Today’s profile of the Walton Family Foundation on the front page of The New York Times draws much-needed attention to our country’s most pressing issue: improving educational opportunity for the families and children who need it most.

Largest private funder of charter school startups supports the opening of roughly one in four charter schools in the nation since 1997.

Bipartisan support fuels private school choice expansion; former Republican Governor and Democratic U.S. Senator validate efforts

Grant to Benefit Arkansas Delta and Charter School Students

October 30, 2013 -- The Walton Family Foundation announced a Gulf-wide effort to spotlight business support for restoration projects that will benefit both the economy and the environment. The campaign, Operation 1-1-1, provides a unique platform for fishermen, restaurant owners, community leaders and other coastal residents to tell their stories and call on policymakers to support environmental restoration that benefits local communities.

Foundation selects four individuals whose work will empower families with high-quality, publicly funded educational options

Fishery Improvement Partnership Fund will first support spiny lobster fishery in Honduras

Foundation selects NYC Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg

BENTONVILLE, Ark, July 31, 2013 -- The Walton Family Foundation announced today that it is investing $20 million over two years in the national nonprofit Teach For America. This investment will support the recruitment, training and professional development of nearly 4,000 first- and second-year teachers in nine communities, three of which -- Detroit, Indianapolis and Memphis -- the foundation will be supporting for the first time. The foundation, the largest private supporter of Teach For America, has now invested more than $95 million in the organization since 1993

Walton Family Foundation investment will support more than 1,000 corps member placements over next two years