Funding search · EIN 472527481 · Cambridge, MA

Walking Stick Family Fund

Name: Walking Stick Family Fund 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.

120
grants reported: $350,093
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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

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.

Wbur3 grants · $43,718
A Climate To Thrive4 grants · $40,000
Grow Native Massachusetts3 grants · $30,000
Cambridge Community Foundation3 grants · $26,000
909 Wbur1 grant · $20,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation2 grants · $10,000
West Virginia Public Broadcasting2 grants · $7,500
Nofa Massachusetts1 grant · $7,000
Nofa Massachussets1 grant · $7,000
Northeast Organic Farming Association1 grant · $7,000

Giving over time

$83,225

2022

$53,400

2023

$87,868

2024

$125,600

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 120 grants.

$23,718
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
909 Wbur · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Cambridge Community Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
A Climate To Thrive · Mt Desert, ME · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
A Climate To Thrive · Mount Desert, ME · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Grow Native Massachusetts · Waltham, MA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
A Climate To Thrive · Mount Desert, ME · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Cambridge Community Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Grow Native Massachusetts · Waltham, MA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
A Climate To Thrive · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Grow Native Massachusetts · Waltham, MA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
Northeast Organic Farming Association · Florence, MA · 2025
Charitable
$7,000
Nofa Massachussets · Florence, MA · 2024
Charitable
$7,000
Nofa Massachusetts · Florence, MA · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Maine Public Broadcasting · Bangor, ME · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Boston Dance Alliance · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Our Children'S Trust · Eugene, OR · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
West Virginia Public Broadcasting · Charleston, WV · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
New York Society Library · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$4,000
The Sierra Club · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$4,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$4,000
The Sylvia Center · The Bronx, NY · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Maine Organic Farmers · Unity, ME · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Maine Audobon · Falmouth, ME · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Maine Organic Farmers · Unit, ME · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Mass Audobon · Lincoln, MA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Jesup Memorial Library · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
West Virginia Public Broadcasting · Charleston, WV · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
885 Fm Wysu · Youngstown, OH · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
913 Wyso · Yellow Springs, OH · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Friends of Public Radio Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Friends of Wlrn · Miami, FL · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Iowa Public Radio · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Maine Farm Land Trust · Belfast, ME · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Wdet 1019 Fm · Detroit, MI · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Wesa 905 · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Wfae 907 · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Wgvu Public Media · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Wisconsin Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Wjct Public Media · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Enviromental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Rainforest Trust · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
National Young Farmers Association · Albany, NY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Town of Tremont-Bass Harbor Library · Bernard, ME · 2022
Charitable
$1,750
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association · Unity, ME · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Berkshire Environmental Action Team · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Jesup Memorial Library · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Friends of Public Radio Arizona - Kjzz · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Wgvu Publuc Media (Grand Rapids Mi) · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Wyso (Yellow Springs Oh) · Yellow Springs, OH · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Amazon Watch · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Arizona Public Library · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Cambridge Community Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Global Disaster Relief Team · Holliston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Iowa Public Radio - Kwoi · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Project Veritas · Mamaroneck, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Wdet 1019 Fm · Detroit, MI · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Wesa 905 (Pittsburgh Pa) · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Wfae (Charlotte Nc) · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Wisconsin Public Radio Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Wjct · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Wlrn · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Youngstown State University - 885 Wysu · Youngstown, OH · 2022
Charitable
$750
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$750
Environmental League of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$750
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$650
Charles River Watershed Association · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$500
Land for Good · Keene, NH · 2025
Charitable
$500
National Young Farmers Coalition · Hudson, NY · 2025
Charitable
$500
The Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Weru Fm · East Orland, ME · 2025
Charitable
$500
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Amazon Watch · Oakloand, CA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Appalacian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
$500
Turtle Studios · Newton, MA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Appalacian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable

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