
Our Work
Big change can take decades, even generations, to realize. For these changes to endure, the hard work that gets us there must be innovative and guided by the people and communities closest to the complex challenges we face. Across our work, we look, listen, learn and lead to create opportunity and achieve true impact.

The Power of Opportunity
Everyone deserves an opportunity to succeed. No matter where you live. What you look like. Or how modest your beginnings. The Walton Family Foundation believes in the power of opportunity to transform lives. Build strong communities. And protect a natural world that sustains us all.

A shared vision for the future
The problems we face today are more interconnected than ever. No one can solve them alone. The best ideas are often hiding in plain sight. We just need to listen and look for them.
At the Walton Family Foundation, we continually strive to understand better what works — and where we can improve.
We listen to caregivers and conservationists. Educators and entrepreneurs. Farmers and futurists. Doers and dreamers. Their perspectives help us reach shared understanding and create innovative solutions.
At the Walton Family Foundation, we continually strive to understand better what works — and where we can improve.
We listen to caregivers and conservationists. Educators and entrepreneurs. Farmers and futurists. Doers and dreamers. Their perspectives help us reach shared understanding and create innovative solutions.
Our Programs
For more than three decades, the Walton Family Foundation has focused on three core objectives: Improving education; Protecting rivers, oceans and the communities they support; and advancing our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.
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May 30, 2023Supporting Communities in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta
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Recent Stories From Our Blog
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June 10, 2025In Alabama, a high school program helps students gain technical skills, industry certifications, real career opportunities
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May 21, 2025Meet the young entrepreneurs of Bentonville Schools' Ignite Startup Lab
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May 19, 2025Dr. Tolani Britton and Dr. Travis J. Bristol share how their work bridges classrooms and policy to help students succeed from high school to higher education