Funding search · EIN 383125893 · North Muskegon, MI

The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation

Name: The Shaw & Betty Walker 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.

196
grants reported: $4.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $13,750
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Michigan Tech University3 grants · $250,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Cons2 grants · $225,000
American First Legal2 grants · $200,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy1 grant · $200,000
Nra Foundation-Freedom Action Foundation3 grants · $150,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy1 grant · $150,000
Northwoods Music Collaborative3 grants · $150,000
Kalamazoo College4 grants · $125,000
Sheridan County Memorial Hospital Foundation2 grants · $120,000
Sheridan County Ymca2 grants · $118,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.3M

2024

$1.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 196 grants.

$200,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$150,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$125,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Cons · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$100,000
America First Legal · Washington, DC · 2025
Operational purposes
$100,000
Michigan Tech University · Houghton, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$100,000
Michigan Tech University · Houghton, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$100,000
American First Legal · Washington, DC · 2023
Operational purposes
$100,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Cons · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$100,000
American First Legal · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational purposes
$75,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$75,000
Michigan Tech University · Houghton, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$75,000
Michigan Tech University · Houghton, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$67,000
Traverse City Central Athletic Booster Club · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$60,000
Sheridan County Memorial Hospital Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operational purposes
$60,000
Sheridan County Memorial Hospital Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes
$60,000
Sheridan County Ymca · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes
$58,000
Sheridan County Ymca · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operational purposes
$50,000
Hope College · Holland, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$50,000
Northwoods Music Collaborative · Amasa, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$50,000
America First Legal · Washington, DC · 2024
Operational purposes
$50,000
Job Creators Network Foundation · Sugar Land, TX · 2024
Operational purposes
$50,000
Northwoods Music Collaborative · Amasa, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$50,000
Nra Foundation-Freedom Action Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Operational purposes
$50,000
Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$50,000
Northwoods Music Collaborative · Amasa, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$50,000
Nra Foundation-Freedom Action Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operational purposes
$50,000
Northwoods Music Collaborative · Amasa, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$50,000
Nra Foundation-Freedom Action Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Operational purposes
$40,000
Great Lakes Outdoors Foundation · Hasting, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$40,000
Great Lakes Outdoors Foundation · Hasting, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$40,000
Great Lakes Outdoors Foundation · Hasting, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$36,000
Great Lakes Outdoors Foundation · Hasting, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$35,000
Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operational purposes
$32,500
Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes
$30,000
Agewell Svs Meals On Wheels · Muskegon, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$30,000
American Cancer Society · Detroit, DE · 2025
Operational purposes
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Bighorns · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$30,000
Sheridan Area Search and Rescue · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$30,000
Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$30,000
Sheridan Memorial Hospital Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$30,000
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$30,000
Agewell Svs Meals On Wheels · Muskegon, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$30,000
American Cancer Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Bighorns · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$30,000
Sheridan Memorial Hospital Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$30,000
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$30,000
The Hub On Smith (Formerly Snr Ctzn Council) · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$25,000
Job Creators Network Foundation · Sugar Land, TX · 2025
Operational purposes
$25,000
Preserve Hickory · Northport, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$25,000
The Hub On Smith (Formerly Snr Ctzn Council) · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$25,000
Antelope Butte Foundation · Dayton, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$25,000
Compass Center for Families · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$25,000
Hope College · Holland, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$25,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Newyonk, NY · 2024
Operational purposes
$25,000
Veteran Village-Amnacs · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$25,000
Agewell Svsmeals On Wheels · Muskegon, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$25,000
American Cancer Society · Detroit, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Bighorn · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operational purposes
$25,000
Wings of Mercy · Zeeland, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$25,000
Agewell Svsmeals On Wheels · Muskegon, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$25,000
Discovery Center-Great Lakes · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$25,000
Wings of Mercy · Zeeland, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$22,000
Preserve Hickory · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$20,000
Advocacy & Resource Center · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$20,000
Antelope Butte Foundation · Dayton, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$20,000
Compass Center for Families · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$20,000
Nra Foundation-Freedom Action Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2025
Operational purposes
$20,000
Sheridan Foster Parent Exchange · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational purposes
$20,000
Sheridan Kids Life · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$20,000
Traverse City Central Athletic Boosters · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$20,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$20,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2023
Operational purposes
$20,000
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operational purposes
$20,000
The Hub On Smith (Formerly Snr Ctzn Council) · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operational purposes
$20,000
The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$20,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$17,500
Arc of Sheridan Wyoming · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes
$17,500
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes
$17,500
The Hub On Smith (Formerly Snr Ctzn Council) · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes
$17,000
American Cancer Society · Detroit, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$15,000
Michigan American Legion Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$15,000
North Muskegon Booster Club · N Muskegon, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$15,000
Senior Resources Discretion · Muskegon, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$15,000
The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$15,000
Traverse City Central High School Athletic Dept · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$15,000
Wgvu · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Operational purposes
$15,000
Advocacy & Resource Center · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operational purposes
$15,000
Keweenaw Land Trust · Hancock, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$15,000
North Muskegon Booster Club · N Muskegon, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$15,000
Wgvu · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$15,000
Wings of Mercy · Zeeland, MI · 2024
Operational purposes
$15,000
Advocacy & Resource Center · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operational purposes
$15,000
Hope College · Holland, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$15,000
Keweenaw Land Trust · Hancock, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$15,000
Preserve Hickory · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Operational purposes
$15,000
Keweenaw Land Trust · Hancock, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$15,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2022
Operational purposes
$15,000
Traverse City Athletic Booster Club-Girls Tennis · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Operational purposes
$12,500
Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Bighorn · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes
$12,000
Sheridan Community Tennis Association · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operational purposes

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