Walton Family Foundation, Inc. (AR)



The Walton Family Foundation was established in 1962 by Sam and Helen Walton. One of their goals was to increase opportunity and improve the lives of others along the way.


Their guiding principle - to benefit the deserving people and inspiring projects around the world - derives the philanthropic mission of the Walton Family Foundation.


Today, the foundation is focused on sustaining the Walton's timeless small-town values and their deep commitment to making life better for individuals and communities.

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Recent News from Walton Family Foundation


Public street art coming to School Avenue in downtown Fayetteville
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

The project serves as part of a $100,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2013. The grant went toward an ... The event celebrates the intersection of art, music and nature...more

Pittsburgh Arts Advocates Make Their Funding Case At The Capitol
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation

“There's always bipartisan support -- whether it's local at the state level or at the federal level -- for the arts,” he said. “We feel like we can count on that. People see the value of the...more

Arkansas law lessens costs of concurrent classes for some
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

The college regularly charges $75 per credit hour to in-district students -- those living in Bentonville and Rogers school districts -- and $122.50 to out-of-district students, but grants a 60...more

Walton gives Indianapolis Public Schools $1.7 million to increase principal power
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

The foundation is known for offering startup grants for charter schools, but in recent years it has increased focus on city-wide projects that improve the conditions for school choice, such as new...more

Record Fund to Help IMBA Create 100 New MTB Trails in 2018
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

A new initiative between the IMBA and Walton Family Foundation (WFF) will seed at least 100 new trail projects across the country. That's thanks to a matching grant from the Walton Family Foundation,...more

IMBA launches trail education and grant program with Walton Family Foundation
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and the Walton Family Foundation are partnering to present new Trail Labs educational programming and matching Trail...more

Ask a Governor: Here Are the Questions Student Advocates Would Put to Key State Leaders at ...
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

Several such programs have been launched by nonprofit charter management organizations (including Aspire, MATCH, Success, and Uncommon) and others by nonprofit start-ups (including Relay Graduate...more

Inside Player: Behind a Unique Effort to Transform a Big Urban School District
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

The L.A.-based philanthropist Eli Broad has backed charter schools for the last decade through philanthropy and political donations. His work has helped make L.A. a center of the charter movement....more

Montessori Schools Are Doing It Their Way
Foundation: Walton Family Foundation

Grant and Juliana are different ages, progressing at different levels, but they occupy the same classroom with the same teacher and will do so until Juliana ... After completing lessons in math and...more

Evan Stone: DeVos Must Listen to Teachers And Support Students, Not Suspend Them
Foundation: Gates Foundation, California Community Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Walton Family Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Disclosure: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the California Community Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the...more



Social Enterprise Network Sites


Employers For Childcare Charitable Group (EFCG), a Lisburn-based charity, has been crowned top Social Enterprise at the Ulster Final of 2014’s Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards. EFCG seeks to “make it easier for parents with dependent children to get into work and to stay in work.”




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