The Walton Family Foundation announced Monday that it donated almost $500 million in grants to worldwide charitable initiatives in 2011 including $21 million in Arkansas.
"The home region will always have significant meaning to the Walton family and the foundation," said Rob Brothers, director of the Walton Family Foundation Home Region Focus Area, in a news release. "Our motivation to support programs and projects that build better communities stems from a history of thoughtful giving that continues to be driven by the philanthropic desires of the Walton family."
The grants focused on creating "cultural, educational and economic opportunities."
They included $8.2 million for educational reform in Arkansas; $7.8 million for schools in Benton and Washington counties, and $5.3 million for education and economic and community development in the Arkansas Delta including parts of Mississippi.
Click here for a full list of Walton Family Foundation grants.
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