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The Walton Family Foundation created the Building Equity Initiative to provide charter schools with access to capital to create and expand their facilities. This initiative was established after the foundation announced in 2016 that it would spend $1 billion over the next five years to expand "educational opportunity" by partnering with charter ...
The foundation's philanthropic efforts have mirrored the interests of the individual members of the Walton family. In 2018, the foundation awarded more than $595 million in grants for education, environmental and other causes. The foundation gave a total of $525 million in 2019.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. / 36.382500°N 94.203611°W / 36.382500; -94.203611. Crystal Bridges at dusk. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The museum, founded by Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie, officially opened on 11 November 2011.
Since 2017, Walton has also run the Alice L. Walton Foundation, which works to address education issues, increase access to art, and promote economic opportunity.
Lukas Walton is the only child of John T. Walton (1946–2005) and his wife Christy Walton. He grew up in National City, California, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [1] His father, John T. Walton, died in a plane crash in 2005. Following his father's death, he moved with his mother to Jackson, Wyoming.
In 2022, Walton's foundation gave a $3.5 million grant to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank: $3 million to support construction of a food distribution center, and $500,000 to buy and distribute food. Also in 2017, Walton formed the Art Bridges Foundation. It partners with small and regional museums with less access to cultural resources.
October 30, 1957 (age 66) Westchester County, New York, U.S. Education. State University of New York, Oneonta ( BA) Western Illinois University ( MA) Loyola University Chicago. Known for. U.S. Fund for UNICEF, child advocacy, human rights advocacy. Caryl M. Stern (born October 30, 1957) is an American author, child advocate, civil and human ...
501 (c) (3) Headquarters. Bentonville, Arkansas. Key people. Paul Provost (CEO) Art Bridges Foundation, referred to as Art Bridges, [1] is an American nonprofit organization founded by Alice Walton in 2017. The foundation partners with museums across the United States to lend and share American art .