· Public charity
Walker Family Foundation
Type I supporting organization under irc section 509(a)(3) to seattle foundation.
Read this first · the figures below need context
65% of Walker Family Foundation’s FY2017 grant dollars went to Seattle Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2017 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k2 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SEATTLE FOUNDATION | $1,247,990 |
| FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT SEATTLE | $250,000 |
| NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY | $250,000 |
| SEATTLE OPERA | $50,000 |
| AUDUBON WASHINGTON | $25,000 |
| KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION GIFT PROCESSING | $25,000 |
| WASHINGTON GREEN SCHOOLS | $10,000 |
| TREEHOUSE | $10,000 |
| TINY TREES PRESCHOOL | $10,000 |
| SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | $7,500 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.
Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.
To restore habitat, water quality and native species in the puget sound
The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…
The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.
Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.
Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.
The seattle public library foundation inspires the community's philanthropic support, advocacy for, and pride in the library.
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Foundation and the most unlike its peers is National Audubon Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE OPERA ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds TINY TREES PRESCHOOL ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
- Who funds EarthGen Fka WA Green Schools ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Wyman Youth Trust · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Walker Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
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