Successfully addressing vital social issues — like the movement for racial justice and addressing climate crises — requires large-scale initiatives that address equity, complexity and systems. This report offers ways of grouping systems change outcomes and helpful ways of thinking about complex social change work.

For the past year, the Walton Family Foundation has surveyed Gen Z to better understand their desires and hopes for the future. Our latest Gen Z poll with Gallup Research dives into the perspectives of GenZers on STEM education.

This report examine the foundation's current grantee capacity-building practices and provides recommendations for enhancing the foundation’s approach.

Restore the Mississippi River Delta (MRD) has been conducting public opinion research among Louisiana voters since 2013 and media research about coastal issues since 2016.

Echelon Insights, in collaboration with Benenson Strategy Group, conducted a survey on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation to examine views on collaboration around issues facing the country and how philanthropic organizations could support collaboration.

The Walton Family Foundation partnered with Impact Research to ask parents of K-5 students to share how well their children learned to read and what they think of the current debate about reading instruction.

Climate Advisers sought to understand the extent to which key coastal countries appreciate the importance of fisheries for adaptation and mitigation. This report presents the results of that analysis.

New survey gives policymakers and researchers an invaluable resource to understand this generation’s needs and take action to address them

Assessing the quality and accessibility of Northwest Arkansas schools

New research from the Walton Family Foundation and Impact Research shows that at this critical moment for students, teachers are turning to new technologies like ChatGPT as a tool to enhance teaching and learning.

The Walton Family Foundation and HIT Strategies conducted a survey asking Black students to reflect on their schools’ performance in three key issue areas: career readiness, mental health, and belonging.

A new Morning Consult survey finds that consumers view the world’s oceans as a key part of their livelihoods and that we need to maintain their health for future generations.

A new poll of K-12 parent voters nationwide shows a strong appetite for change in education.

A Benenson Strategy Group and Echelon Insights survey found that American women feel stereotypes, preconceived notions and unequal treatment based on gender bias and discrimination continue to limit opportunities for growth and progress.

Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on the importance of safeguarding groundwater supplies and support for investments in conservation and restoration projects to protect water sources for Arizona.

Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on how voters are consuming news on climate change, how the news on climate change is making them feel, and what their preferences are for stories around climate change. The survey finds that voters agree journalists have a duty to increase global understanding of climate change and that nearly all voters want more coverage on protecting water sources, extreme weather, and climate change’s impact on food supplies.

The Walton Family Foundation collaborated with Impact Institute to gain actionable information for decision-making and strategy development required to support and preserve fishery communities. The project has consisted of performing two value chain assessments on selected fish supply chains. This report focuses on the blue swimming crab from Indonesia.

The Walton Family Foundation collaborated with Impact Institute to gain actionable information for decision-making and strategy development required to support and preserve fishery communities. The project consisted of performing two value chain assessments on selected fish supply chains within the operational work of WFF. This report focuses on Peru's mahi-mahi fishery.