Walmart Foundation

• Walmart Foundation, based in Bentonville, AR, funds within a stated priority list of countries that includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Brazil, India, China and South Africa, and work should fit one of its four priorities: Creating Opportunity, Advancing Sustainability, Strengthening Community or the Center for Racial Equity, including its stated emphasis on worker dignity and nature conservation; in the United States, funding is generally limited to organisations recognised as public charities, and it does not fund individuals.
• For a typical grant, aim for somewhere in its usual range of $52,000 to $1,700,000, with a median grant of $425,000, though its Spark Good Local Grants programme runs much smaller, from $250 to $5,000.
• How you apply depends on the programme: Spark Good Local Grants require an organisation to set up a Spark Good account at Walmart.com/nonprofits, verified by Deed, with an authorised user submitting the request, while other programmes vary in method but do accept applications.
• With 69% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in the two prior filing years, this looks like a foundation where ongoing relationships count for a large share of the money, so new applicants should expect it to be competitive.
• Given the size of the typical grant and the breadth of its themes, this suits organisations whose work lines up closely with its stated priorities and geographic list rather than a general approach.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Conservation International Foundation · Nature
  $8,510,1992024 tax year
• Nature Conservancy · Nature
  $5,702,6152024 tax year
• TechnoServe · People in supply chains
  $4,800,0002024 tax year
• World Wildlife Fund · Nature
  $2,704,0912024 tax year
• Food Banks Canada · Healthier food for all
  $2,528,7502024 tax year
• Trust for Public Land · Caring and connected communities
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for Black Communities · Healthier food for all
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Community Foundations of Canada · Healthier food for all
  $2,500,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.