Grants awarded
Who does The Walters Family Foundation fund?
The Walters Family Foundation has awarded $4.9 million across 81 grants to 51 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $25,000 and $75,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $55,000 versus $32,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$4.9M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
51
Grants
81
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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Conservation Resource Alliance
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$550K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| F Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | $345K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Detroit Institute of Arts
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$326K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
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$325K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$210K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy INC
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$200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
Lean Rocket Lab
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$190K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center | $185K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Eastern Market Corporatioin
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$165K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| T Techtown Detroit | $120K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$120K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
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$120K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
Lawrence Technological University
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$120K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Allen Neighborhood Center
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$120K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
American Rivers INC
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$115K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Huron River Watershed Council
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$100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| D Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Progrm | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| V Venture North | $100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Waterford Institute INC | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | UT | |
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$100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| T Tech Town Detroit | $80K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Global Detroit
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$75K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MI | |
Headwaters Land Conservancy
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$68K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Shakespeare in Detroit
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$65K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$65K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$65K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| T Tech Empower Achieve | $60K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Teach Empower Achieve | $60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Midtown Detroit INC
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$52K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| D Ducks Unlimited INC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kalamazoo Reg Ed Service Agency Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| K Kalamazon Reg Ed Service Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Co | $35K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Living Arts | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Insideout Literary Arts | $28K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Design for Joy | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc INC | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
The Corral Riding Academy
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| M Miami University | $25K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| L Lawence Technologicall University | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The North Carolina Aquarium Society
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| M Michigan State University | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$18K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
| A Affimations Lesbian and Gay Community Center | $18K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Designed for Joy
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| D Detroit Catholic Central High School Fdn | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rhonda Walker Foundation
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| W Wayne State University Wdet | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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