Walton Family Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $35.6M

  Town Branch Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  To support the improvement and advancement of K-12 education.

• $15.0M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  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.

• $13.3M

  50can · Washington, DC · 2024

  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…

• $13.0M

  Charter Fund · Denver, CO · 2024

  to support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations nationally

• $13.0M

  Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2024

  To Expand and evaluate the Community Funding Accelerator.

• $12.5M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  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.

• $11.3M

  Opera in the Ozarks · Eureka Springs, AR · 2024

  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.

• $10.0M

  Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To serve as an intermediary for K-12 education leadership development organizations.

• $9.8M

  Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism · Little Rock, AR · 2024

  to support the completion of The Delta Heritage Trail.

• $9.7M

  National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

  To support special charitable projects.

• $8.4M

  Advanced Education Research and Development Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To serve as an R&D engine for the education sector.

• $7.4M

  Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support special charitable projects.

• $7.0M

  Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024

  To support Eradicating Illiteracy Through Evidence-based Phonics Instruction.

• $5.7M

  Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $5.0M

  Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To support The 1954 Project.

• $5.0M

  City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  To support the construction of the 8th Street Gateway Park in Bentonville.

• $4.5M

  National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $4.0M

  The Children'S Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  to provide tuition assistance to students in grades K-8 to attend alternatives to faltering conventional schools and provide administrative support for the organization.

• $3.5M

  Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  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 …

• $3.5M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  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 agricu…

• $3.5M

  Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $3.3M

  Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024

  To support the launch of LearnerStudio to build and scale new solutions to reimagine high school.

• $3.2M

  Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching · Stanford, CA · 2024

  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, c…

• $3.1M

  Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024

  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 journe…

• $3.1M

  Learning Economy · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To develop "portable learner records" to help parents, educators, and students understand and make decisions about students' learning trajectories.

• $3.0M

  Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To provide subgrants to promising tutoring providers, researchers, and state departments of education to support successful implementation of high-impact tutoring in schools.

• $3.0M

  Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

  To Support statewide implementation of education policy solutions to address learning loss and improve student outcomes at scale in at least four states, including Arkansas.

• $3.0M

  Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $3.0M

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  To Support the work of Opportunity Insights.

• $2.8M

  City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  To support the construction of the new A Street Promenade as part of the City of Bentonville's Quilt of Parks Plan.

• $2.8M

  National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance · Hadley, MA · 2024

  To establish a venture studio program that will support startup companies in the state of Arkansas.

• $2.6M

  Walton Arts Center Council · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

  To support programming and operations at the Walton Arts Center.

• $2.5M

  University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

  To support the Arkansas Teacher Corps program.

• $2.5M

  Getting Smart Collective · Federal Way, WA · 2024

  To launch a new grant program to accelerate innovation and impact across microschools.

• $2.4M

  Excellerate Foundation · Rogers, AR · 2024

  To create housing for Bentonville public school teachers, staff and other income-qualified community members.

• $2.4M

  Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support ALI's federal coalition-building, non-lobbying strategy, and awareness-building efforts.

• $2.4M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign in providing coordination and leadership to Foundation grantees in the Colorado River Basin.

• $2.4M

  Bes · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $2.3M

  Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2024

  To support the Center on Reinventing Public Education, housed within Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, to execute multi-year research and thought leadership projects and to design and run …

• $2.2M

  Council of Chief State School Officers · Washington, DC · 2024

  To Support the organization's IMPD Network-a network of 14 state education departments focused on improving student outcomes by increasing access to HQIM and aligned teacher and implementation supports.

• $2.1M

  City of Pea Ridge · Pea Ridge, AR · 2024

  Donation of land in Pea Ridge, AR for future open recreational use.

• $2.1M

  Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  To continue work in the Mississippi River Basin that drives adoption of agricultural conservation practices and natural infrastructure to improve water quality and address climate change.

• $2.1M

  Battelle Education · Columbus, OH · 2024

  To Create and scale high-quality advanced manufacturing high school pathways programs across Ohio.

• $2.1M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  To increase the number of career-connected learning models and approaches for historically disadvantaged students in grades six through 14.

• $2.0M

  Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  To support EDF to expand MethaneSAT's capabilities to monitor CO2 emissions.

• $2.0M

  National Science Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

  to support research and development in K-12 education.

• $2.0M

  50can · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $2.0M

  Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2024

  To support a five-year goal to accelerate math learning by 50 percent for 10 percent of students in the U.S.

• $2.0M

  City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  To support acquisition of property located at 221 S. Main Street in downtown Bentonville for the purpose of developing the Quilt of Parks public open space and use of an existing building for city offices.

• $2.0M

  Digital Promise Global · Washington, DC · 2024

  To Design, launch, and scale a high school cybersecurity pathways program across Alabama.

• $2.0M

  City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  To provide funding for Construction of Dave Peel Park and The Commons, both part of the Quilt of Parks in Bentonville

• $2.0M

  Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  To support the launch of a new nonprofit organization, Renaissance Philanthropy, who will be dedicated to surfacing breakthrough ideas in K-12 education, science, technology, and innovation.

• $2.0M

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  To Support the Center for Education Policy Research to study the implementation of statewide education policy solutions targeting learning loss.

• $1.9M

  National Audubon Society · New York City, NY · 2024

  Toimprove the sustainability and resilience of the Colorado River for people and for nature in the face of climate change.

• $1.9M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  To support research on how K-12 schools can increase social and economic mobility for children across the U.S.

• $1.9M

  Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  To support sustainability in 10 focus fisheries, build sustainable seafood demand, rebuild depleted fish stocks, and address social issues.

• $1.8M

  Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  To support construction of Convergence, a robust new community family playspace inspired by art, science, nature and technology.

• $1.8M

  Edreports Org · Raleigh, NC · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $1.7M

  Tntp · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the training of literacy coaches in Arkansas that the LEARNS Act has mandated.

• $1.7M

  Southern Education Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  To provide support for resources and training to school districts so they improve student outcomes through outcomes-based contracting with vendors of programs and products like tutoring services, education technology pr…

• $1.7M

  Ssg Advisors Llc · Burlington, VT · 2024

  To support the implementation of the Tuna Harvest Strategy in Indonesia's archipelagic waters.

• $1.7M

  The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

  Toimprove the sustainability and resilience of the Colorado River for people and for nature in the face of climate change.

• $1.7M

  The Drexel Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

  To improve access to high-quality publicly supported private schools for economically disadvantaged students across the country.

• $1.7M

  Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2024

  To support the School System Innovation Fund, a multi-year grants program to provide school districts with funding and resources to design and implement innovative solutions that tackle big educational problems related …

• $1.6M

  Theatresquared · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

  To provide support for TheatreSquared's programming and operations in NW Arkansas.

• $1.6M

  Tntp · New York, NY · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $1.6M

  National Audubon Society · New York City, NY · 2024

  To create aresilient, ecologically vibrant, and equitable future for the Mississippi River by accelerating the adoption of natural infrastructure.

• $1.5M

  National Association of Charter School Authorizers · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To transform the practice of authorizing so it can be used to create more high-quality, innovative, and equitable educational opportunities for students and communities across the country.

• $1.5M

  The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $1.5M

  Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  To support the field of water philanthropy while advocating for sustainable and equitable water management and policy solutions.

• $1.5M

  Bellwether Education Partners · Boston, MA · 2024

  To support projects and provide advisory support to increase public and influencer awareness of key policy solutions, including school funding equity, school transportation solutions, career pathways, and emerging innov…

• $1.4M

  Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the work of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition.

• $1.4M

  Ozark Regional Transit · Springdale, AR · 2024

  To support public transportation in Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville.

• $1.4M

  Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  To build climate resilience and sustainability for fisheries and the communities that depend on them.

• $1.4M

  Teacher Prep Inspection-US · Sarasota, FL · 2024

  to provide consulting technical assistance to the State of Arkansas Department of Education's Division of Elementary and Secondary Educationto launch a literacy coursework audit within the structure of the Arkansas Stat…

• $1.4M

  Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2024

  to support the continued scaling up and programmatic work of Groundwork.

• $1.3M

  National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024

  To provide support for interconnected issues within the Mississippi River Basin, including the need for clean water, reduced flood risk, healthy soils, and resilient habitats and communities.

• $1.3M

  Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024

  To build the capacity of school districts and states to be smarter buyers of educational curriculum and products, including high-impact tutoring, through greater market transparency.

• $1.3M

  Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To expand the evaluation capacity of researchers for state-approved tutoring providers working in Arkansas and help districts manage and implement effective use of out-of-school tutoring programs.

• $1.3M

  The 74 Media · New York, NY · 2024

  To increase public awareness and inform the national discussion of critical education issues across the country.

• $1.3M

  American Federation for Children Growth Fund · Columbia, MD · 2024

  To support a multifaceted communications and leadership strategy.

• $1.3M

  Teaching Lab · Washington, DC · 2024

  To provide support to Train teachers to effectively use high-quality instructional materials to accelerate student learning.

• $1.3M

  Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024

  To support the AGree initiative.

• $1.3M

  Education Design Lab · Washington, DC · 2024

  To expand and evolve the Community College Growth Engine Fund to design and test a more responsive community college model to better serve new majority learners.

• $1.3M

  The Associated Press · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the Water and Climate beat coverage and expand capacity.

• $1.3M

  Instruction Partners · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To train teachers so they can effectively use high-quality instructional materials to accelerate student learning.

• $1.3M

  The Learning Accelerator · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  To Support subgrants to successful hybrid and virtual learning programs and to further research about high-quality hybrid learning models that successfully blend in-person and virtual instruction.

• $1.2M

  Cicp Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

  To support launching and sustaining new regional youth apprenticeships across Indiana and grow a statewide community of practice to advance systems change in support of equitable pathway options for youth.

• $1.2M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  To Support Phase II of LAUNCHing Equitable and Accelerated Pathways Initiative, a network of 14 states focused on expanding K-12 student access to high-quality career and college pathways.

• $1.2M

  Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2024

  Toimprove the sustainability and resilience of the Colorado River for people and for nature in the face of climate change.

• $1.2M

  Rocketship Public Schools · Redwood City, CA · 2024

  to support Rocketship's 10-school expansion to Tarrant County.

• $1.2M

  Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research · New York, NY · 2024

  To help education technology entrepreneurs collect and incorporate feedback from children and child-development experts, with a focus on English language Arts and the Science of Reading.

• $1.2M

  Coleridge Initiative Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

  To significantly expand the amount and use of K-12 data in its seminal data platform.

• $1.2M

  California Charter Schools Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To support general operations.

• $1.2M

  National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024

  To support participation in the Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition.

• $1.2M

  Ozark Regional Transit · Springdale, AR · 2024

  To support expansion of public transportation for Bentonville and Rogers, Arkansas.

• $1.2M

  City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  To construct the Bright Road Sidepath, a new 1 mile, 10-foot-wide concrete bicycle and pedestrian sidepathlocated on the east side of SW Bright Road.

• $1.1M

  National Audubon Society · New York City, NY · 2024

  To support participation in the Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition.

• $1.1M

  The Learning Agency Llc · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support four rounds of the Learning Engineering Tools Competition.

• $1.1M

  The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida · Jacksonville, FL · 2024

  To implement a subgrants program to support the MyVillage Project and member organizations' vision for transformational educational change in Jacksonville and pilot communities across Florida.