Newsroom
Filter
Filter By:
-
March 12, 2015Last year, the Walton Family Foundation moved forward with even greater intensity, focus and commitment to expanding opportunity for more people. Over the past two decades, our annual grant making has increased more than sevenfold from $50 million to more than $375 million last year. In 2014, we collaborated with more than 1,900 partners on initiatives across the U.S. and the world. If you could travel with me to our grantee communities, you would see schools that are providing transformative educational opportunities and preparing students for success in college and careers. You would see a riverbed that once was barren, now showing visible increases in vegetation thanks to a historic “pulse flow.” And you would see a father teaching his son to ride a bike on a new greenway trail, linking families and nature.
-
November 4, 2015Grant to Help Attract and Develop About 4,000 Teachers
-
February 23, 2017$2.1 million investment will also expand access to student and school performance data
-
September 12, 2017$2.2 million investment will increase access to intentionally diverse public schools for 2,400 students
-
September 13, 2017$1 million grant to Harvard University to increase understanding of effective character teaching, learning and evaluation practices
-
March 5, 2018$790,000 grant will enable YES Prep Public Schools to train and support more than 600 educators for both public charter and district schools
-
April 4, 2018The Walton Family Foundation is working to improve K-12 outcomes for all students by ensuring access to high-quality educational options that prepare them for a lifetime of opportunity. The foundation has invested more than $1 billion to date to improve all types of schools — traditional district, public charter and private — and to support innovative organizations that share a common goal: to give all families the ability to choose the best school for their child, regardless of their ZIP code.
-
April 9, 2018Increased Access to Facilities Funding for Public Charter Schools
-
June 19, 2018More than $100 million in new grants will support diverse and innovative school models and leaders
-
February 14, 2019Loans to expand access to high-quality schools for over 3,500 students