About Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable
The Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable Foundation is focused primarily on climate and environmental policy, funding strategic litigation, advocacy and research to hold fossil fuel interests accountable and to advance climate solutions. They favor national policy and science organizations and support youth-centered climate litigation and public-interest campaigns as well as conservation work. Grants are concentrated and targeted to organizations that drive systems change rather than service delivery.
Focus Areas
Youth climate litigation and atmospheric trust cases (e.g., Our Children’s Trust)Fossil fuel accountability and legal/advocacy campaigns to stop new extractionClimate policy research and economic analysis (think tanks shaping U.S. climate markets and social cost of carbon)Public-facing climate science communication and awareness campaignsWildlife and habitat conservation as part of broader climate resilience work
Who They Fund
US-based climate policy stakeholders / affected communitiesrural and Alaska communities (resource revenue equity)
About Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable
A defining feature of Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable is its repeated support for youth climate litigation. Our Children’s Trust received $100,000 in 2023, another $100,000 in 2024, and $100,000 in 2025 for atmospheric trust work, making it one of the clearest throughlines in the foundation’s recent giving. The pattern sits alongside other grants aimed at fossil fuel accountability, climate policy research, and public climate communication, showing a funder that backs organizations trying to shape legal, policy, and market outcomes rather than deliver direct services. The foundation’s recent grants also show sustained support for research and advocacy organizations that work on climate economics and market-based solutions. Brookings Institution received funding for U.S. markets and climate work in 2023 and 2024, while Resources for the Future was funded for ocean and social-cost-of-carbon analysis. These grants point to an interest in organizations that produce research, legal strategy, and advocacy tools that can be used in broader climate campaigns. The grant record includes conservation and wildlife-related work as well, often tied to climate resilience or conflict mitigation. National Wildlife Federation, Center for Sustainable Economy, and Climate Science Awareness and Solutions Inc appear in the recent grants list, reflecting a mix of litigation, policy, science communication, and conservation funding within a national program.
What Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable Funds
In youth climate litigation, Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable gave $100,000 to Our Children’s Trust in 2025 for atmospheric trust legal work, extending a three-year funding pattern for that campaign. The foundation also backed fossil fuel and greenhouse-gas phase-out work with $50,000 to Climate Science Awareness and Solutions Inc in 2025 for compelling fossil fuel and GHG pollution phase-out. Climate policy research is another clear area of support. Brookings Institution received $80,000 in 2024 and $50,000 in 2023 for U.S. markets and climate work, while Resources for the Future got $56,000 in 2024 for ocean and social-cost-of-carbon analysis. The foundation also funded the Carbon Tax Center with $45,000 in 2025 for cost-related work. Conservation and wildlife grants appear alongside the policy work. National Wildlife Federation received $80,000 in 2023 and $40,000 in 2024 for wildlife-related campaigns, and Cook Inlet Keeper was awarded $30,000 in 2024 for Alaska share-of-revenue work.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$501K
Total Assets
$9.7M
Total Revenue
$1.8M
Total Expenses
$732K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $36K and $80K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$36K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$80K
Geographic Reach
National10 states funded
About 4% of grants go to recipients in OR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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