Arkansas · Private foundation
The Rob Walton Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $107M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2024
- 58
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $33,863,725
- Organizations funded a year
- 58 to 87
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $441M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Rob Walton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 48 | $106M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 58 | $77M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 78 | $59M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 87 | $36M | 41% |
| FY2020 | 71 | $31M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation International Foundation | $88,985,760 | 5 | 12% |
| African Parks Foundation of America | $81,100,463 | 5 | 79% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation | $43,915,170 | 3 | 57% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $9,862,862 | 5 | 3% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $9,833,315 | 3 | 2% |
| Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix | $6,270,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Clean Future Forum Inc | $5,993,669 | 4 | 20% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $5,010,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Climate Leadership Council Inc | $4,050,000 | 5 | 30% |
| Emory University | $3,829,206 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 129 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($28M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Rob Walton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 119 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Moreno Family Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Garcia Family Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Penner Family Foundation Inc · Arizona Cardinals Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About The Rob Walton Foundation
- How much does The Rob Walton Foundation give?
- The Rob Walton Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $107,144,912 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 58 and 87 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Rob Walton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (39%), Recreation & Sports (27%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Rob Walton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Conservation International Foundation ($89M), African Parks Foundation of America ($81M), Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation ($44M).
- Does The Rob Walton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rob Walton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rob Walton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Arizona Community Foundation, Thunderbirds Charities.
- Where is The Rob Walton Foundation based?
- The Rob Walton Foundation is based in AR.
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