The Walton Family Foundation

2008 Grants

During 2008, the Walton Family Foundation made grants totaling more than $184 million, primarily to organizations and projects in the following funding areas:

K-12 Education Reform
$116,006,967
$68,176,044
$29,111,033
$18,719,890
 
Environment
$42,233,760
$8,284,709
$25,243,242
$6,084,486
$2,621,323
 
Delta Region of Arkansas & Mississippi
$3,735,804
 
Northwest Arkansas
$13,269,682
$8,918,971
$2,183,500
$2,167,211
 
Special Initiatives
$7,915,247
   
Grants of Less than $10,000 Each
$1,469,261

 


2008 K-12 Education Reform Grants

Public Charter Schools
A Chance To Grow, Inc.
$10,000
Academia Moderna
$40,000
Achievement First, Inc.
$460,000
Alliance for Families with Deaf Children
$10,000
Alma D'Arte Charter High School
$134,000
Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation
$105,000
Animo Locke Multiple Pathways High School
$230,000
Animo New Locke High School #1
$230,000
Animo New Locke High School #2
$230,000
Animo New Locke High School #3
$230,000
AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School
$250,000
Ararat Charter School
$20,000
Arizona Charter Schools Association
$410,000
Arts in Action Community Charter School
$20,000
Association of Missouri Charter Schools
$245,000
Atlanta Preparatory Academy
$200,000
Ball State University
$252,080
Bridges Preparatory School
$10,000
Bright Star Secondary Academy
$180,000
Brighter Choice
$1,087,915
Brighter Choice - Program Related Investment
$(5,192,714)
Building Excellent Schools
$2,966,700
Building Hope - Program Related Investment
$3,227,500
Building Hope
$350,000
California Charter Schools Association
$3,462,967
California Charter Schools Association - Program Related Investment
$(275,000)
Capital City Public Charter School
$250,000
Carmen High School of Science and Technology
$230,000
Carson Champion School
$10,000
Carter G. Woodson Middle School Campus
$250,000
Center City Public Charter Schools Inc
$200,000
Center for Education Reform
$499,450
Centura Community School
$20,000
Charter Fund, Inc.
$6,161,474
Charter School of Excellence at Davie
$250,000
Chicago International Charter School
$100,000
Christel House Academy Inc.
$10,000
Chula Vista Elementary School District
$144,560
Cien Aguas International School
$10,000
City Garden Montessori Charter School
$230,000
Cleveland Entrepreneurship Preparatory School
$20,000
College Ready Middle Academy #3
$230,000
Colorado League of Charter Schools
$613,000
Community School for Creative Education
$50,000
COMNEC Incorporated (f/b/o Antecello Preparatory Academy)
$10,000
Confluence Preparatory Academy
$230,000
Covenant Keepers Academy for College Bound Students
$230,000
Crocker Arts and Technology School
$250,000
DC Public Charter School Board
$927,565
Denver School of Science and Technology
$220,000
Denver Venture School
$200,000
Detroit Enterprise Academy
$50,186
Direct Instruction Vital for Achievement Charter Academy
$10,000
Dr. Muriel Petioni Charter Schools for Scholarship, Health and Leadership
$20,000
Dream Charter School
$200,000
E. L. Haynes Public Charter School
$70,000
Eagle College Preparatory Charter School
$220,000
East Oakland Leadership Academy
$230,000
Elsie Whitlow Stokes
$138,000
Encourage Tomorrow f/b/o Big Picture High School, Fresno
$10,000
Enrichment Academy Green Public Charter School
$10,000
EnTo Charter Academy
$10,000
Erie Neighborhood House
$50,000
Evangeline Roberts Institute of Learning
$10,000
Excel Academy Charter School of East Boston
$30,000
Excellent Education Development, Inc.
$750,000
Excellent Education Development - Program Related Investment
$4,500,000
Florida High School for Accelerated Learning
$250,000
Florida High School for Accelerated Learning - Lauderhill
$250,000
Florida High School for Accelerated Learning - Miramar
$250,000
Frederick Douglass Elementary School
$230,000
Free Horizon Montessori Charter School
$119,500
French School
$40,000
Fresno Diversity Charter School
$10,000
Friends of Ascension
$152,000
Friends of Choice in Urban Schools
$1,048,342
Friendship Public Charter School
$100,050
Fulton Leadership Academy
$10,000
Galapagos Charter School
$50,000
German School of St. Louis
$10,000
Girls Preparatory Charter School of East Harlem
$20,000
Global Academy
$230,000
Goethe International Charter School of L.os Angeles
$30,000
Gompers Charter Middle School
$50,000
Harlem Link School
$50,000
Harlem Success Academy Charter School #2
$170,000
Harlem Success Academy Charter School #3
$170,000
Harlem Success Academy Charter School #4
$170,000
Health and Human Services Academy
$10,000
High Tech Middle Media Arts
$50,000
Hill View Montessori Charter School of Haverhill
$30,000
Hopeville Charter School
$20,000
ICEF Elementary School #4
$230,000
Illinois Network of Charter Schools
$890,000
Indiana Public Charter Schools Association, Inc.
$280,000
In-House-Connections f/b/o Green Public Charter School DC
$10,000
Innovations Academy
$10,000
International High School
$10,000
Irvington Community High School
$250,000
James Jordan MS
$50,000
Kindezi School
$260,000
KIPP Foundation
$5,200,000
Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods
$151,335
Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood
$260,000
LEARN Charter School
$250,000
Lincoln International Charter School
$250,000
Little Rock Urban Prep for Young Men
$10,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
$1,833,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Program Related Investment
$900,000
Los Angeles Creative Arts High School
$10,000
Magnolia Science Academy-4
$250,000
Magnolia Science Academy-5
$250,000
MAPSA - Michigan Association of Public School Academies
$620,700
Martin Brown Academy
$20,000
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium Community Public Charter School
$10,000
MID-CAL Entrepreneurial and Mathematics Charter School
$10,000
Miller McCoy Academy for Mathematics and Business
$250,000
Montessori Charter School of Los Angeles
$20,000
Monticello Charter School
$20,000
Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School
$20,000
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
$1,175,000
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
$975,590
National Council of La Raza
$150,000
New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association
$50,000
New Leaders for New Schools
$1,370,000
New Los Angeles Charter School
$200,000
New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools
$170,000
New Millennium Secondary School
$240,000
New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy
$250,000
New York Charter Schools Association
$993,743
Newark Charter School Fund
$650,000
NewSchools Venture Fund
$1,473,683
NoHo Charter School
$20,000
Octavio Paz Intermediate School
$55,000
Octavio Paz Primary School
$55,000
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools
$368,950
Omar D. Blair Charter School
$50,491
One World School
$50,000
Pacific American Education and Scholastic Foundation
$20,000
Pacific Charter School Development - Program Related Investment
$10,000,000
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
$55,000
Para Los Ninos
$30,000
Para Los Ninos Charter Middle School
$220,000
Peace In My World Inc
$10,000
Project School
$230,000
Propel Schools Foundation
$62,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota
$130,937
Richard Allen Math and Science Academy
$230,000
Rise Academy School of Science and Technology
$250,000
Ruby Dantzler Elementary School
$230,000
Rufino Tamayo Charter School
$30,000
School Performance Inc.
$605,593
Schools in Action
$30,000
Seed School of Washington DC
$79,600
Sojourner Truth Academy
$250,000
Spanish School
$50,000
St. Hope Corporation
$319,662
STRIDE Academy
$40,000
Success Charter Network
$1,025,000
Synergy Charter Academy
$10,000
Synergy Kinetic Academy
$230,000
Teach Inc.
$20,000
Texas Charter Schools Association
$500,000
University Charter Academy
$10,000
University Metropolitan Day School
$10,000
University Prep Science & Math Middle School
$230,000
UNO Charter School Network
$690,000
Urban Academy Charter Middle School
$230,000
Urban Discovery Academy
$50,000
Washington Mathematics Science and Technology Public Charter High School
$50,400
Watts Learning Center
$130,000
West Denver Preparatory Charter School - 2nd Campus
$250,000
West Metro Charter School
$80,000
Westside Community School of the Arts
$250,000
Westside Inclusive School House Charter Elementary
$20,000
Whispering Winds Charter School
$133,000
William E. Doar Jr. Public Charter School for the Performing Arts - Northwest Campus
$220,000
Wisconsin Public Charter Schools Institute, Inc.
$300,000
Woodmont Academy
$52,690
Wyatt-Edison Charter School
$89,000
Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc.
$19,500
Yes Prep Public Schools - Southwest Campus
$13,595
Public Charter School Initiative Total
$68,176,044
School Choice
Agudath Israel of America, Inc.
$300,000
Alliance for School Choice, Inc.
$2,231,880
Black Alliance for Educational Options
$2,050,000
Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation
$1,766,885
Children's Scholarship Fund
$15,557,500
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc.
$500,000
Florida Association of Scholarship Funding Organizations
$602,904
Georgetown University
$1,161,864
GreatSchools Inc.
$1,800,000
Harvard College
$180,000
Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
$200,000
Institute For Justice
$400,000
Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation
$100,000
MMAC Community Support Foundation
$150,000
Parents in Charge Foundation
$100,000
School Choice Ohio
$400,000
School Choice Wisconsin
$310,000
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
$400,000
Washington Scholarship Fund, Inc.
$900,000
School Choice Initiative Total
$29,111,033
District and Arkansas Education Reform and Other Education Grants
Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation
$90,000
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Familes
$30,000
Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science, Inc.
$265,660
Arkansas Department of Education
$29,000
Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation
$60,240
Arkansas Policy Foundation
$10,000
Arkansas State Council on Economic Education
$24,471
Arkansas Tech University
$240,000
Association of American Educators Foundation
$275,000
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation, Inc.
$1,866,000
Copan Public Schools
$10,000
Coweta Public Schools
$10,000
Cross County School District
$240,000
District of Columbia Public Schools
$365,000
Elementary Institute of Science
$25,000
Endowment for Inner-City Education
$10,000
e-STEM Elementary Public Charter School
$250,000
e-STEM Elementary Public Charter School
$939,521
e-STEM High Public Charter School
$250,000
e-STEM Middle Public Charter School
$250,000
e-STEM PCS - Program Related Inestments
$2,909,000
Fay School
$1,510,000
Governor Dummer Academy
$35,000
Independent College Fund of Arkansas
$12,000
Lighthouse Academies
$121,750
National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation
$85,000
New Teacher Project
$1,167,259
Northwest Evaluation Association
$62,418
Ouachita Baptist University
$50,000
Pea Ridge School District
$16,500
Recovery School District
$3,376,509
Saint Anthony School
$10,000
Teach for America
$2,229,382
Teton Science School
$88,000
Teton Valley Community School, Inc.
$10,000
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.
$857,090
University of Central Arkansas Foundation
$940,090
District and Arkansas Education Reform and Other Education Grants Total
$18,719,890
K-12 EDUCATION REFORM TOTAL
$116,006,967

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2008 Environment Grants

Economic Incentives for Sustainable Fishing  
Environmental Defense Fund
$5,073,039
Marine Stewardship Council
$1,675,000
Seaweb
$415,322
Trust for Conservation Innovation
$851,348
Wild Salmon Center
$270,000
Economic Incentives for Sustainable Fishing Total
$8,284,709
Marine Area Conservation  
Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C.
$342,273
Conservation International Foundation
$20,872,382
Ecology Project International
$342,403
Environmental Law Institute
$136,903
Ocean Conservancy
$1,980,160
San Diego Society of Natural History
$327,237
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparaja' A.C.
$352,833
World Wildlife Fund
$889,051
Marine Area Conservation Total
$25,243,242
Freshwater Conservation  
Environmental Defense Fund
$2,296,977
Klamath River Inter-Tribal Fish and Water Commission
$40,000
National Audubon Society
$1,847,971
National Wildlife Federation
$1,658,760
Sustainable Northwest
$30,000
Upper White River Basin Foundation
$25,000
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Corporation
$185,778
Freshwater Conservation Total
$6,084,486
Other Environment Related Grants  
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
$15,000
California Academy of Sciences
$430,000
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Inc.
$100,000
Friends of the Peace Parks, Inc.
$1,000,000
Global Explorers
$57,000
Grand Canyon Youth
$165,000
Herring Gut Learning Center
$15,000
Nature Conservancy - Arizona
$25,000
Nature Conservancy of Texas, Inc.
$25,000
Nature Conservancy, Inc.
$15,000
Nature Conservancy, Inc. - Arkansas
$204,323
Philanthropy Roundtable
$50,000
Urban Ecology Center
$20,000
Wild Salmon Center
$500,000
Other Environment Related Grants Total
$2,621,323
Other Environment Related Grants Total
$2,621,323
ENVIRONMENT TOTAL
$42,233,760

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2007 Delta Region of Arkansas & Mississippi Grants

Foundation for the Mid South
$1,399,188
Mississippi State University
$179,250
Southern Financial Partners
$2,149,866
Teach for America - Arkansas
$320,000
Southern Financial Partners - Program Related Investment
$(312,500)
DELTA REGION OF ARKANSAS & MISSISSIPPI TOTAL
$3,735,804

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2008 Northwest Arkansas Grants

Northwest Arkansas Amenities  
Bentonville Child Care & Development Center
$736,660
Bentonville/Bella Vista Trailblazers Association, Inc.
$793,988
Boys & Girls Club of Benton County
$22,500
Camp War Eagle, Inc.
$5,115,850
Children's Museum of Northwest Arkansas
$186,000
City of Springdale
$99,225
Crystal Bridges - Museum of American Art, Inc.
$77,445
Peel House Foundation
$343,290
Rogers Little Theatre
$750,000
Walton Arts Center Inc.
$779,013
YMCA of Northwest Arkansas
$15,000
Northwest Arkansas Amenities Total
$8,918,971
Northwest Arkansas Economic Development  
Harvey & Bernice Jones Center for Families
$1,250,000
Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation, Inc.
$933,500
Northwest Arkansas Economic Development Total
$2,183,500
Education, Diversity/Culture, Environmental and Other Northwest Arkansas Related Grants
Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas Foundation
$20,000
Benton County Single Parent Scholarship Fund
$408,738
Bentonville Public Schools
$61,250
Catholic Social Services, Diocese of Little Rock
$98,000
Credit Counseling of Arkansas, Inc.
$89,500
Decision Point, Inc.
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Benton County, Inc.
$10,000
Horses for Healing
$15,000
Illinois River Watershed Partnership
$250,000
Jones Center for Families Inc.
$202,501
Junior Achievement of Arkansas, Inc.
$60,000
Just Communities of NWA, Inc.
$58,239
Keep Benton County Beautiful
$19,467
Lincoln School District
$215,622
Literacy Council of Benton County, Inc.
$25,000
Salvation Army - Fayetteville
$20,000
Siloam Springs Public Schools
$82,960
Springdale Public Schools
$36,000
St. Mary's Hospital Foundation
$25,000
United Way of Northwest Arkansas
$125,000
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.
$60,000
Washington County Single Parent Scholarship Fund
$229,934
Washington Regional Medical Foundation
$25,000
Education, Diversity/Culture, Environmental and Other Northwest Arkansas Related Grants Total
$2,167,211
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TOTAL
$13,269,682

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2008 Special Initiatives Grants

Other Special Initiatives
American Quarter Horse Foundation
$50,000
American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas
$10,000
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
$586,700
Arizona Science Center
$25,000
Arkansas Community Foundation
$40,000
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund
$798,733
Arkansas Tennis Patrons Foundation
$10,000
Aspen Valley Medical Foundation Limited
$10,000
Aspen Valley Ski-Snowboard Club, Inc.
$10,000
Bartlesville Community Foundation
$15,000
Baxter County Public Library Foundation
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
$25,000
Boy Scouts of America
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Nowata, Inc.
$11,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
$25,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix
$15,000
Cancer Research Institute of West Tennessee
$15,000
Careity Foundation
$25,000
CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates
$10,000
Celebrity Fight Night Foundation
$20,000
CEO Leadership Academy, Inc.
$75,000
Church of the Pioneers Foundation
$15,000
Coffee Creek Riding Center
$10,000
College of the Ozarks
$27,500
College of Wooster
$20,000
Colorado State University Foundation
$20,000
Columbia College
$10,000
Columbia Law School
$25,000
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
$155,000
Cookson Hills Christian Ministries
$40,000
Dickinson State University Foundation
$265,000
Discovery Center of Springfield
$10,000
Easter Seals Arkansas
$10,000
Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington County, Inc.
$15,000
Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center, Inc.
$10,000
Evergreen State College Foundation
$10,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
$11,000
Ferncliff Board of Trustees
$10,000
First Step Community Charter School
$10,000
A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds
$12,000
Florence Crittenton Home
$15,000
Fort Smith Chamber Economic Development Foundation, Inc.
$31,250
Friends of Braille Without Borders, Inc.
$10,000
Fuller Theological Seminary
$10,000
Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation
$15,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation
$15,000
Happy Hill Farm Children's Home
$20,000
Herron High School
$50,000
Holy Land Christians Society
$50,000
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
$10,000
Hope, Inc.
$10,000
Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
$25,000
Institute for Humane Studies
$40,000
James and Dorothy Doss Heritage and Culture Center of Parker County
$20,000
Johns Hopkins University
$100,000
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation
$500,000
Lawton Enhancement Trust Authority
$10,000
Leland Stanford Junior University
$150,000
Lions World Services for the Blind
$12,000
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
$10,000
Madison County Fair Association, Inc.
$10,000
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
$10,000
Mayo Clinic Arizona
$100,000
Messmer Catholic Schools Scholarships
$10,000
Milwaukee College Preparatory School
$10,000
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
$73,500
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
$50,000
Mountain Metro AMBUCS
$17,500
Muscular Dystrophy Association
$10,000
Museum of Northern Arizona, Inc.
$10,000
National Council on Economic Education
$20,000
National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame
$50,000
National Cutting Horse Association Charities Foundation
$105,000
National Gallery of Art
$100,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Inc.
$35,000
New Haven Home, Inc.
$120,000
New Heights Christian School
$19,000
New Life Ranch
$25,000
New York Historical Society
$50,000
Not My Kid, Inc.
$15,000
Oklahoma Centennial Commemoration Fund
$20,000
Oklahoma Christian University, Inc.
$10,000
Oklahoma City Food Bank, Inc. dba Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
$20,000
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
$11,000
Oklahoma Zoological Society, Inc.
$10,000
Old Jail Art Center
$10,000
pARTners
$15,000
Peace House Foundation (Amani Children's Home)
$10,000
Peninsula Habitat for Humanity
$10,000
Performing Arts Fort Worth, Inc.
$76,800
Phillips Brooks School
$50,000
Phoenix Art Museum
$25,000
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
$25,000
Phoenix Theatre
$10,000
Playing for Change Foundation
$30,000
Presbyterian Children's Homes & Services
$10,000
Prescott College
$10,000
Progressive League of College Station
$15,000
Project Rwanda
$50,000
Rady Childrens Hospital San Diego
$10,000
Salvation Army
$10,000
Salvation Army of Bartlesville
$10,000
Shawnee Community Foundation
$30,000
Stanford University
$47,000
Stanford University - John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
$800,000
Students in Free Enterprise
$150,000
Team Up for Youth
$10,000
Texas Rangers Association Foundation
$10,000
Tulsa Ballet Theatre
$30,000
Tulsa Future Inc.
$20,000
Tulsa Public School
$10,000
Twentieth Century Club of Little Rock, Inc.
$22,000
UCSD Cancer Center Foundation - U C San Diego Foundation
$48,285
United Israel Appeal of Canada, Inc.
$50,000
United Way of Lawton-Fort Sill
$10,000
United Way of Palo Pinto County, Inc.
$50,000
United Way of Parker County
$25,000
United Way of the Tulsa Area
$10,000
University of California Regents
$25,000
University of Colorado Foundation, Inc.
$50,000
University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc.
$10,000
University of Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
$100,000
University of the Ozarks
$77,855
USA Cycling Development Foundation
$50,000
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego
$20,000
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom
$150,000
Young Life Foundation
$10,000
Young Men's Christian Association
$30,000
Youth Services of Tulsa
$15,000
Zoological Society of San Diego
$13,500
University Scholarships
$1,163,624
OTHER SPECIAL INITIATIVES TOTAL
7,915,247

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