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Walker Family 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.

$72k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$109kHealth$84kYouth Development$19kReligion$17kHuman Services$16kAnimals$12kFood & Nutrition$11kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$716k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$35,000
MINNESOTA OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE$12,113
YOUTH HOPE QUAD$5,000
CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP$3,000
MAYO CLINIC$2,500
SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC$2,500
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$2,000
MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION$2,000
MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS$2,000
THE ASHER HOUSE$2,000
WASHBURN CENTER FOR CHILDREN$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$1,000
MINNEAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$200
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 (FY20–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $5k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $3k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $3k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $1k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $1k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $250 → 11%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$259k · 14 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
2

Total granted

$259k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+42%

Still filing today

93%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
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

  • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $103k · revenue +49%
  • MO
    Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +36%
  • Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +479%

Funded once

  • SA
    SPONSOR A FAMILY MN
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • WU
    WACONIA UNITED FOOD SHELFgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $942 · revenue +42%
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
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
Minnesota Hospital Association

Advance the health of individuals and communities through leadership, advocacy and collaboration on behalf of minnesota hospitals and health systems. vision: minnesotans are healthy and have access to the right care at the right time in…

Community Improvement
3
Minnesota Grocers Association

The minnesota grocers association advances the common interest of those engaged in all aspects of the food industry of mn as a leadership resource. the mga encourages and sponsors educational seminars, conventions and fosters the exchange…

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4
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
5
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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6
Winona Health Foundation

The mission of the Winona Health Foundation is to gather, steward, and distribute resources needed to support and advance the mission of Winona Health and its affiliates.

Health
7
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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8
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
9
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation

To support charitable, plant-based scientific, and educational activities exclusively for the benefit of the minnesota landscape arboretum of the university of minnesota

Environment
10
Ucare Foundation

The ucare foundation is a community-directed initiative of ucare minnesota. the focus is grant-making to programs and initiatives that improve the health of underserved populations in the twin cities and throughout minnesota and western…

Health
11
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
12
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Minnesota Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Asher House. 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

16 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. 16 of the 20 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $102,500 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONMinnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc: $30,613 · HealthMinnesota Ovarian Cancer …Washburn Center for Children: $19,000 · HealthWashburn Center for Child…MAYO CLINIC: $12,500 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+1 more: $2,000 · HealthVince Lombardi Cancer Foundation Inc: $20,000 · OtherVince Lombardi Cancer F…YOUTH HOPE QUAD: $19,000 · OtherYOUTH HOPE QUADLifeline Christian Mission: $10,000 · OtherLifeline Christian Miss…UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $4,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION IN…CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP: $3,000 · OtherSPONSOR A FAMILY MN: $3,000 · Other+1 more: $200 · OtherSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $12,750 · Human ServicesMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE ASHER HOUSE: $2,000 · AnimalsSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $10,500 · Food & NutritionWACONIA UNITED FOOD SHELF: $942 · Food & NutritionMinneapolis Parks Foundation: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $6,000 · Employment
Education$108,500Health$64,113Other$59,200Human Services$12,750Animals$12,000Food & Nutrition$11,442Recreation & Sports$7,000Employment$6,000

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 budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $102,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc: $30,613 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetVince Lombardi Cancer Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $12,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLifeline Christian Mission: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMinneapolis Parks Foundation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWACONIA UNITED FOOD SHELF: $942 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Walker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 20 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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