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 Foundation for Excellence in Education has awarded the Walton Family Foundation with $1.55 million to push new education policies.
The Walton Family Foundation had given away $159 millio in...more
Politicians are pushing education reform laws due to the public's discontent with public schools.
Walton Family Foundation has awarded grants for 2011 totaling almost $160 million to those who...more
The Walton Family Foundation has announced investments amounting to more than $159 million in education reform initiatives for 2011.
The grants were made to organizations and programs with a goal...more
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, gifts of $1 million and more to nonprofits jumped from $3.6 billion in 2010 to $5.4 in 2011.
The chronicle also found out that the number of people...more
Gifts of $1 million and more to nonprofits jumped from $3.6 billion in 2010 to $5.4 billion last year, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, which compiled the data.
In another sign that...more
The Walton Family Foundation has awarded $1.2 billion to the new Crystal Bridges Museum ofAmerican Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
The grant money was divided in two, $800 million will fund museum...more
The Walton Family Foundation awarded a $49.5 million grant to the Teach for America program.
The program allows for recent college graduates to teach in some of the nation's most underserved...more
The Walton Family Foundaiton has invested $157 million in grants for K-12 education.
The foundation is second to the Gates Foundation in terms of spendings on schools. However, they are the...more
Florida State University received a $1.5 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to explore the nature of free societies. However, the institution is recently criticized for the grant they...more
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awardeed its first round of grants from its Fisheries Innovation Fund last April.
The 17 grants out of 18 represents more than $2.25 million in funding...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.”