FAQs

Walmart.org supports work directly related to our philanthropic strategies and geographic focus. For others, we publish requests for proposals (RFPs), accept concept notes, or have an open application process.

Requirements vary, so it’s important to review eligibility requirements and program guidelines before starting your application.

Read more about our grants and apply here.

No. Only financial grants are available through our programs. Requests for in-kind donations (products and gift cards) should be made at your local Walmart or Sam’s Club facility.

Yes. Organizations are eligible for consideration through multiple giving programs at the same time, as long as the organization meets the criteria for each individual program.

These are available in Cybergrants on your organization’s profile page, under Grantee Resources. Any announcement, logo usage or press release language requires prior approval. Please reach out to your program officer or the store manager to discuss plans for grant recognition and publicity.

No. We do not make grants directly to individuals.

We do not make grants directly to individuals. Other areas that we do not fund include:

• Association/chamber memberships
• Athletic sponsorships (teams/events)
• Faith-based organizations when the proposed grant will only benefit the organization or its members
• Political causes, candidates, organizations or campaigns

No. Only organizations that are currently listed in the Internal Revenue Service's current 50-State Master File are eligible to receive funding. If you believe that a system error is preventing you from submitting an application, please contact the IRS at 1-877-829-5500 and request to be added to Publication 78, also known as the 50-State Master File.

No. Only organizations recognized as public charities (other than Type III supporting organizations) are eligible for funding.

You’ll receive an e-mail notification as soon as funding decisions have been made. Please log into your Cybergrants profile page to see an overview of the applications submitted to date.

Grant checks will be mailed directly to the recipient organization at the address listed in the organization’s application. The timeline for check delivery depends on the program. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. If the grant was approved more than 6 weeks ago and the organization has yet to receive the check, please reach out to the facility or grant manager to submit a void/reissue request.

Organizations should contact their grant manager or local facility from which funds were awarded to schedule a recognition event.

Please fill out this form to contact the Walmart.org team.

Read more about Walmart.org’s latest news by visiting our homepage and referencing “Our Impact" or visiting "Latest News" under "Who We Are" menu.

Requirements vary, so it’s important to review eligibility requirements and program guidelines before starting your application. Apply for a Local Community Grant here.

Walmart uses a third party called FrontDoor, powered by CyberGrants to validate and verify that a nonprofit is in good standing, and that each individual associated with the organization is deemed an "authorized user" from that organization. Once an organization is FrontDoor verified, the organization may access other benefits by other companies in the FrontDoor ecosystem.

CyberGrants FrontDoor asks for banking information purely as a way of confirming that the person who is trying to claim the organization is, in fact, an authorized member of the organization.

While organizations will have the option to choose a disbursement preference after the ownership registration is approved, currently Walmart only offers the “Check” option (physical check to be mailed). In the future, Walmart hopes to switch to ACH payment to expedite funding requests.

A unit of local government, such as a police department or fire department, can apply for a Community Grant. Please see guidelines on eligible funding through the program.

Yes. Organizations are eligible for consideration through multiple giving programs at the same time, as long as the organization meets the criteria for each individual program.

Yes. You can submit applications to multiple facilities. However, your proposed programs must directly benefit the service area of each facility to which you are applying, and organizations are limited to 25 applications.

No. Once you have received funding from a facility for this program, you are not eligible to reapply at that facility until the next fiscal year. 

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation provide opportunities for students by supporting nonprofits that provide scholarships, such as United Negro College Fund, Asian Pacific Islander College Fund, American Indian College Fund and Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

No, only financial grants are available through this program. Requests for in-kind donations (product and gift cards) should be made at your local Walmart or Sam’s Club facility.

Please email wmsupport@cybergrants.com or click on the Need Support button at the bottom of the application page for assistance with technical issues.

You will receive an e-mail notification once funding decisions have been made. It will be sent to the email address associated with the application in Cybergrants. Each facility manager may set the frequency and process in which application determinations are made.

Grant checks will be mailed directly to the recipient organization at the address listed in the organization’s application. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery. If the grant was approved more than six weeks ago and the organization has yet to receive the check, please reach out to the facility manager to submit a void/reissue request.

Organizations should contact the local facility from which funds were awarded to schedule a recognition event.

Requirements vary, so it’s important to review eligibility requirements and program guidelines before starting your application. Apply for a Northwest Arkansas Giving grant here.

Yes. However, your proposed programs must directly benefit Benton County and/or Washington County.

Investments in Northwest Arkansas are focused around growing long-term capacity and capabilities of the region. Learn more about the current focus areas.

Deadlines are posted on the website annually. View this year’s deadlines.

Yes. Organizations are eligible for consideration through multiple giving programs at the same time, as long as the organization meets the criteria for each individual program.

No. Only financial grants are available through the Northwest Arkansas Giving program. Requests for in-kind donations (product and gift cards) should be made at your local Walmart or Sam’s Club facility.

You will receive an e-mail notification to the email address associated with the application in Cybergrants once funding decisions have been made.

If approved, grant checks will be mailed directly to the recipient organization at the address listed in the grant application. Please allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery.

Following review of your concept note, if we are interested in pursuing a full request, we will reach out directly to invite a full proposal/additional information.

There are no deadlines. Concept notes are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Following review of your concept note, if your program aligns with our funding priorities, a full proposal requesting additional information will be invited.

Yes. Organizations are eligible for consideration through multiple giving programs at the same time. However, program-related concept notes are only accepted for the Healthier Food for All focus area.

No. Organizations and proposed programs must fall within the stated focus areas described here.

FCPA is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. If the proposed grant includes any activities to be conducted outside the United States, the grantee must indicate that fact on the grant proposal.

When applying, organizations should carefully assess if any activities, including travel or subcontractor work, will be conducted outside the U.S. If so, please indicate “yes” on any questions relating to international activities or international distribution of funds when submitting the grant proposal.

Yes. Annually all grantees conducting activities outside the U.S. need to sign a certification that they are still in FCPA compliance with certain representations in the grant agreement.

If an international organization is not a US 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity, the team must demonstrate that the non-U.S. grantee is the “equivalent” of a U.S. public charity (“equivalency determination”) or exercise “expenditure responsibility” (ER).

ER requires a pre-grant inquiry to demonstrate that organization is capable of fulfilling the charitable purposes of the grant. For example, the team will investigate whether the organization received and managed funds from a US 501(c)(3) organization in the past.

Additional and more frequent reporting, along with additional financial management controls, may be required of ER grantees. The Walmart Foundation is required to report information on each of its ER grants to the IRS on the Foundation’s tax return, including the grant amount, date, amount expended, date of last grantee report, etc.

Walmart uses a third party called FrontDoor, powered by CyberGrants to validate and verify that a nonprofit is in good standing, and that each individual associated with the organization is deemed an "authorized user" from that organization. Once an organization is FrontDoor verified, the organization may access other benefits by other companies in the FrontDoor ecosystem.

To start the FrontDoor verification process, please visit FrontDoor, powered by CyberGrants. For more details about the process, refer to this How-to Guide to become FrontDoor Verified.

For the verification process, an organization will need to provide a minimum of the following:

• Organization’s primary email  
• IRS determination letter  
• Current 990  
• Organization’s Bank Account Information  
• Additional information or interviews as required  

If you or your organization is unable or unwilling to provide any of the requirements listed, Walmart and FrontDoor powered by CyberGrants may not be able to serve you.

FrontDoor verifies only the primary account owner for each organization. All secondary users associated with a FrontDoor account are authorized by an organization’s primary account owner. Authorized users may include employees, contractors, staff, and agents of organizations. Authorized users must be at least 18 years old.

To access the nonprofit portal, all authorized users will need to have a Walmart.com account that matches the email address used for their FrontDoor account.

Please log into FrontDoor to delete or make changes to the list of secondary users.

As FrontDoor is a third-party partner that Walmart works with, please reach out to them directly at frontdoor@cybergrants.com.

The Spark Good Nonprofit Portal is a one-stop shop for eligible organizations to manage their charitable activities with Walmart, such as applying for local community grants, setting up customer-facing registries for needed items, requesting space outside of our facilities to fundraise, signing up for Round Up and more.

While several types of organizations may gain access to the nonprofit portal, eligibility varies per program or tool. Please see the terms under each program or tool for details.

Please visit Spark Good Terms of Use to review eligibility requirements.

An eligible organization must first become FrontDoor verified to access the nonprofit portal. After the organization has received its verification approval, it should set up a Walmart.com account using the same email address used for FrontDoor to access the portal. Please wait at least 24 hours after receiving your FrontDoor approval email before logging into the nonprofit portal.

Yes, if you are listed as an authorized user in FrontDoor for more than one organization and the email address used for FrontDoor for each of these organizations matches the Walmart.com account that you are currently logged into, you can access multiple charitable organizations in your nonprofit portal.

Please visit Spark Good Terms of Use to learn more about information sharing.

Please reach out to sparkgoodsupport@walmart.com.