The Walsh Foundation

• The foundation makes major grants to educational, church and civic charities, so a small nonprofit working in those areas fits its recorded giving.
• The filing states no geographic focus, although most of its grants go to Illinois, Ohio and Indiana.
• It does not accept unsolicited requests, so the realistic route in is an existing contact or introduction rather than a cold application.
• Most grants fall between $5,000 and $500,000 with a median of $25,000, and half of its grants are $25,000 or less, so a request around that size is in line with its record; the band is typical, not a ceiling, as its largest grant was about $3,650,000.
• Repeat giving is strong, with 94% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in an earlier filing, so it leans heavily on relationships it already has.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Saint Ignatius College Prep · General charitable purposes
  $2,600,0002024 tax year
• Misericordia Foundation · General charitable purposes
  $1,510,0002024 tax year
• John Carroll University · General charitable purposes
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Francis Xavier Warde School · General charitable purposes
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Marillac St. Vincent Family Services · General charitable purposes
  $700,0002024 tax year
• Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · General charitable purposes
  $550,0002024 tax year
• Jesuit International Missions · General charitable purposes
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · General charitable purposes
  $500,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.