Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher Organization
BY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI, CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
December 27, 2013|3:08 pm
A charity organization created by the family of the founder of the retail chain Walmart has given millions of dollars to a pro-vouchers lobbying group.
The Walton Family Foundation has donated $6 million to the Alliance for School Choice, a group that advocates for the expansion of alternatives to public school education.
Matt Frendewey, spokesman for the Alliance for School Choice, told The Christian Post that the Walton Family Foundation "is a longtime supporter of the organization."
"The Walton Family Foundation has been a longtime supporter of the Alliance and they are the biggest private investor," said Frendewey, adding that "the percentage of support varies from year to year depending on total revenue."
The donation by the foundation to the Alliance will greatly aid the pro-voucher organization, as reported by Lyndsey Layton of The Washington Post last week.
"The $6 million infusion will basically double the budget of the Alliance for School Choice, which reported total revenue of $6,380,488 in 2011," wrote Layton.
"Currently, about 300,000 K-12 students around the country are paying for private schools with public tax dollars, according to the Alliance for SchoolChoice. The group says it wants to double that number."
News of the foundation's contribution to the Alliance has garnered much