· Public charity
Walking for Kids Foundation
To help children with life threatening illnesses through charitable activities.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $96k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VALDOSTA MIRACLE LEAGUE | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,900 |
| FIRST TEE | $20,000 |
| SCRA | $10,000 |
| OUTREACH | $8,375 |
| MISSIONSCAPE | $6,000 |
| RAISING HOPE FOR OTHERS | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MLMIRACLE LEAGUE OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA6× · 2019–2024 · $175k · revenue +165% · 26% of their budget
- GFGOLF FORE FUN INC6× · 2018–2024 · $122k · revenue +71%
- YLYOUNG LIFE4× · 2019–2023 · $29k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -15%
- MHMADONNA HOUSE INCone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +3%
- MOMedAssist of Mecklenburg DBA NC Medassistone grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue -28%
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.
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.
Camp For All transforms the world for children and adults with challenging illnesses, disabilities, or special needs.
We, in partnership with our community, provide a comfortable and caring home away from home that supports keeping families together and reduces stress during a child's serious illness.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte (RMHC of GC) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. Charlotte is recognized as a leading destination…
The Miracle League of San Diego provides children and adults with special needs the opportunity to play baseball in an organized league and strives to be recognized throughout San Diego County as a high-quality safe and inclusive…
Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.
Provide opportunities for children & young adults with disabilities to play miracle league baseball, regardless of their abilities, promote community support and sponsorship of a miracle league and promote the construction of special…
The Miracle League of Arizona is a non-profit organization in North Scottsdale, dedicated to providing a safe, successful, and enjoyable baseball experience for children, teens, and adults with disabilities or special health care needs. We…
Camp rise above provides life-changing camp programs for children and adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges.
Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.
It is the mission of the ronald mcdonald house charities of the carolinas, inc. to provide for the physical and emotional well being of children and their families.
The Arc of North Carolina is committed to securing for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to choose and realize their goals of where and how they learn, live, work, and play.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis, Inc. sees a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children. They provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Walking for Kids Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walking for Kids Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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