Walton Family Foundation Inc
Invitation OnlyBentonville, Arkansas · EIN 13-3441466 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$521.7M
Organizations funded1,020
Typical grant$200,000
Total assets$8.6B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $75,000 and $434,655.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
70% of grants went outside Arkansas.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Branch Foundation | Bentonville, AR | To support the improvement and advancement of K-12 education. | $35,550,004 |
| 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… | $15,000,000 |
| 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… | $13,300,000 |
| Charter Fund Inc | Denver, CO | to support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations nationally | $13,000,000 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | To Expand and evaluate the Community Funding Accelerator. | $13,000,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | To support a financing and technical assistance program that will allow high-quality nonprofit curriculum developers in literacy and… | $12,504,469 |
| 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… | $11,257,418 |
| NewSchools Venture Fund | Oakland, CA | To serve as an intermediary for K-12 education leadership development organizations. | $10,000,000 |
| Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism | Little Rock, AR | to support the completion of The Delta Heritage Trail. | $9,844,587 |
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | To support special charitable projects. | $9,702,517 |
| Advanced Education Research and Development Fund | Oakland, CA | To serve as an R&D engine for the education sector. | $8,400,000 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | To support special charitable projects. | $7,432,153 |
| Cambiar Education | San Diego, CA | To support Eradicating Illiteracy Through Evidence-based Phonics Instruction. | $7,000,001 |
| NewSchools Venture Fund | Oakland, CA | To support general operations. | $5,700,000 |
| City of Bentonville | Bentonville, AR | To support the construction of the 8th Street Gateway Park in Bentonville. | $5,000,000 |
| Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group | Chicago, IL | To support The 1954 Project. | $5,000,000 |
| National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | Washington, DC | To support general operations. | $4,500,000 |
| 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… | $4,000,000 |
| 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… | $3,500,000 |
| 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… | $3,500,000 |
| Education Reform Now Inc | New York, NY | To support general operations. | $3,450,000 |
| Cambiar Education | San Diego, CA | To support the launch of LearnerStudio to build and scale new solutions to reimagine high school. | $3,318,388 |
| 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… | $3,189,925 |
| 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… | $3,100,000 |
| Learning Economy Inc | Nashville, TN | To develop "portable learner records" to help parents, educators, and students understand and make decisions about students' learning… | $3,070,000 |
| Accelerate - The National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning | Nashville, TN | To provide subgrants to promising tutoring providers, researchers, and state departments of education to support successful implementation… | $3,000,000 |
| Baton Rouge Area Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | To Support statewide implementation of education policy solutions to address learning loss and improve student outcomes at scale in at… | $3,000,000 |
| Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc | Tallahassee, FL | To support general operations. | $3,000,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | To Support the work of Opportunity Insights. | $3,000,000 |
| City of Bentonville | Bentonville, AR | To support the construction of the new A Street Promenade as part of the City of Bentonville's Quilt of Parks Plan. | $2,824,350 |
| National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance | Hadley, MA | To establish a venture studio program that will support startup companies in the state of Arkansas. | $2,760,000 |
| Walton Arts Center Council Inc | Fayetteville, AR | To support programming and operations at the Walton Arts Center. | $2,600,000 |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | To support the Arkansas Teacher Corps program. | $2,517,000 |
| Getting Smart Collective | Federal Way, WA | To launch a new grant program to accelerate innovation and impact across microschools. | $2,500,000 |
| Excellerate Foundation | Rogers, AR | To create housing for Bentonville public school teachers, staff and other income-qualified community members. | $2,439,935 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | To support ALI's federal coalition-building, non-lobbying strategy, and awareness-building efforts. | $2,421,843 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | To support the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign in providing coordination and leadership to Foundation grantees in the Colorado River… | $2,400,000 |
| BES Inc | Boston, MA | To support general operations. | $2,350,000 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University | Tempe, AZ | To support the Center on Reinventing Public Education, housed within Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, to… | $2,288,858 |
| Council of Chief State School Officers | Washington, DC | To Support the organization's IMPD Network-a network of 14 state education departments focused on improving student outcomes by increasing… | $2,197,932 |
| City of Pea Ridge | Pea Ridge, AR | Donation of land in Pea Ridge, AR for future open recreational use. | $2,141,312 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | To continue work in the Mississippi River Basin that drives adoption of agricultural conservation practices and natural infrastructure to… | $2,125,000 |
| Battelle Education | Columbus, OH | To Create and scale high-quality advanced manufacturing high school pathways programs across Ohio. | $2,122,785 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | To increase the number of career-connected learning models and approaches for historically disadvantaged students in grades six through 14. | $2,100,000 |
| 50CAN Inc | Washington, DC | To support general operations. | $2,000,000 |
| City of Bentonville | Bentonville, AR | To provide funding for Construction of Dave Peel Park and The Commons, both part of the Quilt of Parks in Bentonville | $2,000,000 |
| City of Bentonville | Bentonville, AR | To support acquisition of property located at 221 S. Main Street in downtown Bentonville for the purpose of developing the Quilt of Parks… | $2,000,000 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | To support the launch of a new nonprofit organization, Renaissance Philanthropy, who will be dedicated to surfacing breakthrough ideas in… | $2,000,000 |
| Digital Promise Global | Washington, DC | To Design, launch, and scale a high school cybersecurity pathways program across Alabama. | $2,000,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | To support EDF to expand MethaneSAT's capabilities to monitor CO2 emissions. | $2,000,000 |
| Khan Academy Inc | Mountain View, CA | To support a five-year goal to accelerate math learning by 50 percent for 10 percent of students in the U.S. | $2,000,000 |
| National Science Foundation | Alexandria, VA | to support research and development in K-12 education. | $2,000,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | To Support the Center for Education Policy Research to study the implementation of statewide education policy solutions targeting learning… | $1,983,506 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York City, NY | Toimprove the sustainability and resilience of the Colorado River for people and for nature in the face of climate change. | $1,900,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | To support research on how K-12 schools can increase social and economic mobility for children across the U.S. | $1,872,397 |
| Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation | Honolulu, HI | To support sustainability in 10 focus fisheries, build sustainable seafood demand, rebuild depleted fish stocks, and address social issues. | $1,868,000 |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Inc | Bentonville, AR | To support construction of Convergence, a robust new community family playspace inspired by art, science, nature and technology. | $1,800,000 |
| EdReports Org Inc | Raleigh, NC | To support general operations. | $1,800,000 |
| TNTP Inc | New York, NY | To support the training of literacy coaches in Arkansas that the LEARNS Act has mandated. | $1,736,667 |
| Southern Education Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | To provide support for resources and training to school districts so they improve student outcomes through outcomes-based contracting with… | $1,735,520 |
Showing the 60 largest of 1,020 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $521,744,638 | 1,024 |
| 2023 | $587,359,461 | 1,125 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 17, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543219349103824
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-3441466
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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