Funding search · EIN 263382949 · Naples, FL

John & Carol Walter Family Foundation

Name: John & Carol Walter Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

65
grants reported: $9.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Conservancy of Southwest Florida4 grants · $7.4M
Gulfshore Playhouse4 grants · $860,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago4 grants · $627,000
Naples Children & Education Foundation3 grants · $265,000
University of Iowa Foundation2 grants · $113,332
Guadalupe Center3 grants · $109,333
Artis-Naples4 grants · $55,000
Naples Botanical Garden2 grants · $52,000
Naples Community Church4 grants · $50,400
Snowmass Chapel3 grants · $45,239

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$852,832

2024

$6.6M

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$6.3M
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2025
General purpose
$410,000
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2024
General purpose
$385,500
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$340,500
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$282,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$280,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$260,000
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$200,000
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2025
General purpose
$200,000
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2024
General purpose
$200,000
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$120,000
Naples Children & Education Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Naples Children & Education Foundation · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$83,333
Guadalupe Center · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$66,900
University of Iowa Foundation · Iowa City, IA · 2023
General purpose
$46,432
University of Iowa Foundation · Iowa City, IA · 2024
General purpose
$45,000
Naples Children & Education Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024
General purpose
$32,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$32,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$27,000
Blue Gavel Scholarship Fund · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$26,000
Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$26,000
Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Guadalupe Center · Naples, FL · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Southwest Florida Music Education Center · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$22,500
Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023
General purpose
$21,739
Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Artis-Naples · Naples, FL · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
Artis-Naples · Naples, FL · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Artis-Naples · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Naples Art Institute · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$14,400
Naples Community Church · Naples, FL · 2025
General purpose
$14,400
Naples Community Church · Naples, FL · 2024
General purpose
$14,400
Naples Community Church · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Artis-Naples · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Neighborhood Health Clinic · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$7,500
Naples Zoo · Naples, FL · 2025
General purpose
$7,500
Naples Zoo · Naples, FL · 2024
General purpose
$7,500
Naples Zoo · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$7,200
Naples Community Church · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Lincoln Park Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Fourth Presbyterian Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Humane Society of Naples · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Fourth Presbyterian Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
General purpose
$2,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Guadalupe Center · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Southwest Florida Music Education Center · Naples, FL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General purpose
$500
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Key West Military Affairs Committee · Key West, FL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Youth Haven · Naples, FL · 2022
General purpose

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