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· Private foundation
WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$105k
Granted FY2024
8
Grants
6
Communities
$85k
Largest
01What you fund
01
What you funded, over time
By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).
A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 92% of WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars go to organizations outside the IRS cause taxonomy (common for large international and research funders), so a chart would be mostly “unclassified” and misrepresent the portfolio.
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2018
foodshelter
2019
shelterfood
2020
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2021
—
2022
medical
2023
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Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2024 · 8 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
- PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$85,000
- VALLEY INTERFAITH COMMUNITY RES CNTR$6,000
- WESTERN FAIRFAX CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES$4,000
- FRIENDSHIP PLACE$2,000
- SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE AGENCY$2,000
- NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION$2,000
- CIRCLE DE LUZ$2,000
- SIGNATURE IN THE SCHOOLS$2,000
02The need
04
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.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11% — the area typically sits at 7%. 99% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; 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, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your edge
repeat funding
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$726k · 19 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +78% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.
19 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
19
6
Total granted
$726k
$11k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+78%
+1%
Still filing today
32%
17%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentCrime & LegalEducationEmploymentOther
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- SASEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE AGENCY5× · 2020–2024 · $28k · revenue +4%
- CDCIRCLE DE LUZ6× · 2018–2024 · $12k · revenue +99%
- WFWESTERN FAIRFAX CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES4× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- MBMEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $5k
- CSCAMPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDone grant, 2019 · $3k
- TCTHE CORALIS FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2018 · $1k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
04Your field
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.
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Arlington Community Food Bank
The Arlington Community Food Bank's mission is to help end hunger in our community at its root cause.
Human Services
2
Federation of Virginia Food Banks
Facilitating statewide collaboration among virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.
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3
Multinational Exchange for Sustainable a
MESA connects and cultivates sustainable farmers and food systems leaders around the world.
Education
4
Ensaaf
Ensaaf, which means "justice" in many south Asian languages, works to end impunity and achieve justice for crimes against humanity in India, with a focus on Punjab, by documenting abuses, bringing perpetrators to justice, and organizing…
International
5
The Alliance for Collective Action
To bring people together to develop and advance solutions for an inclusive, regenerative future.
Environment
6
Northern Virginia Affordable Housing
Increase supply of and equitable access to affordable housing in Northern Virginia through education, advocacy, and community partnership.
Housing & Shelter
7
Feeding San Diego
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals... feeding san diego is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community…
Food & Nutrition
8
Maia
Unlocking and maximizing the potential of young women to lead transformational change.
International
9
Interfaith Food Ministry Nevada County
A community where no one should feel the hurt of hunger. Interfaith Food Ministry feeds the hungry and works to reduce food insecurity in Nevada County. We help to sustain health, human dignity and the opportunity for individuals to…
Food & Nutrition
10
Virginia Community Food Connections
To create healthy, food-secure communities and strong, equitable regional food systems by ensuring fresh and local produce is accessible and affordable for all.
Food & Nutrition
11
Hispanic Access Foundation
Hispanic Access Foundation is dedicated to empowering Latino leaders by providing them with the access, capacity, and confidence needed to drive meaningful change, advancing an equitable society where all can thrive. We believe that…
Human Services
12
Houston Area Women's Center
To help those affected by domestic and sexual violence to move their lives forward.
Human Services
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lift Inc and the most unlike its peers is Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network
9 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$677,055Crime & Legal$28,000Education$12,000Human Services$10,000Food & Nutrition$5,000Employment$4,000Housing & Shelter$2,000Environment$500
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.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.
Amazonsmile FoundationWA3.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: 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 organisation WALTON 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.
2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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. 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.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE AGENCY.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
medium risk
~6 months of operating runway; revenue held over 7 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
7 years of Form 990 filings, still active.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 541118534 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE AGENCY, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- WatchFinancial stability— Roughly 6 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue held over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 2% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to Walton Family Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Walton Family Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
More from the funding graph
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
Strange bedfellows
the named clusters of US funding
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines