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The Walker Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Pacifica, California · EIN 134143838

The Walker Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Pacifica, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $37,531 in 49 grants; the typical grant was $500 and the largest $5,125. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $80,477 the year before.

33% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$78,88195$1.2 million
2024$80,477101$1.3 million
2025$37,53149$1.4 million

How to apply

ContactThe Walker Foundation Inc
250 Olympian Way, Pacifica, CA 94044
Phone or email(415) 830-1025
What to submitWritten
RestrictionsNo restrictions

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Walker Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 11 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California33$27,682
Texas1$5,000
District of Columbia3$1,873
Oregon4$817
Colorado2$605
Massachusetts1$500
Pennsylvania1$500
Tennessee1$250
Montana1$104
New York1$100

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 49 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Pacific Vision
San Francisco, CA
Charitable donations$5,125
Gendercide
Dallas, TX
Charitable donations$5,000
Gtu
Berkeley, CA
Charitable donations$5,000
Give Well
Oakland, CA
Charitable donations$2,000
Building Futures
San Leandro, CA
Charitable donations$1,919
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC
Charitable donations$1,273
Davis Street
San Leandro, CA
Charitable donations$1,090
Sled Endowment Fund
San Leandro, CA
Charitable donations$1,054
George Mark House
San Leandro, CA
Charitable donations$1,052
Performing Animal Welfare Society
Galt, CA
Charitable donations$1,000
SF Food Bank
San Francisco, CA
Charitable donations$1,000
SLHS Sja Scholarship
San Leandro, CA
Charitable donations$1,000
Society of Young Inklings
San Jose, CA
Charitable donations$1,000
Aptp
Oakland, CA
Charitable donations$600
Alameda County Food Bank
Oakland, CA
Charitable donations$527
Fred Finch
Oakland, CA
Charitable donations$521
Community Visions
Portland, OR
Charitable donations$517
California Indian Environment Alliance
Oakland, CA
Charitable donations$516
Aid Still Required
Santa Monica, CA
Charitable donations$500
Berklee College
Boston, MA
Charitable donations$500
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation
Littleton, CO
Charitable donations$500
Highlights Foundation
Milanville, PA
Charitable donations$500
Mercy for Animals
Los Angeles, CA
Charitable donations$500
Pacifica Resource Center
Pacifica, CA
Charitable donations$500
The Good Food Institute
Washington, DC
Charitable donations$500
Uc Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Charitable donations$500
Bloc Love Foundation
Oakland, CA
Charitable donations$353
Milo's Sanctuary
Albany, CA
Charitable donations$317
SL2050
San Leandro, CA
Charitable donations$261
National Bail Out
New Market, TN
Charitable donations$250
Sruj Show Up Rise Up
Oakland, CA
Charitable donations$250
PCRF Palestine
Los Angeles, CA
Charitable donations$207
One Living Sanctuary
Martinez, CA
Charitable donations$114
Oasis Legal Services
Berkeley, CA
Charitable donations$108
Last Prisoner Project
Denver, CO
Charitable donations$105
Center for Independent Living
Berkeley, CA
Charitable donations$104
Climate Ride
Missoula, MT
Charitable donations$104
Tgi Justice
San Francisco, CA
Charitable donations$104
Artists Reperatory Theatre Portland
Portland, OR
Charitable donations$100
Austistic Self Advocacy Network
Washington, DC
Charitable donations$100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Walker Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Walker Foundation Inc give?

$37,531 in tax year 2025, across 49 grants, with a typical grant of $500.

Who runs The Walker Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Virginia Ashley Walker (Chair & President) and Whitney Beaumont Walker (Vice President).

What does The Walker Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger, animals and education.

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