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Private foundation (trust)EIN 474259772Est. 2016-09

The Rob Walton Foundation

BENTONVIILLE, AR 72712

Total Assets

$522.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$107.1M

FY 2024

Grants Made

61

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$1.8M

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$33.9M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$125.8M

Total Expenses

$114.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$108.5M

Distributable Amount

$23.4M

Min. Investment Return

$25.1M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

61 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $50K to maximum $33.9M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $107.1M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

313 grants

Conservation International Foundation
$84.4M
11 grants
African Parks Foundation of America
$76.3M
9 grants
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation
$33.9M
2 grants
Internationaler Naturerbe Fonds - Legacy Landscapes Fund
$10.5M
3 grants
Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University
$9.9M
8 grants
Wildlife Conservation Society
$9.8M
3 grants
African Parks Network
$9.6M
1 grant
Clean Future Forum Inc
$4.1M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

312 grants

<$10K
108
grants
$10–50K
107
grants
$50–250K
30
grants
$250K–1M
39
grants
$1–5M
15
grants
$5M+
13
grants

Geographic Focus

23 states

Virginia
$84.5M
32% of total
New York
$72.1M
28% of total
North Dakota
$34.0M
13% of total
District of Columbia
$26.1M
10% of total
Arizona
$18.4M
7% of total
GT
$9.6M
4% of total
Georgia
$4.0M
2% of total
Colorado
$2.7M
1% of total
California
$2.2M
1% of total
QC
$1.3M
0% of total

+13 more states

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