Education

The following are a just few of the ways we support education. Be sure to read our Education Fact Sheet

Wal-Mart Foundation awards more than $8 million in scholarships to help students pay for college

The 2,695 winners of the 2009 Sam Walton Community Scholarship will each receive $3,000 to use toward tuition, fees, books and on-campus room and board in 2009-2010.

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First-generation college students get help from the Wal-Mart Foundation to pursue their degrees

The Foundation awarded a $4.2 million grant to the Institute for Higher Education Policy, which will support programs to help first-generation students achieve success at minority-serving institutions.

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Wal-Mart Foundation Scholarship Programs

Through our scholarship programs, the Wal-Mart Foundation provided approximately $8 million in 2008.

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Wal-Mart College Success Award Winners

Twenty colleges will each receive a $100,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help them support students seeking to become the first college graduate in their families.

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