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.
Director Corie Williams announced Monday the school will receive a $250000 Walton Family Foundation Start Up grant. Williams said the one-time grant will be ...See all stories on this topic...more
Despite Soros's hedge fund-generated billions, his foundation's grants have long bolstered the importance of the public sector, with a much lower decibel ...
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Several Foundations are offering upto half a billion dollars to match federal grants that encourage education reform which will take the pressure off schools scrambling to find matching dollars they...more
A coalition of 12 foundations have offered up to $500 million to match federal grants that support educational reform.
One of the components of this effort is an internet portal that will allow...more
Twelve foundations will be spending $506 million this year on grants designed to bolster a new $650 million federal grant program for the expansion of innovative school improvement projects.
The...more
The new, collaborative effort is not a pooled fund of grants; each foundation will retain control over its contribution, and decide how it will award its ...
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There also was a $100000 gift in August 2008 from the Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation, a group whose mission is encouraging philanthropy across the region. In addition to the private support,...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.”