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The Rob Walton Foundation

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$244.4M
in grants paid
225
grants
106
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

  • $33.9M

    Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation · Medora, ND · 2024

    To provide funding for library

  • $24.6M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    To provide matching support toward Spend Down Fund 2.0

  • $9.3M

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    To support Africa Protected Areas Strategy Implementation

  • $8.0M

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

    To support School of Conservation Futures and related programs

  • $5.0M

    African Parks Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    To provide operational support for the development and management of national parks and key conservation areas in Africa.

  • $4.8M

    African Parks Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support African Parks Incubation Program: Scaling Through Partnerships

  • $4.6M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    To support ocean conservation through the Blue Nature Alliance project

  • $3.5M

    African Parks Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support important conservation in Africa, including Rewilding of Key Species

  • $3.3M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    To support Country Packages Seed Fund

  • $1.5M

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    To support Phase 1: Advance a Global Culture of Compassion

  • $1.3M

    The Earthshot Prize · 2024

    To provide support for the Earthshot Prize, a global prize designed to scale environment and conservations solutions

  • $1.1M

    African Parks Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support establishing a Conservation Academy

  • $900,000

    Climate Leadership Council · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $750,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Mosaic Project building collaboration within the environmental movement

  • $657,103

    Frankfurt Zoological Society - US · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support Africa Protected Areas Strategy Implementation

  • $500,000

    Western Stock Show Association · Denver, CO · 2024

    To support National Western Stock Show through Honoring the Legacy Campaign

  • $500,000

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    To support Heal Our Planet, Protect Our Future Campaign

  • $375,000

    United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    Multi-year cycling support

  • $325,000

    International Conservation Caucus Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support educational activities focused on the importance of international conservation that benefits nature and people

  • $300,000

    Arizona Aerospace Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    To support Tucson Military Vehicle Museum

  • $250,000

    Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support the urban farm at St. Vincent De Paul

  • $250,000

    Team Africa Rising · Savery, WY · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $175,000

    Bridge2rwanda · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    To support Expanding Conservation Agriculture Farming Method in Africa

  • $110,000

    USA Cycling · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    To support a three-year strategy to grow the sport of bike racing.

  • $100,000

    Phoenix Theatre · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $50,000

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support general operations and needs of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park

  • $50,000

    Liberty Wildlife · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $50,000

    College of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2024

    To Support the annual fund in 2024

  • $50,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the Columbia Law School Annual Fund in 2024

  • $50,000

    USA Cycling · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $50,000

    Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2024

    To Support the annual fund in 2024

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy - Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy - Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $50,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    To support Two-cohort Compassion Fellowships

  • $50,000

    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    To support the Hoover Institution's general operations

  • $50,000

    Salvation Army of Nwa · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

    To support general operations in Benton and Washington Counties in Arkansas

  • $50,000

    Phoenix Art Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $37,500

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    To support Assessment and Strategy for Africa Work

  • $25,000

    McPherson College · McPherson, KS · 2024

    To support the automotive restoration program in 2024, including shop initiatives and general support

  • $25,000

    Jones-Gordon Foundation · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2024

    To support the Jones-Gordon School's general operations

  • $25,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $25,000

    Foxg1 Research · Sands Point, NY · 2024

    To support Research and Therapeutic Programs

  • $25,000

    Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $25,000

    Desert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $25,000

    Arizona Science Center · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $25,000

    Conservation Council of Nations · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support International Conference on the Miombo Forest Initiative

  • $25,000

    Valley of the Sun United Way · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $25,000

    Valley of the Sun Young Men'S Christian Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $20,000

    Boston Mountain Cyclists · Bentonville, AR · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $20,000

    Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust · Tiburon, CA · 2024

    To support a comprehensive assistance fund for those in need in the Sonoma County and San Francisco Area

  • $20,000

    Roaring Fork Mountain Bike Association - Rfmba · Aspen, CO · 2024

    To support Executive Director and trail work and programs

  • $15,000

    Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District · Meeker, CO · 2024

    To support Meeker Trails Maintenance

  • $15,000

    Nourishphx · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $15,000

    Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    Social Services Support

  • $10,000

    Miracle League of Arizona · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $10,000

    Kukio Hoomana Fund · Kailuakona, HI · 2024

    To support general operations in delivering programs that foster a thriving, resilient Kukio Community

  • $10,000

    Habitat for Humanity of Benton County · Bentonville, AR · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $10,000

    Theodore Roosevelt Association · Oyster Bay, NY · 2024

    To support charitable programs perpetuating the legacy and ideals of President Theodore Roosevelt.

  • $10,000

    Aspen Valley Ski-Snowboard Club · Aspen, CO · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $5,000

    Northwest Organization for Animal Help · Stanwood, WA · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $5,000

    American Friends of the Bugatti Trust · Dedham, MA · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $16.5M

    African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023

    To support important conservation areas in Africa.

  • $14.7M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    to provide matching support toward a Spend Down Fund 2.0.

  • $10.0M

    Internationaler Naturerbe Fonds - Legacy Landscapes Fund · 2023

    Match funding to support conservation efforts in the Namibia Skeleton Coast - Etosha Conservation Bridge Legacy Landscape.

  • $9.8M

    African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023

    to provide endowed and operational support to the African Parks Network for the development and management of national parks and key conservation areas in Africa.

  • $9.6M

    African Parks Network · 2023

    to support building working capital reserves for conservation efforts.

  • $2.0M

    Frankfurt Zoological Society - US · Washington, DC · 2023

    to support the launch of a new strategy for Protected Areas in Africa.

  • $1.9M

    Clean Future Forum · Washington, DC · 2023

    to support Clean Future Forum's charitable climate action work

  • $1.2M

    The Earthshot Prize · 2023

    to provide support for The Earthshot Prize, a global environment prize designed to incentivize change and help repair the planet over the next ten years (the "Prize")

  • $1.0M

    Phoenix Theatre · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    To support construction and theater improvements through the Centennial Capital Campaign.

  • $1.0M

    Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    to support construction of a new campus through the campaign to transform animal welfare.

  • $1.0M

    Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxboro, MA · 2023

    Program support to raise awareness, engage individuals, and rebuild and celebrate Jewish identity.

  • $1.0M

    McPherson College · McPherson, KS · 2023

    To support the Rob Walton Scholarship Fund.

  • $932,603

    Walton Family Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2023

    to support Home Region, Environment, and/or K-12 Education programs.

  • $900,000

    Climate Leadership Council · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support general operations.

  • $750,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    to support Phase 1: Advance a Global Culture of Compassion

  • $750,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Mosaic Project to strengthen the environmental movement.

  • $700,000

    Arizona Aerospace Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    to provide matching funding for the construction of the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum.

  • $504,396

    Frankfurt Zoological Society - US · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the Assessment and Strategy for Africa Work.

  • $500,000

    Western Stock Show Association · Denver, CO · 2023

    to support the Honoring the Legacy Campaign of the National Western Stock Show.

  • $500,000

    The University of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    To support the Portman Center Fellowship Program Endowment

  • $375,000

    United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    Multi-Year Cycling Support

  • $325,000

    International Conservation Caucus Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    to support educational activities focused on the importance of international conservation that benefits nature and people.

  • $300,000

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    To support the Assessment and Strategy for Africa Work

  • $285,342

    Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    To support research and design of a global conservation leadership initiative at Arizona State University.

  • $273,000

    Arizona Science Center · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    to provide matching funding for the Jane Goodall's Reasons for Hope Film and Education Initiative.

  • $250,000

    Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    to support the Urban Farm at St. Vincent de Paul through the 2023 Restoring Hope Community Breakfast.

  • $249,600

    Nia Tero Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    to support the expansion of Wayfinders Circle.

  • $200,000

    Internationaler Naturerbe Fonds - Legacy Landscapes Fund · 2023

    To fund Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Congo and Iona National Park in Angola as pilot legacy landscape sites to strengthen the long-term funding of these globally significant protected areas.

  • $197,339

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    To support efforts to catalyze ocean conservation in Mozambique.

  • $175,000

    Bridge2rwanda · Little Rock, AR · 2023

    To supports efforts to accelerate the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Rwanda.

  • $140,000

    USA Cycling · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    to support a three-year strategy to grow the sport of bike racing.

  • $75,000

    United Way of Northwest Arkansas · Lowell, AR · 2023

    To support general operations.

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy - Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2023

    To support general operations.

  • $50,000

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support general operations and the development of a project brief for improvements to the Painted Canyon, North Unit Complex, and Medora Entry Area of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

  • $50,000

    The Be Kind People Project Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    to support general operations through the 2023 Annual Gala.

  • $50,000

    Salvation Army of Nwa · Fayetteville, AR · 2023

    TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS in Benton and Washington counties in Arkansas.

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy - Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    To support general operations.

  • $50,000

    Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    to support general operations through the 2023 Neuro Night event

  • $50,000

    Liberty Wildlife · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    to support the Non-Eagle Feather Repository program through the 2023 Wishes for Wildlife Event

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.