Data / Foundation grants / The Walters Family Foundation
The Walters Family Foundation: 22 grants to organizations, $1.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Walters Family Foundation, a private foundation in Milford, MI, paid 22 grants to organizations totaling $1,248,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 13, 2025. The largest was $150,000 to Conservation Resource Alliance in Traverse City, MI for wff funding will help to preserve and protect northern michigan's waterways, wildlife, and forests for future generations..
SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads every private foundation's Form 990-PF as the IRS publishes it, and this page is that reading. Ask for the foundations that fund your cause in your state, with the amounts and purposes, and new grants arrive in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as the returns are filed.
- EIN
- 471395696
- Based in
- Milford, MI
- Assets
- $24,420,290
- Grants paid
- $1,248,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202503179349101790. It reported $1,248,000 in grants paid; 22 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Resource Alliance | Traverse City, MI | Wff funding will help to preserve and protect northern michigan's waterways, wildlife, and forests for future generations. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc | Gaylord, MI | Wff funding will help the work across forests, lakes and streams of northern michigan to improve economic, environmental, educational and recreational opportunities to engage people in conservation st | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lawrence Technological University | Southfield, MI | Wff funding will help the private university by contributing to scholarship funds to help students with rising cost of college education. | Education | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Racquet Up Detroit | Detroit, MI | Wff funding will help support and empower detroit youth to achieve thier full potential through a demanding and inspiring long-term extracurricular mentoring program of squash, academics, and communit | Recreation and sports | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lean Rocket Lab | Jackson, MI | Wff funding will help remove common barriers to innovation by providing a collaborative workspace full of high energy entrepreneurs, advanced educational programming, helpful business resources, and a | Community improvement and capacity building | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center | Detroit, MI | Wff fundings will help to empower perople with freedom to relentlessly pursue innovation for better industry, better lives. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Headwaters Land Conservancy | Gaylord, MI | Wff funding will help to protect the natural diversity and beauty of northeast michigan by preserving significant land and scenic areas and fostering appreciation and understanding of the environment. | Environment | $68,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Success Network | Detroit, MI | Wff funding will help to unite literacy and community to empower students in the journey of education. | Community improvement and capacity building | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shakespeare in Detroit | Dearborn, MI | Wff funding will help to enhance and support the cultural, educational, and financial growth of detroit with professional theatre created through a conscious lens of equity, diversity and inclusion. | Arts, culture and humanities | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach Empower Achieve | Detroit, MI | Wff funding will help to enhance the lives of women facing barriers to employment through providing workforce training, education, skill development, coaching, and mentorship services. | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | Memphis, TN | Wff funding will help conserve, restore, and manage wetlands and associated habitats for north america waterfowl. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Huron River Watershed Council | Ann Arbor, MI | Wff funding will help protect and restore the river for healthy and vibrant communities. | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Venture North | Traverse City, MI | Wff funding will help with affordable loans, mini grants for growth and professional business consulting services for small businesses. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Give Merit | Detroit, MI | Wff funding will help to enhance and extend educational opportunities to underserve youth through innovative enrichment mentorship and athletic activities. | Crime and legal-related | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Book Harvest | Durham, NC | Wff funding will help to provide books to children who need them and engage familities and communities to promote children's lifelong literacy and academic success. | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | Wff funding will help to protect wild rivers, restore damaged rivers, and conserve clean water for people and nature. | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Miami University | Oxford, OH | Wff funding will help support educational and research activities. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Designed for Joy | Raleigh, NC | Wff funding will provide women in crisis with stability through immediate employment and support, removing the stigma of vulnerability. | Religion-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Detroit Catholic Central High School FDN | Novi, MI | Wff funding will provide tuition assistance, endowment growth,, and other school needs. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rhonda Walker Foundation | Detroit, MI | Wff funding will help to empower inner-city teen girls towards becoming strong, confident, and moral future leaders. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue | Detroit, MI | Wff funding will help maintain an egalitarian synagogue, rooted in jewish tradition and affirming of pluralistic practice for the entire jewish community of metropolitan detroit. | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayne State University Wdet | Detroit, MI | Wff funding will help expand the reach and impact of wdet award-winning local journalism service; leading as a significant voice for the arts and a cultural convener; and contributing to the regional | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $268,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $155,000 |
| Education | $150,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $100,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $65,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $40,000 |
| Religion-related | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Michigan | $1,108,000 |
| Tennessee | $50,000 |
| North Carolina | $45,000 |
| District of Columbia | $25,000 |
| Ohio | $20,000 |
Also on SpecStream
- Who funds environment in Michigan
- Who funds community improvement and capacity building in Michigan
- Who funds education in Michigan
- Who funds recreation and sports in Michigan
- Who funds arts, culture and humanities in Michigan
- Who funds crime and legal-related in Michigan
Updated November 13, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.