To help strengthen the physical, mental, and academic health of children by teaching healthy lifestyle habits, building health literacy, and delivering standards-aligned instructional podcasts that allow students to walk, listen, and learn.
The Walking Classroom Institute’s defining recent grant was a $2,113,291 asset transfer in 2024 to Alliance for a Healthier Generation when the institute dissolved, moving both intangible and tangible assets to that organization. That makes the foundation’s final-year activity unusually clear: it was built around The Walking Classroom program and then wound down through a single large disposition alongside smaller program support grants. The institute’s core work centered on helping children build health literacy and healthy habits through standards-aligned, screen-free audio instruction that students can use while walking. Its program materials included WalkKits with preloaded podcast episodes, training, and supplemental resources for schools and out-of-school-time settings. The recent grants list shows that the institute continued placing WalkKits with schools in 2024, including Adams 12 Peak in Colorado and Gresham Community School in Wisconsin. Other recipients such as Will Rogers Elementary and Robert Lunt Elementary also received WalkKits, reflecting a school-based model rather than a broad discretionary grantmaking program. The foundation’s stated purpose connected physical activity, academic enrichment, and youth health promotion into one classroom tool.
The Walking Classroom Institute funded a narrow set of connected education and health themes. In physical activity in schools, it gave $9,200 to Adams 12 Peak to provide WalkKits, tying movement directly to classroom learning. In K-8 academic enrichment, it awarded $5,882 to Gresham Community School for the same materials, showing that the program was used as an instructional resource, not only a health intervention. The foundation also supported elementary-school delivery of the model: Butner-stem Elementary received $5,738 for WalkKits, and Will Rogers Elementary got $5,351 for the same purpose. One more grant went to Robert Lunt Elementary for WalkKits, continuing the pattern of school-level program support. Across these grants, the purpose text repeatedly links the materials to audio-based, standards-aligned learning, health literacy, and classroom movement.
Typical grant size clustered tightly around small program awards: the 25th percentile was $5,061, the median was $5,544, and the 75th percentile was $6,712. The 2024 record also includes one outlier asset transfer of $2,113,291 tied to dissolution. The grant list is dominated by one-time school and program-material awards rather than a long multi-year sequence to the same grantees. The foundation is a private operating-style program funder rather than a donor-advised fund, and it accepts unsolicited applications for donated WalkKit sets through multiple application pathways for schools and out-of-school-time programs.
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Most grants fall between $5K and $7K, with a median of $6K.
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$5K
Median
$6K
75th Percentile
$7K
About 13% of grants go to recipients in CO.
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Grant recipients were all in the United States, with the top state by grant count being Nevada. The recent grants also reached Colorado, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Michigan, and New Jersey. Named recipient cities include Las Vegas, Thornton, Gresham, Butner, Colorado Springs, and Bridgewater Township. North Carolina received 12% of grants, which is meaningful but not the main giving location; the strongest concentration by count was in Nevada.
It provides donated WalkKits and related program materials for classroom and out-of-school-time use. The active program descriptions mention screen-free audio players preloaded with roughly 190 to 200 standards-aligned podcast episodes, along with free online training, supplemental resources, and optional professional development.
The active programs are aimed at K-12 schools, teachers, librarians, and out-of-school-time programs. The focus areas attached to those programs include physical activity, health literacy, academic enrichment, and literacy.
The grant-size distribution is small and tightly grouped: the 25th percentile is $5,061, the median is $5,544, and the 75th percentile is $6,712. A separate 2024 asset transfer to Alliance for a Healthier Generation was far larger at $2,113,291.
Yes. Several active program listings say the institute accepts unsolicited applications for donated WalkKit sets or adopter materials, including application pathways for teachers, librarians, schools, and out-of-school-time programs in the United States.
By grant count, Nevada is the top state. The recipient list also includes schools and organizations in Colorado, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Michigan, and New Jersey, and all recent grants in the data went to U.S. recipients.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Current and upcoming funding from Walking Classroom Institute that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Best suited to upper elementary and middle school students (grades 3-5 and 6-8). Priority is given to schools with socioeconomic and academic need and to those that have not previously received a donated set. Public schools and afterschool programs are eligible to apply. Requests are not guaranteed to be fulfilled.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION | PORTLAND, OR | $2,113,291 | 2024 | WHEN THE WALKING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE DISSOLVED, ALL ASSETS, BOTH INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE, WERE GRANTED TO THE ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATIONS. |
| ADAMS 12 PEAK | THORNTON, CO | $9,200 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS. |
| GRESHAM COMMUNITY SCHOOL | GRESHAM, WI | $5,882 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE THE ORGNIZATION WITH WALKKITS. |
| BUTNER-STEM ELEMENTARY | BUTNER, NC | $5,738 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS. |
| WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $5,351 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS. |
| ROBERT LUNT ELEMENTARY | LAS VEGAS, NV | $5,065 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS. |
| MIDDLE EARTH | BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP, NJ | $5,049 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS. |
| SPITLER ELEMENTARY | HART, MI | $5,023 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS. |
ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION
$2,113,291WHEN THE WALKING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE DISSOLVED, ALL ASSETS, BOTH INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE, WERE GRANTED TO THE ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATIONS.
ADAMS 12 PEAK
$9,200TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS.
GRESHAM COMMUNITY SCHOOL
$5,882TO PROVIDE THE ORGNIZATION WITH WALKKITS.
BUTNER-STEM ELEMENTARY
$5,738TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS.
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY
$5,351TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS.
ROBERT LUNT ELEMENTARY
TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS.
MIDDLE EARTH
$5,049TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS.
SPITLER ELEMENTARY
$5,023TO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WALKKITS.
