Funding search · EIN 823700633 · Bentonville, AR

Alice L Walton Foundation

Name: Alice L Walton Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

352
grants reported: $284.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $58,753
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

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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

Northwest Arkansas youth programs, camps, shelters, and general operations
Arts education, museums, and community engagement programming
HBCUs and Atlanta University Center faculty, scholarships, endowments
Bentonville-area civic infrastructure, land acquisition, and church construction
Health, wellness, and nutrition programs tied to arts or schools

Typical grant

Median grant is roughly $59,000, with the middle half between $25,000 and $250,000. The eight-figure and seven-figure checks go to Northwest Arkansas institutions the family is directly building (Camp War Eagle, a Bentonville church sanctuary, city water infrastructure, the Walton Family Foundation land bank) plus a small set of named university and HBCU endowments. Smaller awards, $75,000 to $250,000, are spread across arts organizations and NWA social service agencies, and many of those recipients recur across years.

Their words

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

“to provide general operating support”
“to support general operations”
“to provide scholarship support”
“community engagement and education programs”
“in Northwest Arkansas in Partnership with Crystal Bridges”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie your work to Crystal Bridges or a Northwest Arkansas partner; the record rewards Bentonville-region delivery.
Ask $100,000 to $250,000 for a defined program; that band is their most common funded size.
Frame arts as a delivery vehicle for health, nutrition, or youth outcomes, as with Arkansas Children's.
If HBCU-affiliated, connect to Atlanta University Center collective work and name a specific faculty line or scholarship.

Worth knowing: Money is heavily concentrated in Arkansas, and the largest gifts look relationship-driven rather than competitive, going to entities in Alice Walton's immediate orbit including a family foundation land bank and a Bentonville church. Out-of-state grants cluster in New York arts, Atlanta HBCUs, and a few institutions with personal ties like Yale's Bass School of Architecture.

2 grants matching “sewer” · $6.0M

$3.0M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To Prepare and coordinate a comprehensive water, sewer, and wastewater capital improvement plan (CIP) to address extremely rapid growth with multiple, substantial and noteworthy developments.
$3.0M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To Prepare and coordinate a comprehensive water, sewer, and wastewater capital improvement plan (CIP) to address extremely rapid growth with multiple, substantial and noteworthy developments.

Top recipients

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

Camp War Eagle5 grants · $51.3M
Equitable Facilities Fund1 grant · $50.0M
Alice L Walton School of Medicine3 grants · $30.6M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University1 grant · $30.0M
Catalyst Church Nwa2 grants · $14.4M
Walton Family Foundation3 grants · $13.4M
Smithsonian Institution5 grants · $10.8M
Yale University2 grants · $10.0M
Spelman College7 grants · $7.4M
The Morehouse School of Medicine4 grants · $7.0M

Giving over time

$95.2M

2022

$95.0M

2023

$94.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 352 grants.

$50.0M
Equitable Facilities Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To help fund Equitable Facilities Fund's mission of supporting an equitable, high-quality public education for all students by providing financing to excellent public charter schools to build, grow and renovate faciliti… read allTo help fund Equitable Facilities Fund's mission of supporting an equitable, high-quality public education for all students by providing financing to excellent public charter schools to build, grow and renovate facilities. less
$30.0M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023
To support scholarships for AWSOM students, RAISE-Health, Stanford Health Policy Research Partnerships, and Stanford Medicine and the Muse.
$22.9M
Alice L Walton School of Medicine · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support general operations.
$18.3M
Camp War Eagle · Rogers, AR · 2023
To support general operations.
$12.0M
Camp War Eagle · Rogers, AR · 2024
To support general operations
$12.0M
Camp War Eagle · Rogers, AR · 2024
To support general operations
$7.2M
Catalyst Church Nwa · Bentonville, AR · 2024
to support the building of a new sanctuary for Catalyst Church NWA
$7.2M
Catalyst Church Nwa · Bentonville, AR · 2024
to support the building of a new sanctuary for Catalyst Church NWA
$6.0M
Alice L Walton School of Medicine · Bentonville, AR · 2022
FY22-23 Annual Operating Budget - Health
$5.2M
Walton Family Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To support costs associated with the NWA Land Bank project acquisitions under which Grantee acquires property for planned donation to charities or governmental units for public purposes.
$5.2M
Walton Family Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To support costs associated with the NWA Land Bank project acquisitions under which Grantee acquires property for planned donation to charities or governmental units for public purposes.
$5.0M
Camp War Eagle · Rogers, AR · 2022
2021-2022 Camp War Eagle Operations
$5.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
to support the Edward P Bass School of Architecture
$5.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
to support the Edward P Bass School of Architecture
$5.0M
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Construction
$5.0M
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Digital Education Programs Endowment
$3.9M
Camp War Eagle · Rogers, AR · 2022
2022-2023 Camp War Eagle Operations
$3.3M
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank · Bethel Heights, AR · 2022
Capital Campaign and Fresh Food Support
$3.0M
Walton Family Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2023
to support costs associated with the NWA Land Bank project acquisitions under which Grantee acquires property for planned donation to charities or governmental units for public purposes.
$3.0M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To Prepare and coordinate a comprehensive water, sewer, and wastewater capital improvement plan (CIP) to address extremely rapid growth with multiple, substantial and noteworthy developments.
$3.0M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To Prepare and coordinate a comprehensive water, sewer, and wastewater capital improvement plan (CIP) to address extremely rapid growth with multiple, substantial and noteworthy developments.
$3.0M
Circle of Life · Springdale, AR · 2023
to provide hospice programming for patients who cannot afford care and to support the building campaign.
$2.3M
The Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2024
to create 2 endowments - the 'President's Innovation Fund the 'Presidential Endowment Scholarship Fund'
$2.3M
The Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2024
to create 2 endowments - the 'President's Innovation Fund the 'Presidential Endowment Scholarship Fund'
$2.3M
The Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2023
The President's Innovation Fund and Scholarship Endowment Support
$2.2M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Collective for the Study of Art History & Curatorial Studies.
$1.7M
Alice L Walton School of Medicine · Bentonville, AR · 2022
FY21-22 Annual Operating Budget - Health
$1.4M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
to support the Atlanta University Center
$1.4M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
to support the Atlanta University Center
$1.4M
Nwti Education Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2022
Expand Allied Health Training Facilities and Integrate Whole Health
$1.2M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
to establish the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Collective for the Study of Art History & Curatorial Studies.
$1.2M
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
Portraits of America and Arts Integration Pilot
$1.1M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Building an Art History Major & Curatorial Studies Minor at the Atlanta University Center
$1.0M
Bill Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
to provide funding to help Grantee establish and approximately $250 million Clinton Foundation Endowment
$1.0M
Bill Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
to provide funding to help Grantee establish and approximately $250 million Clinton Foundation Endowment
$1.0M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
to provide general operating support
$1.0M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
to provide general operating support
$1.0M
Bill Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To support the Clinton Foundation Endowment.
$1.0M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations.
$1.0M
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2022
Capital Campaign and Front-Loaded Operations Support
$1.0M
Bill Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Clinton Foundation Endowment
$1.0M
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2022
Life Works Here Phase 4
$1.0M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
2022 General Operating Support - Housing/Shelter/Food
$833,333
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
to support Phase 1 of the Aspen Opportunity Youth Forum's work to help youth find meaning and purpose
$833,333
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
to support Phase 1 of the Aspen Opportunity Youth Forum's work to help youth find meaning and purpose
$833,333
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
to support Phase 1 of the Aspen Opportunity Youth Forum's work to help youth find meaning and purpose.
$833,333
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Aspen Opportunity Youth Forum support
$666,667
University of Central Arkansas Foundation · Lowell, AR · 2022
Windgate Center for Fine & Performing Arts Maintenance and Support for the Arts Education programming budget at UCA
$653,015
South Arts · Atlanta, GA · 2022
America's Cultural Treasures - Southeast Program
$528,667
The Silk Road Project · Allston, MA · 2024
to support the organization's music commissions and art education programs
$528,667
The Silk Road Project · Allston, MA · 2024
to support the organization's music commissions and art education programs
$528,667
Silk Road Project · Allston, MA · 2023
to support the organization's music commissions and art education programs, including multiple engagements in Northwest Arkansas.
$528,666
Silk Road Project · Allston, MA · 2022
American Railroad and Other Key Artistic and Educational Programs
$521,985
South Arts · Atlanta, GA · 2023
to provide matched funding to support the US Southeast's regional engagement in the America's Cultural Treasures program.
$500,000
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
to establish a $7 million endowed maintenance fund to provides partial maintenance support for new exhibit areas to be constructed as part of Grantee's Zoo 2020 capital campaign
$500,000
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
to establish a $7 million endowed maintenance fund to provides partial maintenance support for new exhibit areas to be constructed as part of Grantee's Zoo 2020 capital campaign
$500,000
Triple Aught Foundation · Alamo, NV · 2024
to support current operational needs
$500,000
Triple Aught Foundation · Alamo, NV · 2024
to support current operational needs
$500,000
Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2023
to create an endowment to support the organization's new museum on Central Park West at 96th street.
$500,000
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Zoo 2020: a perfect vision endowment
$500,000
Bentonville Library Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2022
Bentonville Public Library Expansion
$500,000
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Zoo 2020: A Perfect Vision Endowment
$424,180
The University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
to establish the Black Music Institute at the University of Arkansas and support program operations for the certificate and Masters program in Black Sacred Music.
$411,473
Miami Dade College Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
to support the creation of a museum studies certificate and one year of program operating costs.
$400,639
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
to support the continuation of the Smithsonian Institute's archive digitization efforts and the purchase and distribution of "remote oral history kits" to record oral histories from artists of underrepresented groups.
$395,363
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Art Digitization and Oral History (Podcast) Programs
$387,500
Newark Museum Association · Newark, NJ · 2023
to support the hiring and development of community engagement roles as a portion of the leadership in arts museum program.
$375,000
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
to support the "American Porch" project
$375,000
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
to support the "American Porch" project
$367,457
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
to provide support for community engagement and education programs
$367,457
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
to provide support for community engagement and education programs
$367,457
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
to support the student, educator, and community engagement programs.
$335,000
Excellerate Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2024
to support tornado relief efforts
$335,000
Excellerate Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2024
to support tornado relief efforts
$300,400
Smarthistory · Pleasantville, NY · 2023
to support an expansion of the Seeing American program and to support the mentorship of emerging art historians from diverse backgrounds.
$287,811
The University of Arkansas Foundation Inc Dba Uams Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
to support deploying the UAMS Comprehensive School Nutrition Enrichment Program (CSNEP) to Northwest Arkansas public school districts.
$276,757
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Comprehensive School Nutrition Enrichment Program
$267,455
Arisa Health · Springdale, AR · 2023
to sustain integrated care and whole health treatments for behavioral healthcare patients
$262,500
Newark Museum Association · Newark, NJ · 2024
to support the hire, development and program activities of a Director of Community Outreach as part of the Leadership in Art Museums program
$262,500
Newark Museum Association · Newark, NJ · 2024
to support the hire, development and program activities of a Director of Community Outreach as part of the Leadership in Art Museums program
$255,400
Smarthistory · Pleasantville, NY · 2024
to support addition artworks for the Seeing America Program
$255,400
Smarthistory · Pleasantville, NY · 2024
to support addition artworks for the Seeing America Program
$250,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024
To expand the Jazz at Lincoln Center Arts-Integration program in Northwest Arkansas in Partnership with Crystal Bridges
$250,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024
To expand the Jazz at Lincoln Center Arts-Integration program in Northwest Arkansas in Partnership with Crystal Bridges
$250,000
The Historymakers · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support 100 video oral histories of African American leaders in the arts and medicine
$250,000
The Historymakers · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support 100 video oral histories of African American leaders in the arts and medicine
$250,000
Barnabas Foundation · Springfield, MO · 2023
to support the development of an adaptive arts center to support art programs for campers of all abilities.
$250,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2023
to support operational and staffing costs for Northwest Arkansas Council Healthcare Transformation Division, including the hiring of an organizational Director and the planning and launch of projects for participating i… read allto support operational and staffing costs for Northwest Arkansas Council Healthcare Transformation Division, including the hiring of an organizational Director and the planning and launch of projects for participating institutions less
$250,000
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank · Bethel Heights, AR · 2023
to support the construction of the NWA Center for Hunger Relief and increase access to fresh and nutritious foods.
$250,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
to support the Darren Walker Scholarship Program endowment.
$250,000
The Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2022
The President's Innovation Fund and Scholarship Endowment Support
$226,090
The University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2022
Black Music Institute
$225,334
The University of Arkansas Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
to support deploying the UAMS Comprehensive School Nutrition Enrichment Program to NWA public school districts
$225,334
The University of Arkansas Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
to support deploying the UAMS Comprehensive School Nutrition Enrichment Program to NWA public school districts
$216,842
Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023
to support the hire and programming led by the Curator of Culture & Community Relations as part of the Leadership in Arts program.
$209,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
to support the hire, development, and program activities of a Director of Community Outreach as part of the Leadership in Art Museums program.
$200,000
Boys & Girls Club of Benton County · Bentonville, AR · 2024
to provide general operating support
$200,000
Boys & Girls Club of Benton County · Bentonville, AR · 2024
to provide general operating support
$200,000
Soar After School Program · Springdale, AR · 2024
to provide general operating support
$200,000
Soar After School Program · Springdale, AR · 2024
to provide general operating support

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