Follow the Money: Walton Family Foundation Grants from 2009 through 2012 (M through Z)

Follow the Money: In the past four years the Walton Family Foundation has invested well over half a billion dollars to privatize democratically run American public schools.

Are you still shopping at Walmart?

Click on the following links for detailed lists of recipients and amounts for each year:

2009  $ 134,119,354

2010  $ 157,220,283

2011  $ 159,049,864

2012  $ 158,142,809 (Just released)

Here’s a list of over 250 grant recipients alphabetically (M through Z) showing grants received by year from 2009 through 2012:

Grant Recipient	Amount	Year
Mackinac Center	50,000	2012
Madison Preparatory Academy	250,000	2010
Magnolia Science Academy-6	250,000	2009
Magnolia Science Academy-8 Bell Charter School	250,000	2010
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research	150,525	2009
MAPSA - Michigan Association of Public School Academies	264,300	2010
MAPSA - Michigan Association of Public School Academies	743,540	2010
MAPSA - Michigan Association of Public School Academies	744,002	2011
Marquette University	235,300	2010
Marquette University	260,334	2010
Marquette University	289,468	2012
Marquette University	39,110	2009
Marquette University	265,000	2009
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association (MCPSA)	200,000	2011
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association	350,000	2012
Mastery School	250,000	2012
MATCH Community Day Charter Public School	250,000	2011
Math and Science Preparatory Academy	30,000	2009
Math and Science Preparatory Charter High	220,000	2012
Math, Science & Technology Charter School	20,000	2009
McDonogh 42	250,000	2012
McGlone Elementary	300,000	2011
Memphis College Preparatory School	250,000	2010
Mentors of Minorities in Education, Inc.	10,000	2009
METSouth High School	20,000	2009
MICAH Project	100,000	2011
MICAH Project	152,500	2012
Michigan Association of Public School Academies	426,085	2012
Michigan Association of Public School Academies	1,615,560	2009
Middle School Advocates, Inc.	40,000	2009
Milwaukee Chapter - Black Alliance for	75,000	2011
Milwaukee Chapter - Black Alliance for Educational Options Inc.	75,000	2010
Milwaukee Chapter - Black Alliance for Educational Options Inc.	75,000	2009
Milwaukee Charter School Advocates	235,027	2012
Milwaukee College Preparatory School (Lindsay Heights Campus)	250,000	2010
Milwaukee College Preparatory School of Wisconsin	367,000	2011
Milwaukee Community Cyber High School	250,000	2010
Milwaukee Math and Science Academy	250,000	2011
Milwaukee Scholars Charter School	250,000	2011
Mind Trust	500,000	2011
Mind Trust	500,000	2012
Minneapolis College Preparatory School	250,000	2011
Minnesota Leadership Academy	30,000	2009
Minnesota School of Science	250,000	2011
Mission Preparatory School	250,000	2010
MMAC Community Support Foundation	150,000	2010
Monarch Montessori of Denver	30,000	2011
Montessori School of Englewood	30,000	2010
Morehouse College	300,000	2012
Morris Jeff Community School	20,000	2009
Morris Jeff Community School	220,000	2011
Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School	250,000	2010
Namaste Charter School	250,000	2009
Nashville Classical Charter School	220,000	2012
Nashville Preparatory Charter School	220,000	2011
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools	1,175,000	2010
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS)	1,815,810	2011
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools	650,000	2009
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools	1,250,000	2012
National Association of Charter School Authorizers	1,874,274	2010
National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)	2,157,000	2011
National Association of Charter School Authorizers	1,599,726	2009
National Association of Charter School Authorizers	1,750,000	2012
National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment	31,500	2009
National Conference of State Legislatures	156,856	2010
National Conference of State Legislatures	147,500	2012
National Council of La Raza	1,026,953	2009
National Council of La Raza	582,148	2010
National Council of La Raza - NCLR	352,640	2011
National Council on Teacher Quality	25,000	2012
National Governor's Association Center for Best Practices	225,000	2012
National Public Radio	1,400,000	2012
National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation	75,000	2010
National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation	75,000	2009
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation	166,667	2011
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation	83,333	2012
National Urban League	40,000	2009
NCB Capital Impact	30,000	2009
Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem	220,000	2011
New Heights Christian School	20,000	2009
New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association	950,000	2010
New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association (NJCSA)	86,149	2011
New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association	333,550	2009
New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association	354,161	2012
New Leaders	800,000	2012
New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools	50,000	2010
New Orleans College Prep Charter School	250,000	2009
New Orleans College Preparatory Academies	250,000	2010
New Orleans East Charter Academies, Inc.	200,000	2010
New Orleans Military/Maritime Academy	250,000	2010
New Orleans Military/Maritime Academy  (NOMMA)	50,000	2011
New Schools for Chicago	220,000	2012
New Schools for New Orleans Inc.	75,000	2009
New Schools for New Orleans Inc.	542,000	2011
New Schools for New Orleans Inc.	1,229,570	2012
New Schools for New Orleans Inc.	292,051	2009
New Spirit Charter Academy	10,000	2009
New Teacher Project	3,500,000	2009
New Teacher Project	2,250,000	2010
New Teacher Project	2,941,239	2011
New Teacher Project	1,000,000	2012
New Urban Learning	220,000	2010
New Voice Strategies	351,480	2011
New York Charter Schools Association	585,459	2010
New York Charter Schools Association	460,000	2010
New York Charter Schools Association NYCSA	1,062,955	2011
New York Charter Schools Association	1,216,598	2009
New York Charter Schools Association	725,000	2012
New York City Montessori Charter School	220,000	2011
Newark Charter School Fund	1,600,000	2009
Newark Charter School Fund	1,750,000	2010
Newark Charter School Fund	1,875,000	2012
Newark Legacy Charter School	248,750	2010
NewSchools Venture Fund	4,023,972	2009
NewSchools Venture Fund	237,350	2010
NewSchools Venture Fund	1,000,000	2010
NewSchools Venture Fund	612,500	2012
NewSchools Venture Fund NSVF	3,540,600	2011
NewSchools Venture Fund NSVF	2,386,615	2011
NewSchools Venture Fund	1,100,000	2012
Noel Community Arts School	300,000	2011
Northeast Ohio Preparatory School	250,000	2010
Northwest Evaluation Association	169,188	2009
Northwest Evaluation Association	125,000	2010
Northwest Evaluation Association	39,700	2010
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)	82,500	2011
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)	97,600	2011
Northwest Evaluation Association	42,500	2012
Notre Dame Middle School	375,000	2012
Nova Academy Early College High School	250,000	2010
Nova Southeastern University Inc	25,000	2012
Nova Southeastern University, Inc.	30,000	2009
Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy	250,000	2009
Nueva School	25,000	2009
Oakland Academy Charter School	30,000	2012
Oakland Community Organizations	200,000	2011
Oakland Community Organizations	200,000	2012
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools	309,160	2010
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools (OAPCS)	61,840	2011
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools (OAPCS)	593,184	2011
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools	241,950	2009
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools	382,706	2012
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools	34,190	2012
Orange School	30,000	2011
Pacific Charter School Development, Inc.	2,160,000	2012
Pahara Institute	500,000	2012
Paramount School of Excellence	250,000	2009
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina	525,000	2010
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC)	625,000	2011
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina	50,000	2009
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina	225,000	2009
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina	600,000	2012
Participant Foundation	500,000	2010
Partners for Developing Futures	660,258	2009
Partners for Developing Futures	750,426	2010
Partners for Developing Futures	1,297,827	2011
Partners for Developing Futures, Inc	565,000	2012
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools	193,780	2012
Partnerships to Uplift Communities	60,000	2010
Passages Charter School	250,000	2010
Pataula Charter Academy	50,000	2009
Pataula Charter Academy	220,000	2010
Pathways To Success	25,000	2010
Paul Public Charter School	10,000	2009
Paul Public Charter School	250,000	2012
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools	203,000	2010
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools	150,000	2012
People Acting in Community Together (PACT)	200,000	2011
People Acting in Community Together	200,000	2012
Peoria Charter School Initiative	250,000	2010
Peoria Charter School Initiative	250,000	2012
Perspectives Charter School	250,000	2009
Philanthropy Roundtable	100,000	2010
Philanthropy Roundtable	115,000	2012
Philanthropy Roundtable	25,000	2009
Phillips Brooks School	50,000	2009
Phoenix Collegiate Academy	220,000	2009
Phoenix Collegiate Academy	250,000	2012
PICO National Network	840,410	2010
PICO National Network	200,000	2011
PICO National Network	200,000	2012
PICO National Network	687,750	2009
Pima Prevention Partnership	10,000	2009
Pima Prevention Partnership	250,000	2010
Pioneer Institute, Inc.	162,800	2011
Pioneer Institute, Inc.	211,150	2012
Piton Foundation	50,000	2009
Preclarus Mastery Academy	20,000	2009
Preclarus Mastery Academy	30,000	2010
Preclarus Mastery Academy	220,000	2011
Pride and Promise Academy	30,000	2012
Pride College Preparatory Academy	250,000	2009
Prism Education Center	20,000	2009
Prodeo Academy	250,000	2012
Public Education and Business Coalition	50,000	2010
Public Education and Business Coalition	100,000	2011
Public Education and Business Coalition	164,026	2012
Purpose Preparatory Charter School	220,000	2012
Reason Foundation	40,000	2010
Reason Foundation	75,000	2012
Recovery School District	650,918	2009
Recovery School District	666,891	2010
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy	250,000	2011
Regents of the University of Colorado	65,756	2012
Renaissance Charter High School for Innovation	250,000	2010
ReNEW School #1	20,000	2009
ReNEW School #1	250,000	2010
ReNEW School #2	20,000	2009
ReNEW School #2	250,000	2010
ReNEW-Reinventing Education	750,000	2011
Replications Inc f/b/o Mott Hall Charter School	20,000	2009
Rhode Island Mayoral Academies (RIMA)	500,000	2011
Rhode Island Mayoral Academies	500,000	2009
Rhode Island Mayoral Academies	500,000	2010
Rhode Island Mayoral Academies	500,000	2012
Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts	250,000	2011
RISE Academy School of Science & Technology at Tamarac	250,000	2009
Rise Ko Hyang Middle School	250,000	2012
Rise Together Ministries	30,000	2012
Robertson Charter School, Inc	30,000	2011
Rocketship Education	225,000	2012
Rocky Mountain Preparatory Charter School	250,000	2011
Rosewood Community Development Corporation Inc.	10,000	2010
Rowe Elementary Charter School	250,000	2012
Rowe Elementary School	250,000	2010
Saint Anthony Congregation	250,000	2009
Saint Anthony Congregation - Formerly St. Anthony School of Milwaukee	350,000	2010
San Diego Global Vision Academy	10,000	2009
San Diego Global Vision Academy	10,000	2009
Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter School	250,000	2012
Santa Rosa Charter Academy	250,000	2009
School Choice Indiana	200,000	2011
School Choice Indiana	320,000	2012
School Choice Ohio	415,000	2010
School Choice Ohio	700,000	2011
School Choice Ohio	605,000	2012
School Choice Ohio	400,000	2009
School Choice Wisconsin	300,000	2010
School Choice Wisconsin	300,000	2012
School Performance Inc.	488,989	2009
Schools For The Future Detroit	30,000	2012
Schools That Can Milwaukee, Inc.	225,000	2012
Schools That  Can Milwaukee, Inc.	175,000	2011
Seeds for Life	30,000	2009
Seeds of Health, Inc.	70,000	2009
Seeds of Health, Inc.	165,000	2011
Seminole Heights Charter High School	200,000	2011
Seton Education Partners - formerly Aquinas Education Trust	150,000	2010
Seton Educaton Partners	150,000	2009
Seventh & Sourou Gentlemen's Academy	20,000	2009
Seventh and Sourou Gentlemen's Academy	30,000	2012
Show-Me Institute	25,000	2012
Silicon Valley Community Foundation	250,000	2012
Sims-Fayola International Academy Denver	30,000	2011
SOAR Charter School	250,000	2009
SOAR II Charter School	250,000	2010
Somerset Academy Village Middle School	250,000	2009
Somerset Academy West Davie	250,000	2009
Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix Metro	30,000	2009
Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix Metro	220,000	2010
Sophie B. Wright Charter School	250,000	2009
South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp	30,000	2010
South City Preparatory Academy Charter School	30,000	2010
South City Preparatory Academy Charter School	220,000	2011
Southland College Prep Charter School, Inc.	250,000	2010
Spanish School	220,000	2009
St. HOPE Leadership Academy	250,000	2009
St. HOPE Public Schools	250,000	2012
St. Marcus Lutheran School	450,000	2009
Stand for Children Leadership Center	1,378,527	2010
Stand for Children Leadership Center	1,136,016	2011
Stand for Children Leadership Center	343,402	2012
Stand for Children Leadership Center (Indiana affiliate)	278,189	2012
Stand Up	200,000	2011
Stand Up	300,000	2012
Stapelton Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities	30,000	2009
Starr Detroit Academy	250,000	2012
Stellar Opportunity School	20,000	2009
STEP Academy	20,000	2009
Step Up for Students	666,240	2010
Step Up for Students	1,233,760	2011
Step Up for Students	644,000	2012
Stockton Collegiate International Secondary School	250,000	2010
Students for Education Reform	250,000	2012
StudentsFirst Institute	1,000,000	2011
StudentsFirst Institute	2,000,000	2012
Success Academy Charter Schools	1,000,000	2012
Success Charter Network	1,310,000	2010
Success Charter Network	1,000,000	2011
Success Charter Network	60,000	2009
Success Charter Network	1,270,000	2009
Success Preparatory Academy	250,000	2009
Summit Academy Charter School	220,000	2009
Summit Public School: Rainier	250,000	2011
Synergy Academies	20,000	2009
Synergy Charter Academy	250,000	2010
Synergy Kinetic Academy	250,000	2011
Synergy Quantum Academy	250,000	2011
Taylor International Academy	250,000	2010
Teach For America (National)	7,209,746	2009
Teach for America (National)	16,652,436	2010
Teach for America (National)	12,572,500	2011
Teach for America (National)	11,445,000	2012
TEAM Academy Charter School	250,000	2009
Tennessee Charter School Incubator	707,331	2012
Tennessee Charter School Incubator	300,071	2011
Tennessee Charter Schools Association	812,000	2010
Tennessee Charter Schools Association	356,874	2011
Tennessee Charter Schools Association	268,126	2012
Teton Science School	3,088,000	2009
Texas Charter Schools Association	715,000	2010
Texas Charter Schools Association	900,000	2011
Texas Charter Schools Association	725,000	2012
Texas Charter Schools Association	285,000	2009
Texas Public Policy Foundation	25,000	2012
The Children's Scholarship Fund (CSF)	10,925,000	2011
The Excel Center	220,000	2011
The Excel Center at Franklin Road	250,000	2012
The Foresee School	10,000	2009
The Friends of King School	250,000	2012
The GLOBE Academy	30,000	2011
The Hyde Foundation	20,000	2009
The Intown Academy	220,000	2011
The Loving School	250,000	2011
The Montessori School of Englewood	220,000	2012
The New Common School Foundation	40,000	2009
The New Common School Foundation	60,000	2010
The Rosewood Academy of Mathematics Science and Technology	10,000	2009
The Savannah Classical Academy	250,000	2012
Third Way Foundation	200,000	2009
Thomas B. Fordham Institute	557,780	2010
Thomas B. Fordham Institute	650,000	2011
Thomas B. Fordham Institute	650,000	2012
Thomas B. Fordham Institute	400,000	2009
Thomas MacLaren State Charter School	250,000	2009
Trevista ECE-8th Grade at Horace Mann	249,811	2012
Trinity Ministries Worship Center Inc.	10,000	2009
Triumph Charter High School	220,000	2010
Tulsa Public Schools	10,000	2009
Two Rivers Public Charter School	200,000	2009
United Community Center, Inc.	160,000	2010
United Community Center, Inc.	70,000	2011
United Community Center, Inc.	231,000	2011
United Community Center, Inc.	180,000	2012
United Negro College Fund, Inc.	359,365	2010
United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF)	1,100,917	2011
United Negro College Fund, Inc.	138,825	2009
United Negro College Fund, Inc.	1,490,523	2012
University Charter High School	30,000	2011
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc	329,125	2012
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.	10,000	2009
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.	79,992	2009
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.	600,000	2009
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.	680,283	2010
University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc.	80,283	2011
University of Notre Dame	778,400	2009
University of Notre Dame	500,000	2009
University of Notre Dame	300,000	2010
University of Notre Dame	750,000	2010
University of Notre Dame	897,600	2010
University of Notre Dame	250,000	2010
University of Notre Dame	511,000	2011
University of Notre Dame	250,000	2011
University of Notre Dame	384,228	2012
University of Notre Dame	500,000	2012
University of Notre Dame	400,000	2012
University of Notre Dame	113,000	2012
University of Southern California	74,652	2009
University of Southern California	160,030	2010
University of Southern California	133,562	2011
University of Southern California	147,935	2012
University of Washington	51,083	2010
University of Washington Foundation - Center on Reinventing Public Education	150,000	2009
University of Washington Foundation - Center on Reinventing Public Education	50,000	2010
University of Washington Foundation - Center on Reinventing Public Education	700,000	2012
University of Washington Foundation -	54,590	2011
University of Wisconsin - Madison	350,000	2009
University of Wisconsin - Madison	275,000	2010
University of Wisconsin - Madison	435,000	2011
University of Wisconsin - Madison	239,940	2012
University Prep Science and Math Elementary School	220,000	2012
University Preparatory School	250,000	2010
University Public School Phoenix	250,000	2009
University Scholarships	1,321,093	2009
University YES East Academy	250,000	2011
University YES! Academy	249,944	2010
UNO Charter School Network	230,000	2010
UNO Charter School Network	750,000	2011
UNO Charter School Network	500,000	2012
Upper Mississippi Academy	250,000	2012
Urban Day School Inc.	80,000	2009
Urban Day School Inc.	440,000	2010
Urban Health Plan Inc. f/b/o Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Science Charter School	50,000	2009
Urban League of Greater New Orleans	200,000	2010
Urban League of Greater New Orleans	491,300	2012
Urban League of Greater New Orleans	75,000	2009
Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men High School - East Garfield	250,000	2010
Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men High School - South Shore	250,000	2010
Valley Charter Elementary School	50,000	2009
Valley Charter Elementary School	220,000	2010
Valley Charter Middle School	40,000	2009
Valley Charter Middle School	220,000	2010
Valor Academy Charter School	220,000	2009
Veritas College Preparatory Charter School	250,000	2010
Veritas Preparatory Charter School	220,000	2011
Victory Development Programs	20,000	2009
Village Preparatory School	220,000	2009
Vincent Academy	250,000	2011
Voices for International Business & Education	340,669	2010
Washington Scholarship Fund, Inc.	225,931	2010
Washington Scholarship Fund, Inc.	427,653	2009
Washington-Parks Academy	250,000	2010
Watts Learning Center	250,000	2009
West Denver Preparatory Charter School	260,000	2009
West Denver Preparatory Charter School - Northwest Campus 2	250,000	2009
West Leadership Academy	20,000	2011
West Side Summit	250,000	2012
Westminister Leadership Public Charter School	10,000	2009
Westside Atlanta Charter School	30,000	2012
Westside Inclusive School House Charter Elementary	250,000	2009
Wild Spots Foundation	10,000	2009
Wisconsin Lutheran College	150,000	2009
Wisconsin Lutheran College	200,000	2011
Wisconsin Lutheran College	200,000	2012
Wisconsin Lutheran High School	150,000	2012
Women in Government Foundation	100,088	2012
Woodlands School, Inc.	20,000	2009
Woodmont Charter School -The Bay Area Charter Foundation Inc.	250,000	2011
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation	475,000	2012
Youth Development Inc.	10,000	2009
Zenith Academy East	2,500,000	2011