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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 91-1796945

Walker Family Foundation

A private foundation in Beaverton, OR. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 29 grants and $647,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $647,500

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $13,649,826
  • Tax year 2024

    $574,500

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $10,709,559
  • Tax year 2023

    $542,500

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $10,127,768
  • Tax year 2022

    $605,500

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $9,454,995
  • Tax year 2021

    $451,030

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $8,806,317
  • Tax year 2020

    $389,750

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $9,257,277
  • Tax year 2019

    $386,500

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $7,776,825
  • Tax year 2018

    $369,500

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $5,797,898

Grants paid in 2025

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Portland Parks FoundationPortland, OR

    Parks, trails & trees

    $260,000
  2. Forests Forever IncorporatedOregon City, OR

    Parks, trails & trees

    $65,000
  3. Freinds of the ChildrenPortland, OR

    Youth mentoring

    $50,000
  4. Cascade Policy InstitutePortland, OR

    Civic

    $30,000
  5. Forest Park ConservancyPortland, OR

    Parks, trails & trees

    $30,000
  6. Minds Matter of PortlandPortland, OR

    Education

    $30,000
  7. Oregon Tech FoundationKlamath Falls, OR

    Education

    $25,000
  8. OSU FoundationCorvallis, OR

    Education

    $20,000
  9. De La Salle North High SchoolPortland, OR

    Education

    $15,000
  10. St Andrew Nativity SchoolPortland, OR

    Education

    $15,000
  11. FirePhiladelphia, PA

    Education

    $10,000
  12. Hoyt Arboretum FriendsPortland, OR

    Nature

    $10,000
  13. Libby's Hope FoundationSalem, OR

    Brain cancer diagnosis

    $10,000
  14. Project LemonadePortland, OR

    Foster youth

    $10,000
  15. Lide FoundationAgoura Hills, CA

    Youth

    $10,000
  16. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Education

    $6,500
  17. Guide Dogs for the BlindSan Rafael, CA

    Charitable

    $5,000
  18. Heterodox AcademyNew York, NY

    Education

    $5,000
  19. Oregon Historical SocietyPortland, OR

    Education

    $5,000
  20. Oregon Humane SocietyPortland, OR

    Charitable

    $5,000
  21. Lincoln High School Alumni AssocPortland, OR

    Education

    $5,000
  22. Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

    Education

    $4,000
  23. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Education

    $4,000
  24. Univ Wisconsin MadisonMadison, WI

    Education

    $4,000
  25. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Education

    $4,000
  26. Univ Texas AustinAustin, TX

    Education

    $4,000
  27. First ExposuresSan Francisco, CA

    Youth mentoring

    $2,500
  28. Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    Education

    $2,500
  29. World Forestry CenterPortland, OR

    Parks, trails & trees

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $260,00067% of the total
  2. Education6 grants $59,50015% of the total
  3. Environment2 grants $31,0008% of the total
  4. Human services2 grants $15,0004% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $10,0003% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $5,0001% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $9,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon17 grants $586,000
  2. California4 grants $21,500
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $10,000
  4. New York2 grants $9,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $6,500
  6. Rhode Island1 grant $4,000
  7. Texas1 grant $4,000
  8. Wisconsin1 grant $4,000
  9. Vermont1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Ian WalkerPRES Hours 10Pay $21,350
  • Ryan WalkerSEC Hours 10Pay $20,800
  • Mackenzie WalkerTREAS Hours 10Pay $20,800
  • Debra WalkerDIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $13,650

The return

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