Funding search · EIN 133441466 · Bentonville, AR

Walton Family Foundation

Name: Walton Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

3,288
grants reported: $1.65B
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education arkansas community river water policy colorado school

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

K-12 education policy, charter schools, and curriculum reform nationally
Northwest Arkansas civic life: parks, trails, arts, transit in Bentonville
Education R&D: literacy, math acceleration, tutoring, learner records
Colorado River and Mississippi River Basin water and agriculture
Career pathways, apprenticeships, and community college redesign
Ocean and fisheries sustainability, including international tuna work

Typical grant

Median grant is $200,000, with the middle half between $75,000 and about $432,000. The eight-figure checks go to intermediaries and re-granting vehicles (Charter Fund, 50CAN's State Implementation Fund, New Venture Fund, NewSchools) plus Bentonville capital projects; the small ones are single-site programs and Arkansas nonprofits. Repeat giving is the norm, with organizations like Cambiar Education, Environmental Defense Fund, and TNTP each holding several concurrent grants.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“"improve student outcomes"”
“"high-quality instructional materials"”
“"high-impact tutoring"”
“"learning loss"”
“"To support general operations"”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to a named state implementation partner; they fund studies of policy rollout, not standalone inquiry.
Ask $1M to $3M for multi-year research; Harvard CEPR and ASU CRPE landed in that band.
Name Arkansas as a study site or first state. LEARNS Act implementation work is actively funded.
For water or agriculture work, anchor to the Colorado River Basin or Mississippi River Basin explicitly.

Worth knowing: Arkansas takes 888 of 3,288 grants and Bentonville itself absorbs large capital gifts, so a non-Arkansas applicant is competing in the national education portfolio, where a few intermediaries and fiscal sponsors (New Venture Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Cambiar, NewSchools) recycle much of the money to subgrantees. Getting funded through one of those vehicles is often more realistic than a direct grant.

12 grants matching “welcoming” · $1.1M

$249,407
Welcome Democracy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a new network of champions regarding a reform agenda that prioritizes a student-centered approach to economic mobility.
$140,000
All Bikes Welcome · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
To foster a sense of belonging in cycling in Northwest Arkansas.
$139,000
Downtown Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To provide support to build and promote a welcoming and lively downtown through experiences, education, and storytelling.
$25,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2024
To support Welcoming Week NWA.
$5,000
All Bikes Welcome · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
To support Grit Fest 2024, a 3-day mountain biking festival in Fayetteville, AR.
$134,500
Downtown Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support Downtown Bentonville, Inc. in its mission to build and promote a welcoming and lively downtown through experiences, education, and storytelling.
$25,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2023
To support the local activation of Welcoming Week NWA
$5,000
All Bikes Welcome · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To sponsor Grit Fest, a 3-day mountain biking festival held in NWA, which welcomes riders of all backgrounds
$226,500
Downtown Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2022
To support Downtown Bentonville, Inc. in its mission to build and promotes a welcoming and lively downtown through experiences, education, and storytelling.
$130,000
All Bikes Welcome · Fayetteville, AR · 2022
To Provide year-round free outdoor programming for the Northwest Arkansas community focused on inclusive cycling.
$25,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2022
To support the local activation of Welcoming Week NWA.
$10,000
All Bikes Welcome · Fayetteville, AR · 2022
To support the production of Grit Fest 2022 - a multi-day festival promoting an inclusive approach to diversity in outdoor recreation, mountain biking and cycling.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors21 grants · $61.4M
City Fund3 grants · $49.0M
Teach for America7 grants · $43.5M
New Venture Fund24 grants · $38.8M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund6 grants · $37.9M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund4 grants · $36.0M
City of Bentonville39 grants · $35.1M
Newschools Venture Fund5 grants · $26.6M
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation41 grants · $26.2M
Cambiar Education14 grants · $26.1M

Giving over time

$541.9M

2022

$587.4M

2023

$521.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,288 grants.

$39.7M
Builders Initiative Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2023
to support charitable grantmaking and related operational expenses.
$35.6M
Town Branch Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To support the improvement and advancement of K-12 education.
$33.0M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2023
To support general operations.
$26.0M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
To recruit, train and support diverse, high-quality teachers and increase the number of alumni in school or system leadership roles nationally.
$21.6M
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony · Eureka Springs, AR · 2023
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.
$19.4M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
To support special charitable projects.
$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.
$15.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To support 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.
$15.0M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2022
To support a local education reform agenda across mature cities nationally, including six where WFF has long made direct investments (Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, New Orleans, San Antonio, Washington, DC).
$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… read allTo 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. less
$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.
$13.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
to support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations nationally
$13.0M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
to recruit, train and support diverse, high-quality teachers and increase the number of alumni in school or system leadership roles nationally.
$13.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2022
To support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations (CMOs) nationally.
$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.
$12.0M
Advanced Education Research and Development Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
To serve as a R&D engine for the education sector.
$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.
$10.7M
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2023
To support a five-year goal to accelerate math learning by 50 percent for 10 percent of students in the U.S.
$10.4M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
to support the KIPP 2025 campaign.
$10.1M
Grand River Dam Authority · Tulsa, OK · 2022
To construct a whitewater park on the Illinois River located at the Lake Frances spillway in Adair County, Oklahoma.
$10.0M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
To serve as an intermediary for K-12 education leadership development organizations.
$10.0M
The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support historically underrepresented entrepreneurs solving complex and urgent K-12 education challenges inhibiting the social and economic mobility and excellence of America's highest-need youth
$10.0M
Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism · Little Rock, AR · 2022
To support the completion of The Delta Heritage Trail as more fully described in the Delta Heritage Trail Master Plan dated April 2019 and in the updated Extension Budget dated October 16, 2019.
$10.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
To launch and manage the Learning Engineer Virtual Institute (LEVI), 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 lea… read allTo launch and manage the Learning Engineer Virtual Institute (LEVI), 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. less
$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.
$9.1M
Regents of the University of California · Merced, CA · 2023
To fund scholarships for Gateway Scholars.
$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.
$6.8M
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2023
To support a partnership with the nonprofit Community Development Corporation (CDC) and the "Big Emma" development team to acquire in downtown Springdale and develop a mixed-income workforce housing.
$6.5M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater c… read allTo support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater communications capacity. less
$6.1M
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
to provide funding to help DU establish an endowed scholarship fund
$6.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the Snacks Family Donor-Advised Fund.
$6.0M
Vela Education Fund · Arlington, VA · 2022
To invest in education innovation occurring outside the bounds of traditional school, reaching millions of underserved students and families.
$5.7M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support general operations.
$5.5M
Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs · North Little Rock, AR · 2022
To support the in-kind land transfer of the Rainbow Road Veteran's Home property.
$5.0M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To support the construction of the 8th Street Gateway Park in Bentonville.
$5.0M
Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support The 1954 Project.
$5.0M
Bentonville Library Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2023
to support the expansion efforts of the Bentonville Public Library.
$5.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
To support the Growth and Early Launch of the Next Generation of Great Charter Networks.
$5.0M
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To create an endowed fund for the long-term sustainability of the museum's Community Engagement program.
$5.0M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2023
To support general operations.
$5.0M
Vela Education Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
To invest in education innovation occurring outside the bounds of traditional school, reaching millions of underserved students and families.
$5.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2022
To seed the launch or expansion of up to 120 new or emerging charter management organizations to open a total of 50,000 new charter seats nationally.
$5.0M
Educational Resources Impact Fund Lp · New York, NY · 2022
To support the provision of loans to nonprofit organizations that are developing high-quality instructional materials for K-12 students and/or providing aligned supports to teachers and school districts to effectively i… read allTo support the provision of loans to nonprofit organizations that are developing high-quality instructional materials for K-12 students and/or providing aligned supports to teachers and school districts to effectively implement curricula and other educational resources in order to improve student outcome. less
$5.0M
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general operations in 2022.
$4.9M
Grand River Dam Authority · Tulsa, OK · 2023
to construct a whitewater park on the Illinois River located at the Lake Frances spillway in Adair County, Oklahoma.
$4.5M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations.
$4.1M
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support capital improvements at the Momentary
$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.
$4.0M
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support subgrants to promising tutoring providers, researchers, and state departments of education to support successful implementation of high-impact tutoring in schools.
$4.0M
Advanced Education Research and Development Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
To serve as a R&D engine for the education sector.
$4.0M
The Children'S Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2023
to provide tuition assistance to students in grades K-8 to attend alternatives to faltering conventional schools and provide administrative support for the organization.
$4.0M
The Children'S Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To provide tuition assistance for students in grades K-8 for alternatives to faltering conventional schools and provide administrative support for the organization.
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To support research on how K-12 schools can increase social and economic mobility for children across the US.
$3.9M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
to support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater c… read allto support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater communications capacity. less
$3.9M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To increase the number of career-connected learning models and approaches for historically disadvantaged students in grades six through 14.
$3.8M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2022
To Support NAPCS programming, including federal and state-specific policy and coalitions work, sector-wide communications efforts, a Legal Action Fund, and a variety of research and support strategies.
$3.8M
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching · Stanford, CA · 2023
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… read allTo 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. less
$3.8M
Theatresquared · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
To provide support for TheatreSquared's programming and operations in NW Arkansas.
$3.6M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign in providing coordination and leadership to Foundation grantees in the Colorado River Basin.
$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… read allTo 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. less
$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 … read allTo 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. less
$3.5M
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2022
To support general operations in 2022.
$3.5M
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2024
To support general operations.
$3.5M
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2023
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.
$3.3M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation… read allTo support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation including public transit. less
$3.3M
Bes · Boston, MA · 2022
To increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training leaders for the BES Fellowship and supporting them to launch new schools.
$3.3M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2022
To support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation… read allTo support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation including public transit. less
$3.3M
Bes · Boston, MA · 2023
To increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training leaders for the BES Fellowship and supporting them to launch new schools.
$3.2M
California Charter Schools Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To advocate, protect, and defend public charter schools in California and to accelerate the rate of closing the opportunity gap for historically underserved students.
$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… read allTo 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. less
$3.2M
Denver Health Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
To support the Workforce Development Center, Office of Health Equity, and Equitable Procurement Initiative.
$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… read allTo 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. less
$3.1M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support the construction of the new A Street Promenade as part of the City of Bentonville's Quilt of Parks Plan.
$3.1M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2023
To Support NAPCS programming, including federal and state-specific policy and coalitions work, sector-wide communications efforts, a Legal Action Fund, and a variety of research and support strategies
$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.
$3.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
To support general operations.
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To provide support for 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 Am… read allTo provide support for 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. less
$3.0M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
$3.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
To support general operations in 2022.
$3.0M
Greatschools · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support improvements on its technology platform.
$3.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign in implementing environmental priorities in the Colorado River Basin.
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
To serve as the fiscal sponsor for 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 ou… read allTo serve as the fiscal sponsor for 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. less
$3.0M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
$2.9M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support the work of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition.
$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
California Charter Schools Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support, protect, and defend public charter schools in California and to accelerate the rate of closing the opportunity gap for historically underserved students.
$2.8M
Arkansas Department of Education · Little Rock, AR · 2022
To provide high quality STEM curriculum to middle schools.
$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.
$2.8M
Ffwd · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the scaling of nonprofit organizations that create high-quality instructional materials.
$2.8M
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2022
Program and operating support for The Momentary, a multi-disciplinary space for visual and performing arts, culinary experiences, festivals, and artist residencies and a satellite facility to Crystal Bridges Museum of A… read allProgram and operating support for The Momentary, a multi-disciplinary space for visual and performing arts, culinary experiences, festivals, and artist residencies and a satellite facility to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. less
$2.7M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the Runway Donor-Advised Fund.

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