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.
The Meloy Fund I, LP (the “Fund”), a first-of-its-kind impact investment fund dedicated to helping coastal fishers transition to more sustainable...more
While venture philanthropy funds were still new in the late 1990s, ... With new philanthropic dollars flowing more heavily in Silicon Valley and...more
(Similar to how the well-endowed J. Paul Getty Trust morphed into a far-ranging "cultural and philanthropic institution," even as it remained best...more
"I believe that the Walton Family Foundation funding can be a catalyzing force to develop solutions that may take a much longer time to develop...more
A recent report on ocean conservation philanthropy listed WFF among the top five foundations supporting the cause, together giving more than half...more
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is setting up its new Green Climate Fund to “provide support to developing countries to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”