Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Woodward Walsh 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.
- $188k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Woodward Walsh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $188k | 64% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $131k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $106k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $306k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $191k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Global Development Incubator Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yale University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Humane Society | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy for Animals Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Authors Guild Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| District of Columbia Public Library Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Martha's Table Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Global Development Incubator Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yale University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Humane Society | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy for Animals Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Authors Guild Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| District of Columbia Public Library Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Martha's Table Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ramapo for Children Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgetown Village Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children of Uganda | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Montrose Park | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown Ministry Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts and Letters 305 United Parent and Teacher Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($313k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Woodward Walsh Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Woodward Walsh Foundation
- How much does Woodward Walsh Foundation give?
- Woodward Walsh Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $187,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Woodward Walsh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), International (22%), Education (7%).
- Who are Woodward Walsh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($250k), The Global Development Incubator Inc ($200k), Yale University ($50k).
- Does Woodward Walsh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Woodward Walsh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Woodward Walsh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Woodward Walsh Foundation based?
- Woodward Walsh Foundation is based in DC.
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