BENTONVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 1, 2026) – The Walton Family Foundation today announced the appointment of Luis Gonzalez as director of communications. With more than a decade of experience in philanthropy, Gonzalez will lead the foundation’s communications efforts, advancing its institutional priorities and the goals of its Education, Environment and Home Region programs as it implements a new five-year plan.
A fellow with SMU’s Center on Research and Evaluation explores how to align educational pathways with young people's aspirations, identities and lived experience
After an incredible journey with the Walton Family Foundation, I have made the decision to step down as executive director at the end of 2025. Serving in this role has been a great honor, and I did not arrive at this decision lightly.
Though many discussions on the challenges facing Americans tend to highlight division and disagreement, new polling shows that Americans are united on some of the biggest and most pressing issues of the day.
Echelon Insights cofounder Kristen Soltis Anderson and BSG vice president Shannon-Janean Currie share their insights into new polling that shows Americans find common ground on some of the country's most pressing issues. They also discuss what their research found about Americans' views on the role of nonprofits and philanthropies in helping advance solutions to solve those challenges.
Americans want nonprofits and foundations to lead on some of the country’s toughest challenges, a new survey says. Here are four strategies to answer that call
New research into public attitudes toward collaboration finds people think change is possible. And they believe philanthropy can play a critical and unifying role.
