Founded in Pittsburgh in 1968 under the will of Alex C. Walker,
the Foundation is structured as a charitable trust under Pennsylvania Law.
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The Alex C. Walker Educational and Charitable Foundation
fills a unique niche among grant-giving institutions by addressing issues related to the causes of market
imbalances, the exploration of market-based solutions, protection of the free
enterprise system, and the dissemination of such information.
The trust operates as a family foundation with Dr. Thomas Walker, Jr. and Barrett P. Walker serving as family trustees and PNC Bank serving as the
corporate trustee.
New Tool, New Solutions for Decarbonizing Calif & Georgia Grids
This project will use a unique new computer-based tool to investigate how two states, California and Georgia, can successfully decarbonize their electric grids by introducing nuclear power, a reliable, emission-free energy source. The electric grids in these sta...
Wildlife Conflict Resolution and Western Waters Program 2023/2024
The NWF Wildlife Conflict Resolution program resolves conflicts between wildlife and livestock through the market-based approach of compensating ranchers for retiring high conflict grazing leases on federal land. Thanks to over a decade of funding from the Walker...
Global Warming in the Pipeline
Disseminate critical information to the public, especially young people, and policymakers on global climate change and its implications for required actions, including a rising tax on carbon and nuclear power.
Atmospheric Trust Campaign
We support legal actions and public education to secure the legal right to a healthy atmosphere and stable climate system at the federal, state and global domestic levels. See supplemental section for a description of specific actions.
Donlin Gold's Energy Demands for Dwindling Cook Inlet Gas
The Donlin Gold mine would be a massive open-pit complex next to the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska, and the natural gas pipeline needed to fuel the mine would cut a swath from Cook Inlet, over the Alaska Range, to the mine site 315 miles away. In 2022, the
US Forest Carbon Pricing Initiative
With support from Walker Foundation, CSE will continue to advance its goal of including the logging and wood products sector in federal, state, and local climate action plans and regulation of this sector’s climate impacts through market-based solutions. At the f...
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