Walton Family Foundation
Where Opportunity Takes Root
The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. Three generations of the descendants of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, and their spouses, work together to lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We believe the best ideas can come from anywhere, so we stay open to new thinking from all over. And we partner with those who are closest to the problem because they’re usually closest to the solution. We work in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.
In 2019, the foundation awarded more than $525 million in grants to further our mission. Our headquarters are in Bentonville, Arkansas, with offices in Washington, D.C.; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Denver, Colorado.
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We believe tomorrow’s solutions start with progress today. We find hope in progress to preserve rivers and oceans and the communities they support – sustaining nature because nature sustains us.
Contact Information
Peter Skidmore
Program Officer, Environment
Walton Family Foundation
Bozeman, MT
