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Walton Rick & Kathy Charitable Tr Fdn

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.4MAnimals$1.0MFood & Nutrition$964kHealth$631kYouth Development$530kEducation$449kPublic Safety & Disaster$435kCrime & Legal$284kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k20 grants · $590k
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $1.6M
$50,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON$160,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$100,000
PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION$100,000
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK$100,000
FIRST TEE OF GREATER HOUSTON$100,000
INTERFAITH MINISTRIES (MEAL ON WHEELS)$100,000
WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY$100,000
HOUSTON SPCA$70,000
AMAZING PLACE$70,000
CHILD ADVOCATES$50,000
OUTWARD BOUND$50,000
THE ROSE (BREAST CANCER CENTER)$50,000
THE WOMENS RESOURCE OF GREATER HOUSTON$50,000
THE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL$50,000
02The need
03

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:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR FAMILY SUPOORT: $30k → 12%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $30k → 17%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $50k → 8%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $20k → 10%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICE: $30k → 16%VETERANS MATTER: $30k → 18%MERCY CHEFS: $30k → 20%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $60k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR FAMILY SUPOORT: $20k → 12%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $30k → 17%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $50k → 8%LOVE FOSTERS HOPE: $50k → 9%HOMELESS VETERANS SERVICES OF DALLAS: $30k → 14%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $50k → 8%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $20k → 8%LOVE FOSTERS HOPE: $50k → 9%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $14k → 11%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $50k → 16%LOVE FOSTERS HOPE: $30k → 9%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $20k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
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 linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
KS
DC
GA
TX
FL

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.

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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.7M · 39 repeat orgs$820k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

39 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
13

Total granted

$5.7M
$355k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+14%

Still filing today

74%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $465k 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
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • MC
    MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER
    5× · 2021–2025 · $290k · revenue +14%
  • MC
    MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $289k · revenue +30%
  • PF
    PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $284k · revenue +146%

Funded once

  • SI
    SIRE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -47%
  • 1
    1MATTERSORG
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +8%
  • COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +148%

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.

1
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More

See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…

Human Services
2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
4
Usvets - Texas

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
5
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
6
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
7
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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8
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
9
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
10
Texas Defender Service

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass…

Civil Rights
11
Rebuilding Together Houston

Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…

Housing & Shelter
12
Laurels House

Laurel's House strengthens the human animal bond improves public health decreases the number of companion animal euthanasia due to overpopulation and diminishes human impact on native wildlife species by providing unprecedented access to…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The 100 Club Inc and the most unlike its peers is Paralyzed Veterans of America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Equine Therapy ProgramsEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsDomestic Violence ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterElementary Literacy TutoringChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Military Veterans SupportCancer Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%2%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr10%35%35–55yr13%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%1%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr10%45%35–55yr13%14%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%2/53
the rest of the field
15%
20,232/136,751

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

52 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. 52 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
36/52
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

The Houston Food Bank — $335,000 · OtherThe Houston Food BankMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER — $290,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTERMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $289,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INCINTERFAITH MINISTRIES (MEAL ON WHEELS) — $280,000 · OtherINTERFAITH MINISTRIES (MEAL ON WHEELS)WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY — $270,000 · OtherWILD ANIMAL SANCTUARYIndividual grant recipient — $224,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMAZING PLACE — $190,000 · OtherTHE ROSE (BREAST CANCER CENTER) — $130,000 · OtherHouston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston — $260,000 · OtherHouston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Grea…TEXAS EQUUSEARCH MOUNTED SEARCH AND RECOVERY — $210,000 · OtherTEXAS EQUUSEARCH MOUNTED SEARCH AND RECOVERYThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston — $130,000 · OtherOUTWARD BOUND INC — $150,000 · Other+21 more — $949,000 · Other+21 morePETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION — $284,000 · Human ServicesPETS FOR THE ELDERL…FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS — $170,000 · Human ServicesFORT BEND COUNTY WO…Katy Christian Ministries — $150,000 · Human ServicesKaty Christian Mini…Love Fosters Hope — $130,000 · Human ServicesLove Fosters HopeChristian Community Service Center Inc — $90,000 · Human ServicesChristian Community…THE WOMEN'S HOME — $70,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S HOMEPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $50,000 · Human Services+5 more — $140,000 · Human Services+5 moreCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $224,000 · Crime & LegalTHE 100 CLUB INC — $200,000 · Crime & LegalNEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE — $30,000 · Crime & LegalSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $124,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $70,000 · EducationTHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL — $50,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS — $30,000 · EducationThe Brookwood Community Inc — $30,000 · EducationBOOKS BETWEEN KIDS INC — $30,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION — $20,000 · EducationTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION — $147,000 · HealthLUKE'S WINGS — $110,000 · HealthRETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST — $30,000 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA — $30,000 · HealthHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $160,000 · AnimalsVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC — $40,000 · AnimalsHouston Zoo Inc — $30,000 · AnimalsHouston Pets Alive — $30,000 · AnimalsCitizens For Animal Protection Inc — $27,000 · AnimalsBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $190,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP SUMMIT INC — $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentFYIMS INC — $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$3,707,000Human Services$1,144,000Crime & Legal$454,000Education$354,000Health$317,000Animals$287,000Youth Development$280,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $335,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER — $290,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $289,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION — $284,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetHouston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston — $260,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $224,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTEXAS EQUUSEARCH MOUNTED SEARCH AND RECOVERY — $210,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB INC — $200,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $190,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS — $170,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $160,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKaty Christian Ministries — $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND INC — $150,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION — $147,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetLove Fosters Hope — $130,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston — $130,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $124,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLUKE'S WINGS — $110,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC — $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc — $90,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of Texas Wildlife — $80,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $70,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP SUMMIT INC — $60,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIRE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATION RED WINGS FOUNDATION — $44,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budget1MATTERSORG — $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFYIMS INC — $30,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS MONTGOMERY COUNTY — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOOKS BETWEEN KIDS INC — $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens For Animal Protection Inc — $27,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY ELDERCARE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBo's Place — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Texas Instruments Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Astros FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…McKesson Foundation I…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Baker Hughes Foundati…Montgomery County Com…The Henderson-Wessend…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX34.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Astros Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Baker Hughes Foundation · Montgomery County Community Foundation · The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company

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 Walton Rick & Kathy Charitable Tr Fdn 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.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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: 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.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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