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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.
Recent Grant Reports
Nuclear Energy Innovation  
The key priorities of Breakthrough’s Nuclear Energy Innovation Program include public advocacy for nuclear energy; comprehensive regulatory engagement at the NRC; Congressional engagement, inclusive of both congressional oversight of NRC and ongoing policy suppor...
Support Youth in Legal Actions to Stabilize Climate  
Our Atmospheric Trust Campaign is built on the belief that everyone has a fundamental right to a healthy atmosphere and a stable climate. Through legal action and public education, we aim to establish a constitutional standard for climate stability, holding gover...
US Forest Carbon Pricing Initiative 2025-2026  
In 2025 and 2026 CSE seeks support to extend our work on forest carbon pricing and market-based solutions to deforestation and forest degradation by (1) advocating for a no-net-forestland-loss policy in key land use planning processes; (2) continuing to publicize...
Fossil Fuel Risk Bonds - National Campaign With Strategic Partners  
CSE’s Fossil Fuel Risk Bond program is having an impact on the ground. As a result of successful research and advocacy in the Pacific Northwest, we now have policy templates that can be used at the state and county level in every US county that has a significant
Symbiosis: A forest that creates markets; markets that safeguard the forest  
The Children's Eternal Rainforest, owned by the Costa Rican nonprofit Monteverde Conservation League, provides diverse and massive benefits to people on local, national, and international scales (see below). To date, however, recognition of those services – parti...
Creating Connections: Mapping biological corridors and facilitating ecological connectivity of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest  
This project aims to gather remaining information necessary to implement the creation of successful biological corridors between the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, at the heart of the protected Monteverde-Arenal Bioregion, and vital conservation lands more distan...
Successfully Decarbonizing New England's Electric Grid  
This project will use the CACI software to investigate how the New England Region can successfully decarbonize their electric grid using nuclear power. The project will create new roadmaps showing how the region can reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. The edu...
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