About Us

About Us

Sam Walton founded Walmart on the idea that helping families save money would help them live better. We have long supported the communities we serve, and in 1982, we formalized that commitment through the creation of the Walmart Foundation.

Since then, our work has continued to grow and evolve. We believe that expanding opportunity, strengthening local economies and advancing more sustainable practices can help create stronger communities and contribute to the long-term health of our business.

Today, we work to address important challenges and help create better outcomes for people, communities and the world around us. We focus on areas where Walmart’s business strengths and philanthropy can work together to drive meaningful impact and contribute to lasting, systems-level change.

How We Give

Walmart’s scale, expertise and local presence give us a unique ability to help create positive change. We use those strengths through our business, and we complement that work with philanthropy from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation.

Our approach brings together two connected forms of impact. Through Spark Good, we support local communities by connecting nonprofits and community organizations with customers, members, associates, stores and clubs. And through strategic grants, we work with partners to extend the impact of Walmart’s shared-value business initiatives and help address complex challenges at a systems level.

We believe local facilities know their communities best. Spark Good enables local grants, giving, volunteerism, campaigns and other community engagement—helping individual acts of generosity add up to meaningful collective impact on the needs that matter most locally.

At the same time, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation make strategic investments in areas where Walmart’s business capabilities, relationships and reach can help accelerate longer-term change. These investments support solutions that address root causes, strengthen systems and create lasting impact.

Together, this work helps meet immediate needs while advancing broader progress. By working with nonprofit organizations, community leaders, customers, suppliers and others, we bring together the resources, perspectives and capabilities needed to make meaningful change at scale.

Where We Give

In our retail markets

Across our retail markets, we support food donation, disaster response and local engagement. We invest in food banks and other food-rescue systems that help move safe, surplus food to people who need it; strengthen disaster preparedness so communities can respond quickly and effectively when disasters strike; and create opportunities for facilities, associates and customers to support the causes that matter most in their local communities around the world.

Some markets also have a deeper focus where Walmart’s business and philanthropy can work together, for example:

• United States: Economic mobility for frontline workers, along with volunteerism and efforts that help build stronger connections in communities.
• Mexico, Central America and India: Market access and sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers, including support that strengthens producer capacity and connections to formal markets.

In global supply chains

We also focus on the people and natural systems behind the products we sell. We focus on commodities and landscapes in places that relevant to Walmart’s supply chain and most critical for nature and communities.

Our work supports responsible labor practices, stronger livelihoods for smallholder farmers and the conservation, restoration and more sustainable management of forests, land and water.  Examples include tuna in the Western Pacific Ocean, salmon in Chile, beef in the United States, and soy in Brazil.