Founded | 1989 |
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Founder | Walter H. Annenberg |
Type |
Non-operating private foundation (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3) |
Focus | Arts, Education, Health and Human Services, Animal services and Civic |
Location |
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Coordinates | 34°03′30″N 118°24′56″W / 34.058233°N 118.415536°W |
Area served
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United States |
Owner | Wallis Annenberg |
Key people
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Wallis Annenberg Lauren Bon Gregory Annenberg Weingarten Charles Annenberg Weingarten |
Website | Official website |
The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation that provides funding and support to non-profit organizations in the United States and around the world. Some of the Foundation's core initiatives are the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) project (now Annenberg Learner), which funds many educational television shows broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television in the United States as well as The Annenberg Community Beach House, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Metabolic Studio, explore.org and the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts.
The Annenberg Foundation continues its programming focus, but its efforts include environmental stewardship, social justice, and animal welfare. The foundation has roots as a traditional grantmaking institution and is also involved in the community. The Annenberg Foundation promotes charitable activities through which large-scale solutions to systemic problems are pursued.
The following current projects are implemented by Annenberg Foundation Trustees and guided by their philanthropic vision:
Walter H. Annenberg headed the Annenberg Foundation until his death in 2002. Leonore, his wife, ran it until her death in March 2009. Since then, the foundation's trusteeship has been led by Wallis Annenberg and three of her children: Lauren Bon, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten and Charles Annenberg Weingarten.
The Annenberg Foundation is involved in a number of projects, some of which are listed below.
Alchemy is a free non-profit leadership development program that offers capacity building with a focus on the strength of Executive Directors and Board Chairs. Participation is open to non-profits with operating budgets of $2 million or less based in Los Angeles County, California. However, the Executive Director and Board Chairperson are asked to participate together through the duration of the training. Among the issues addressed are effective governance, fundraising, and public accountability.