

$4.2M
$7.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+4%

Still filing today

89%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $292k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentSocial SciencePublic BenefitOther
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

  • NP
    NEW PROFIT INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +49%
  • BC
    BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $800k · revenue +25%
  • AI
    AURELIA INSTITUTE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $300k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.9M · revenue +23%
  • UC
    UVA, CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $1.1M
  • UC
    UVA, CONTEMPLATING SCIENCE CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $415k
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.

03Its 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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
4
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
6
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Inc

Massachusetts taxpayers foundation provides public & private sector decision makers with accurate, timely, unbiased research & constructive solutions that drive public policy in order to strengthen the state's finances & position the…

Public Benefit
7
Institute for Protein Innovation Inc

The institute for protein innovation is advancing protein science to accelerate research and improve human health.

Health
8
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
12
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is The 1440 Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

62 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. 62 of the 113 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/62
Grantees still filing
33/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UVA, CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE CENTER: $1,060,000 · OtherUVA, CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE CENTERUVA, CONTEMPLATING SCIENCE CENTER: $414,808 · OtherUVA, CONTEMPLATING SCIENCE CENTERUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $400,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAGRAMMY MUSIC EDUSCATION COALITION: $333,333 · OtherGRAMMY MUSIC EDUSCATION COALITIONMcintire School Foundation: $310,000 · OtherMcintire School FoundationHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $250,000 · OtherUVA, CONTEMPLATIVE SCEINCE CENTER: $201,000 · OtherInquiring Systems Biofield Collaborative: $196,564 · Other+71 more: $2,482,918 · Other+71 moreUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $1,900,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATIO…BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $800,000 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $620,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINT…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $149,999 · Education+6 more: $317,665 · Education+6 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PH…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $250,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILA…HOPEWELL FUND: $165,000 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL FUNDDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyDRAPER RICHARD…GIVING TUESDAY INC: $85,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $122,300 · Philanthropy+6 moreNEW PROFIT INC: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $48,041 · Community ImprovementJUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 · Social Science+1 more: $10,000 · Social ScienceBRAINFUTURES INCORPORATED: $170,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $52,000 · HealthWORLD RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthLUMINARY IMPACT FUND: $25,000 · HealthFireside Project Inc: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $2,100 · HealthAURELIA INSTITUTE INC: $300,000 · Science & TechINSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES: $22,500 · Science & Tech
Other$5,648,623Education$3,787,664Philanthropy$1,722,300Community Improvement$1,048,041Social Science$560,000Health$324,100Science & Tech$322,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $1,900,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW PROFIT INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $800,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $620,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetJUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetAURELIA INSTITUTE INC: $300,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAINFUTURES INCORPORATED: $170,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $165,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $149,999 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $99,999 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIVING TUESDAY INC: $85,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $66,666 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe End Fund Inc: $57,066 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOCRACY WORKS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORKMONEY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Political Accountability: $50,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA ALLIANCE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL: $49,800 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $48,041 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRONTSTREAM GLOBAL FUND: $42,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONSCIOUSNESS AND HEALING INITIATIVE INC: $33,415 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFireside Project Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetINSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES: $22,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPINE POINT SCHOOL INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…ImpactassetsincGates FoundationNew Venture FundThe Ford FoundationThe Joe & Sandy Sambe…National Philanthropi…Rockefeller Family Fu…The William & Flora H…Tides FoundationSteven & Alexandra Co…The Horace W Goldsmit…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA22.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Gates Foundation · New Venture Fund · The Ford Foundation · The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Rockefeller Family Fund Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Tides Foundation · Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc · The Horace W Goldsmith 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.
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How do I get to Walker Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Walker Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 113 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2026) is on record and reports $2.0M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2025, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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