Walters Foundation
Santa Barbara, CA · EIN 93-1280994. Reported 61 grants totalling $879,292 to 44 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Walters Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $118,830. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Coquille Public Library | Coquille, OR | $118,830 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center | Aloha, OR | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| With Love Oregon | Tigard, OR | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Sparrow Club | Bend, OR | $52,399 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Big Lake Youth Camp | Sisters, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Portland Rescue Mission | Portland, OR | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Center for Community Counseling | Eugene, OR | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Smart Reading | Portland, OR | $34,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kathys Place | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Miss Oregon Scholarship Program | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chelsea Hicks Foundation | Tualatin, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Center | Oregon City, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Center | Seaside, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clatsop Community Action | Astoria, OR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Justice Center of Washington County | Beaverton, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Financial Beginnings Oregon | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Home Share of Oregon | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ophelia's Place | Eugene, OR | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Assistance League of Eugene | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Blanchet House | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bloomin Boutique | Oregon City, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Care Partners | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Every Child Lane County | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Farmington View Parents for Excellence | Hillsboro, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Golden Road Arts | Hillsboro, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hosea Youth Services | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maurice Lucas Foundation | Lake Oswego, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maybelle Center | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Piles of Puppies | Beaverton, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raphael House of Portland | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tucker Maxon School | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Working Theory Farm | Hillsboro, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Villages Inc | Lake Oswego, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chetco Activity Center Inc | Brookings, OR | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Harbor of Hope | Portland, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Union Gospel Mission | Portland, OR | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Cornelius Public Library | Cornelius, OR | $6,563 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA Portland | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Center of Clackamas County | Oregon City, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Financial Beginnings | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Homeless Connect Washington County | Hillsboro, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Transition School | Portland, OR | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maybelle Center for Community | Portland, OR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
13 of 44 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 20%, 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.
- The Coquille Public Library
IN FURTHERANCE OF 501(C)(3) EXEMPT PURPOSE - Family Justice Center of Washington County
SUPPORT OF GENERAL BUDGET FOR NEEDS AS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. - Smart Reading
FUNDS WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP VIDEOS FOR FUNDRAISING PURPOSES AND SHOWING THE MERGER WITH THE CHILDREN'S ORGANIZATION. - Blanchet House
ASSIST WITH PROCUREMENT OF A SOCIAL WORKER. - Children's Center
ASSIST WITH ASSESSMENT PROGRAM PROVIDING TIMELY, COMPASSIONATE, AND COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL ASSESSMENT FOR 400+ CHILDREN ANNUALLY. - Clatsop Community Action
FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ACQUIRE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND DISTRIBUTE VIA THE MOBILE PRODUCE PANTRY. FUNDS WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 35 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | $140,899 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 10 | $142,500 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 17 | $154,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 17 | $336,893 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | $105,000 | $15,000 |
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
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oregon.
- 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.
- 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 Walters Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). 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: 1123 Chapala Street Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. 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.
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