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2011 Education Reform Grants
Below is a list of K-12 Education Reform and other education grants given by The Walton Family Foundation in 2011.
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K-12 Education Reform and Other Education Grants Total:  $159,049,864
Shape Public Policy:	Amount
50CAN, Inc	$1,800,000
Agudath Israel of America, Inc.	500,000
Agudath Israel of Illinois	100,000
Alliance for School Choice, Inc.	1,202,000
American Center for School Choice	40,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research	160,000
Americans for Prosperity Foundation	250,000
Arizona Charter Schools Association (ACSA)	200,000
Arizona School Choice Administration Corporation	400,000
Association of Missouri Charter Schools (AMCS)	447,901
Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research	200,000
Bellwether Education Partners	90,000
Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO)	796,000
Brookings Institution	200,000
California Charter Schools Association  CCSA	3,250,000
Catholic Association of Latino Leaders Inc	150,000
Center for Education Reform	930,662
Charter School Partners	70,961
The Children's Scholarship Fund (CSF)	10,925,000
Colorado League of Charter Schools	588,826
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC)	357,000
Colorado Succeeds	215,000
Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN)	800,000
Editorial Projects in Education	150,000
Education Pioneers	1,043,119
Education Reform Now, Inc.	1,100,000
Education Trust, Inc.	300,000
EG West Institute for Effective Schooling (WIES)	20,000
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc. (E3)	421,500
Families Empowered	400,000
Florida Charter School Alliance FCSA	159,743
Foundation for Excellence in Education  FEE	1,550,000
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, Inc.	565,000
Friends of Choice in Urban Schools (FOCUS)	717,721
Georgia Charter Schools Association Inc.	700,000
Georgia Family Education and Research Council, Inc.	350,000
GreatSchools Inc.	4,775,000
Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (HCREO)	100,000
Illinois Network of Charter Schools   (INCS)	1,038,784
Indiana Public Charter Schools Association, Inc.	380,000
Institute for Innovation of Public School Choice	388,763
Institute For Justice (IJ)	443,885
Institute of Public Charter Schools Innovation	45,000
International Education Foundation	475,000
LA Voice	100,000
Los Angeles Parent Union	1,200,550
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools	679,202
Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative Inc.	5,000
MAPSA - Michigan Association of Public School Academies	744,002
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association (MCPSA)	200,000
MICAH Project	100,000
Milwaukee Chapter - Black Alliance for	75,000
Educational Options Inc. (MCBAEO)
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS)	1,815,810
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation	166,667
New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association (NJCSA)	86,149
New Schools for New Orleans Inc.	542,000
New Voice Strategies	351,480
New York Charter Schools Association NYCSA	1,062,955
NewSchools Venture Fund NSVF	3,540,600
Oakland Community Organizations	200,000
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools (OAPCS)	61,840
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC)	625,000
People Acting in Community Together (PACT)	200,000
PICO National Network	200,000
Pioneer Institute, Inc.	162,800
Public Education and Business Coalition	100,000
Rhode Island Mayoral Academies (RIMA)	500,000
School Choice Indiana	200,000
School Choice Ohio	700,000
Stand for Children Leadership Center	1,136,016
Stand Up	200,000
Step Up for Students	1,233,760
StudentsFirst Institute	1,000,000
Success Charter Network	1,000,000
Tennessee Charter Schools Association	356,874
Texas Charter Schools Association	900,000
Thomas B. Fordham Institute	650,000
United Community Center, Inc.	70,000
United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF)	1,100,917
Shape Public Policy Total	$60,063,487
Create Quality Schools:	Amount
4.0 Schools	$467,667
8 Points Charter School, Inc.	220,000
Academy of New Media Middle School	220,000
Amani Public Charter School	220,000
Arts in Action Community Charter School	220,000
Better Learning Communities	30,000
Blackstone Valley Prep	500,000
Bridge Boston Charter School	250,000
Brighter Choice Foundation	900,000
Broome Street Academy Charter High School	220,000
Building Excellent Schools  (BES)	2,546,400
Building Hope	1,618,000
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy	250,000
Catalyst Schools	30,000
Celerity Cardinal Charter School	250,000
Celerity Educational Group	60,000
Celerity Octavia Charter School	250,000
Celerity Palmati Charter School	250,000
Celerity Sirius Charter School	250,000
Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School	250,000
Charles School at Ohio Dominican University	30,000
Charter Fund, Inc.  (CSGF)	22,900,000
Charter School Finaincing Partnership LLC   CSFP	650,000
Christel House DORS	30,000
Christopher House	30,000
Cleveland Collegiate Preparatory School	220,000
College-Ready Academy High School #17	250,000
Colorado League of Charter Schools	28,500
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC)	330,000
Columbus Collegiate Academy - West Campus	30,000
Community School for Creative Education	200,000
Cornerstone Health High School	220,000
Crescent City Schools Charter School	250,000
Damar Charter Academy	250,000
DC Preparatory Academy	250,000
DC Public Education Fund	108,459
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School	250,000
Early College Academy of Leaders and Scholars	250,000
East Harlem Scholars Academy	250,000
Educational Enterprises, Inc.	450,000
Edward W. Brooke Charter School 2	250,000
Elements Academy	2,374
Empower College Prep	30,000
Erie Elementary Charter School	250,000
Exalt Education	6,000,000
Excel Academy Charter School - Chelsea	250,000
Excellent Education Development, Inc.  (ExED)	250,000
Experiencia Academy Project Team	30,000
Extera Public School	250,000
FirstLine College Prep High School	250,000
Fortune School of Education	250,000
Franklinton Preparatory Academy	30,000
Glazer Elementary	250,000
Global Green USA	25,000
Goodwill Education Initiatives, Inc.	500,000
Green Dot Public Schools	500,000
Heketi Community Charter School	250,000
Heritage Preparatory Academy	220,000
Heron Bay Academy	250,000
Hope Christian School	495,000
IFF	2,190,000
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy (JRLA)	250,000
Jamaa Learning Center Charter School	220,000
KIPP Foundation	6,404,020
KNOVA Reynolds Public Charter School	250,000
Lake Charles Charter Academy	250,000
Latin Academy Charter School	220,000
LAYC Career Academy Public Charter School	250,000
Legal Prep Charter Academy	220,000
Liberty Collegiate	220,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)	6,783,114
Lutheran High School Association of Greater Milwaukee	59,000
MATCH Community Day Charter Public School	250,000
Milwaukee College Preparatory School of Wisconsin	367,000
Milwaukee Math and Science Academy	250,000
Milwaukee Scholars Charter School	250,000
Mind Trust	500,000
Minneapolis College Preparatory School	250,000
Minnesota School of Science	250,000
Monarch Montessori of Denver	30,000
Morris Jeff Community School	220,000
Nashville Preparatory Charter School	220,000
Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem	220,000
New York City Montessori Charter School	220,000
NewSchools Venture Fund NSVF	2,386,615
Orange School	30,000
Partners for Developing Futures	1,297,827
Preclarus Mastery Academy	220,000
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy	250,000
ReNEW-Reinventing Education	750,000
Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts	250,000
Robertson Charter School, Inc	30,000
Rocky Mountain Preparatory Charter School	250,000
Schools That  Can Milwaukee, Inc.	175,000
Seeds of Health, Inc.	165,000.00
Seminole Heights Charter High School	200,000
Sims-Fayola International Academy Denver	30,000
South City Preparatory Academy Charter School	220,000
Summit Public School: Rainier	250,000
Synergy Kinetic Academy	250,000
Synergy Quantum Academy	250,000.00
Tennessee Charter School Incubator	300,071
The Excel Center	220,000
The GLOBE Academy	30,000
The Intown Academy	220,000
The Loving School	250,000
United Community Center, Inc.	231,000
University Charter High School	30,000
University YES East Academy	250,000
UNO Charter School Network	750,000
Veritas Preparatory Charter School	220,000
Vincent Academy	250,000
Woodmont Charter School -The Bay Area Charter Foundation Inc.	250,000
Zenith Academy East	2,500,000
Create Quality Schools Total	$71,510,047
Improve Existing Schools:	Amount
Achievement Network, LTD	$62,500
Arizona Charter Schools Association (ACSA)	310,000
Charter Board Partners (CBP)	68,200
Colorado League of Charter Schools	150,000
DC Public Charter School Board	601,193
DC Public Education Fund	1,967,871
Denver Center for International Studies at Ford Elementary	300,000
Denver Center for International Studies at Montbello	300,000
Denver Public Schools  (DPS)	376,182
Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF)	219,382
Generation Schools Network	20,000
Grant Beacon Middle School	20,000
Green Dot Public Schools	500,600
Green Valley Elementary	300,000
Greenwood K-8	20,000
High Tech Early College	300,000
Hope Christian School	300,000
Illinois Network of Charter Schools   (INCS)	50,000
Indiana Department of Education	25,000
Lena Lovato Archuleta Elementary School	20,000
Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative Inc.	60,000
McGlone Elementary	300,000
National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)	2,157,000
National Council of La Raza - NCLR	352,640
New Orleans Military/Maritime Academy  (NOMMA)	50,000
New Teacher Project	2,941,239
Noel Community Arts School	300,000
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)	82,500
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools (OAPCS)	593,184
Teach for America (National)	12,572,500
University of Notre Dame	511,000
West Leadership Academy	20,000
Wisconsin Lutheran College	200,000
Improve Existing Schools Total	$26,050,991
Research and Evaluation	Amount
Hoover Institution, Stanford University	$374,304
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)	97,600
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.	80,283
University of Notre Dame	250,000
University of Southern California	133,562
University of Washington Foundation -	54,590
Center on Reinventing Public Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison	435,000
Research and Evaluation Total	$1,425,339
K-12 Education Reform and Other Education Grants Total	$159,049,864