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Byron L Walter Family Trust XXXXX0002

Chicago, IL · EIN 39-6346563. Reported 81 grants totalling $2,649,500 to 45 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$24,000median grant
$2,649,500granted, 2021-2024
45recipients, as named on its returns
39%of grantees funded again the next year
$17.7Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Byron L Walter Family Trust XXXXX0002 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $24,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $170,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
9 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
18 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
28 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of Wisconsin Green Bay FoundationGreen Bay, WI$220,000222022
Bellin Health FoundationGreen Bay, WI$200,000222023
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay, WI$200,000442024
Green Bay Botanical GardensGreen Bay, WI$150,000332023
Neville Public Museum Foundation IncGreen Bay, WI$150,000332023
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Educational Foundation IncGreen Bay, WI$124,000332023
Neighborhood Housing of Green BayGreen Bay, WI$110,000332023
Childrens Museum of Green Bay IncGreen Bay, WI$101,000222024
Curative Connections IncGreen Bay, WI$100,000112022
Family Violence Center IncGreen Bay, WI$100,000112022
House of Hope Green Bay IncGreen Bay, WI$100,000222023
The Richard Mauthe Center for FaithGreen Bay, WI$85,000112024
Exceptional Equestrians CompanyDe Pere, WI$80,000442024
Foundations Health & WholenessGreen Bay, WI$75,000222024
Friends of the Bay Beach WildlifeGreen Bay, WI$75,000112021
National Railroad MuseumGreen Bay, WI$75,000112024
Baird Creek Preservation Foundation IncGreen Bay, WI$65,000222024
Center for Childhood Safety IncGreen Bay, WI$54,000222023
Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin IncGreen Bay, WI$50,000112023
Freedom House Mission MinistriesGreen Bay, WI$50,000112021
Friends of Pals Youth & FamiliesGreen Bay, WI$50,000112024
On Broadway IncGreen Bay, WI$50,000112024
Syble Hopp SchoolDe Pere, WI$50,000112021
Boys and Girls Club of Green BayGreen Bay, WI$30,000222024
Brain Center of Green Bay IncGreen Bay, WI$25,000442024
Heritage Hill FoundationGreen Bay, WI$25,000112022
Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$25,000112024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern WisconsinEau Claire, WI$23,000332024
Howe Community Resource Center IncGreen Bay, WI$20,000112022
Literacy Green Bay IncGreen Bay, WI$20,000222024
Transformation House IncGreenbay, WI$20,000112021
Veterans 1ST of NewSuamico, WI$20,000112024
National Society to Prevent BlindnessChicago, IL$19,500332023
Fall Prevention Alliance of Northeast Wisconsin IncGreen Bay, WI$19,000332024
The Salvation Army of Green BayGreen Bay, WI$15,000222022
The Gathering PlaceGreen Bay, WI$11,000222024
Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes IncAppleton, WI$10,000222023
Jackie Nitschke Center IncGreen Bay, WI$10,000112022
New Community Shelter IncGreen Bay, WI$10,000112021
Sleep in Heavenly Peace IncTwin Falls, ID$10,000112024
Greater Green Bay YMCA IncGreen Bay, WI$6,000222022
Foster the VillageDe Pere, WI$5,000112022
Howard-Suamico Education Foundation IncGreen Bay, WI$5,000112024
Service League of Green BayGreen Bay, WI$5,000112022
Badger Boys State IncPortage, WI$2,000112022

23 of 45 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 39%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 50 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Health Care
7 grants
Education
7 grants
Environment
5 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Medical Research
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$590,000$20,000
202223$762,500$10,000
202316$640,000$50,000
202419$657,000$25,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

98% of its giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Wisconsin
$2.6M
Virginia
$25K
Illinois
$20K
Idaho
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Greater Green Bay Community29 shared recipientsGreen Bay Packers Foundation27 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc25 shared recipientsK C Stock Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsUS Ventureschmidt Family Foundation18 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc16 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $24,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Byron L Walter Family Trust XXXXX0002's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 39-6346563 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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