At the heart of the Walton Family Foundation is a giving philosophy that is rooted in opportunity.

Executive Director Caryl M. Stern shares her Big Idea as part of Aspen Ideas Festival 2020.

Everyone deserves an opportunity to succeed. No matter where you live. What you look like. Or how modest your beginnings. The Walton Family Foundation believes in the power of opportunity to transform lives. Build strong communities. And protect a natural world that sustains us all.

At the Walton Family Foundation, we believe lasting change starts with the people and communities closest to the challenges. Big social and environmental change takes time. Sometimes generations. That’s why we’re in this for the long haul. We celebrate the achievements of the past five years, working side by side with innovators, leaders and communities.

With an enduring commitment to continual improvement, we are given a fresh opportunity to learn from our grantees in the field and multiply our collective impact through bold and collaborative work.

Sanford Johnson, Mississippi Executive Director of Teach Plus, delivers a keynote address at Learning & Leading Together: The Next Five Years.

2020 marked the anniversary of two historically seismic and unprecedented disasters that forever changed the city of New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.

Executive Director Caryl M. Stern delivers the opening keynote at Learning & Leading Together: The Next Five Years

Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson unveils new research findings, and Millennials and Gen Zers talk about their plans to make the change they want to see.

Lasting progress and meaningful change require solutions that are community-developed and community-championed. Author Arthur Brooks will offer ideas for how to work together across lines of difference. Conversations with two leaders will discuss how they led community-driven change.

2020 was a year like no other. Before we can plan for the future, we must understand the present. Raj Chetty, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Jennifer Morris and David Brooks offer perspectives on the state of our nation as it relates to the most important topics of today.

The most innovative approaches require new partnerships that bring people, resources and ideas together - across government, communities and the private sector. Panelists share what it will take to build coalitions and networks of collaborators over the next five years.

Executive Director Caryl M. Stern delivers closing remarks at Learning & Leading Together: The Next Five Years

Climate change threatens water resources and the communities they support. Hear from Jennifer Morris, CEO of The Nature Conservancy, on why this moment is so important.

2020 was a year like no other. Before we can plan for the future, we must understand the present. Raj Chetty, Director of Opportunity Insights, shares insights and trends on economic opportunity and the American Dream.

Collaboration isn't always easy, but it's always worth it. At the Walton Family Foundation, we are committed to developing innovative approaches and building new partnerships that bring people, resources and ideas together.

Hear from Executive Director Caryl M. Stern and an impressive lineup of grantee leaders during the Learning & Leading Together Series — virtual conversations hosted by the Walton Family Foundation.