Walton Family Foundation Inc Grants

Private foundation · Bentonville, AR · EIN 13-3441466 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications

Walton Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Bentonville, AR (EIN 13-3441466). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $562.3M paid in 1,020 grants, with a median grant of $200K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $8.6B. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.

Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · waltonfamilyfoundation.org

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Total grants paid: $562.3M
Grants reported: 1,020
Typical grant: $200K
Future commitments: Not reported
Total assets: $8.6B

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: Walton Family Foundation Inc

Where Walton Family Foundation Inc gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Arkansas$132.4M District of Columbia$92.8M California$69.4M New York$65.9M Massachusetts$30.2M

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/walton-family-foundation-inc-133441466

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	Location	Purpose
Town Branch Foundation	Bentonville, AR	To support the improvement and advancement of K-12 education.	Tax year 20242024	$35.6M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc	New York, NY	To provide support for the Learning Engineer Virtual Institute, a new model for Education R&D designed to create technology-enabled solutions that can double the rate of low-income, middle school students' math learning.	Tax year 20242024	$15M
50CAN Inc	Washington, DC	To Launch the State Implementation Fund, a project that will help governors and state education chiefs in 5 to 8 states implement education policy solutions required to address learning loss and improve student outcomes at scale within 2 to 3 years.	Tax year 20242024	$13.3M
Charter Fund Inc	Denver, CO	to support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations nationally	Tax year 20242024	$13M
Federation of American Scientists	Washington, DC	To Expand and evaluate the Community Funding Accelerator.	Tax year 20242024	$13M
New Venture Fund	Washington, DC	To support a financing and technical assistance program that will allow high-quality nonprofit curriculum developers in literacy and science to enhance and scale their existing product lines.	Tax year 20242024	$12.5M
Opera in the Ozarks Inc	Eureka Springs, AR	To support the construction of a new opera theater building and faculty housing units and supporting infrastructure on the campus of Opera in the Ozarks.	Tax year 20242024	$11.3M
NewSchools Venture Fund	Oakland, CA	To serve as an intermediary for K-12 education leadership development organizations.	Tax year 20242024	$10M
Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism	Little Rock, AR	to support the completion of The Delta Heritage Trail.	Tax year 20242024	$9.8M
National Philanthropic Trust	Jenkintown, PA	To support special charitable projects.	Tax year 20242024	$9.7M
Advanced Education Research and Development Fund	Oakland, CA	To serve as an R&D engine for the education sector.	Tax year 20242024	$8.4M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	Boston, MA	To support special charitable projects.	Tax year 20242024	$7.4M
Cambiar Education	San Diego, CA	To support Eradicating Illiteracy Through Evidence-based Phonics Instruction.	Tax year 20242024	$7M
NewSchools Venture Fund	Oakland, CA	To support general operations.	Tax year 20242024	$5.7M
City of Bentonville	Bentonville, AR	To support the construction of the 8th Street Gateway Park in Bentonville.	Tax year 20242024	$5M
Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group	Chicago, IL	To support The 1954 Project.	Tax year 20242024	$5M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools	Washington, DC	To support general operations.	Tax year 20242024	$4.5M
The Children's Scholarship Fund	New York, NY	to provide tuition assistance to students in grades K-8 to attend alternatives to faltering conventional schools and provide administrative support for the organization.	Tax year 20242024	$4M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc	New York, NY	To support the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation project,which will allow coordinated donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water outcomes in American agriculture.	Tax year 20242024	$3.5M
Water Foundation	Sacramento, CA	To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions in the face of climate change by supporting the Water Solutions Fund to develop projects, change policy, and build power; & to develop and begin implementation of a Clean Water Campaign Plan.	Tax year 20242024	$3.5M
Education Reform Now Inc	New York, NY	To support general operations.	Tax year 20242024	$3.5M
Cambiar Education	San Diego, CA	To support the launch of LearnerStudio to build and scale new solutions to reimagine high school.	Tax year 20242024	$3.3M
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching	Stanford, CA	To support Carnegie in leading a field-wide shift from time and credit-based schooling (the Carnegie unit) to mastery-based models of attainment and learning that demonstrably improve young people's success in school, career, and life.	Tax year 20242024	$3.2M
Cambiar Education	San Diego, CA	To support Cambiar's Thrive grant program, a subgranting program that supports products and programs that are focused on improving how parents and caregivers get information and data about their child's education journey.	Tax year 20242024	$3.1M
Learning Economy Inc	Nashville, TN	To develop "portable learner records" to help parents, educators, and students understand and make decisions about students' learning trajectories.	Tax year 20242024	$3.1M

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Walton Family Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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