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Walter Family Foundation Inc: 31 grants to organizations, $2.8 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Walter Family Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 31 grants to organizations totaling $2,755,200 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $1,450,000 to Lincoln Park Zoological Society in Chicago, IL for to connect people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, education, science and conservation.
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- EIN
- 461384089
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $575,231
- Grants paid
- $2,755,200
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202543189349103569. It reported $2,755,200 in grants paid; 31 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | Chicago, IL | To connect people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, education, science and conservation | Animal-related | $1,450,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Onegoal | Chicago, IL | Transforms postsecondary advising and support so that every student has the power to define their own future | Youth development | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | Chicago, IL | Committed to producing both classic and contemporary works, giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions | Arts, culture and humanities | $359,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for the Arts | Crested Butte, CO | Enriching the community through arts and cultural experience for everyone | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago, IL | To inspire curiosity about life on earth while exploring how the world came to be and how we can make it a beter place | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation | E Saint Louis, IL | To instill youth in the greater east st. louis area with the dream, drive and determination necessary to succeed in academics, athletics and leadership | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Committed to excellent teaching, innovative research and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community | Recreation and sports | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Teresa of Avila Parish | Chicago, IL | For religious education programs | $40,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Beyond Hunger | Oak Park, IL | To harness the power of community to end local hunger | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metro Squash NFP | Chicago, IL | Combines academic support, competitive squash and enrichment opportunities to empower students to realize their potential and make their mark | Recreation and sports | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Acre Fund | Highland Park, IL | Supplies smallholder farms with the financing and training they need to grow more food and earn more money from their farms | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 5050 Foundation Aka Team Mookie | Nashville, TN | Supports tournament related costs for 4 basketball teams, total 39 high school age players | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | To improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research and patient support to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| CT3 Foundation | Norfolk, VA | Community improvement | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Catching Hope Dba Devon A Smith Gen PTR | Raleigh, NC | Religion | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Historical Society Aka Chicago History Museum | Chicago, IL | To share chicago's stories, serving as a hub of scholarship and learning, inspiration and civic engagement | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago | Chicago, IL | Enriches the community through year-round programming devoted to international and independent cinema | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | Chicago, IL | Serve the public interest by creating and delivering diverse, compelling content that informs, inspires, enriches and entertains | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | To advance educational equity by supporting students furthest from opportunity and to develop diverse leaders through national service who can work across lines of difference | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hollyrod Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Promote and provide assistance to those with autism and to improve the quality of life for people with parkinson's who have little or no health insurance and limited financial resources | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | Through theatre, which invites, even demands, interaction with its audience, our goal is to fire the imagination with love, to celebrate the human capacity to taste and smell, weep and laugh, create a | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chris Tucker Foundation | Stockbridge, GA | Working with corporate and community partners to meet critical needs of families by addressing food insecurities in underserved populations and facilitating opportunities for young people to pursue th | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Jaime and Blanca Jarrin Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Committed to serving and supporting charitable, educational and athletic programs in the local los angeles area, as well as those in need internationally | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Newport Film Inc | Newport, RI | To inspire, educate and entertain by presenting current and impactful documentaries that build community and propel change | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Opera | Raleigh, NC | To enhance the cultural life of north carolina by presenting artistically significant opera productions of the highest quality, strengthening and expanding audiences for opera in the region, and provi | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Armory Center for the Arts | Pasadena, CA | To nurture our community and its young people by creating, learning and presenting art to advance equity and social justice | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Children-Chicago | Chicago, IL | Prevention and early intervention program impacting generational change by helping children facing the greated risk factors to develop the relationships, goals and skills necessary to break the cycle | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Joliet Area Community Hospice Corp Aka Lightways Hospice & Serious Illness | Joliet, IL | To provide comprehensive, holistic and community based support services and care for terminally ill persons, their caregivers and loved ones w/o regard to economic status, to enable the dying person t | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | Committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment | Health care | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sudc Foundation | Roseland, NJ | To envision a world where no more children are lost to sudden unexplained death in childhood, and is the only organization worldwide whose purpose is to promote awareness, advocate for research and su | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation Dba WGFRF Or Forbeck Foundation | Carbondale, CO | Promotes advances in cancer research through collaboration and to see cures for all cancers, especially neuroblastoma and other childhood malignancies | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Animal-related | $1,450,000 |
| Youth development | $550,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $500,200 |
| Recreation and sports | $70,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $11,000 |
| Education | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $2,611,700 |
| Colorado | $50,500 |
| California | $21,000 |
| Georgia | $20,000 |
| North Carolina | $15,000 |
| Tennessee | $10,000 |
| Virginia | $10,000 |
| Massachusetts | $10,000 |
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Updated November 14, 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.