Annenberg Foundation
American charitable family foundation
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Annenberg Foundation |
| image | Annenberg Foundation logo.svg |
| type | Non-operating private foundation |
| (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3) | |
| founded_date | July 1, 1989 |
| (section 509(a)(3) organization) | |
| founder | Walter H. Annenberg |
| location | 2000 Avenue of the Stars |
| Suite 1000 | |
| Los Angeles, California | |
| 90067 | |
| coordinates | |
| key_people | {{Plain list |
| area_served | United States |
| focus | Arts, Education, Health and Human Services, Animal services and Civic responsibility |
| owner | Wallis Annenberg |
| homepage | www.annenbergfoundation.org |
| :: |
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- Wallis Annenberg
- Lauren Bon
- Gregory Annenberg Weingarten
- Charles Annenberg Weingarten | area_served = United States | product = | focus = Arts, Education, Health and Human Services, Animal services and Civic responsibility | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = Wallis Annenberg | former name = | homepage = www.annenbergfoundation.org | dissolved = | footnotes =
The Annenberg Foundation is a foundation that provides funding and support to non-profit organizations.
Overview
The Annenberg Foundation was established by Walter H. Annenberg in 1989 with $1.2 billion, one-third of the assets from the sale of Annenberg's Triangle Publications.
The Annenberg Foundation has focused on educational programming, and its efforts have also included environmental stewardship, social justice, and animal welfare. The foundation has roots as a traditional grantmaking institution and is also involved in the community.
, the foundation has $1.59 billion in assets.
Ownership and board of directors
Walter H. Annenberg headed the Annenberg Foundation until his death in 2002. Leonore Annenberg, his wife, ran it until her death in March 2009. Since then, the foundation's trusteeship was led by Walter's daughter Wallis Annenberg and three of her children: Lauren Bon, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, and Charles Annenberg Weingarten. Wallis Annenberg died in July 2025.
- Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, vacant
- Vice President and Director, Lauren Bon
- Vice President and Director, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten
- Vice President and Director, Charles Annenberg Weingarten
The Ballona Wetlands restoration project
On January 28, 2013, the Annenberg Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and several other state agencies to explore the possibility of constructing a 46,000 square foot facility in the protected Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve which would have included adoption and veterinary services for domestic pets. However, on December 2, the Foundation announced that it was suspending its plans. The Los Angeles Times reported that some wetlands advocates had opposed the proposal. The Los Angeles Daily News noted that this was the Foundation's second failed attempt to construct this project on public land. The Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News editorial boards called the project "a bad fit" and "inappropriate," respectively.
References
References
- "Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates". Foundation Centre.
- Eichenwald, Kurt. (1988-08-08). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Murdoch Agrees to Buy TV Guide In a $3 Billion Sale by Annenberg". The New York Times.
- "Annenberg Foundation".
- "About the Foundation {{!}} Annenberg Foundation". Annenberg Foundation.
- Vankin, Deborah. (July 28, 2025). "Wallis Annenberg, visionary philanthropist who helped transform L.A., dies at 86". Los Angeles Times.
- (January 28, 2013). "Fully Executed MOU Jan 28 2013.pdf".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200717103332/http://ballonarestoration.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Project-Partner-Update_12-2-14.pdf Official Announcement of Withdrawal]
- Groves, Martha. (December 3, 2014). "Annenberg Foundation suspends plan for Ballona Wetlands visitors center".
- Mazza, Sandy. (December 2, 2014). "Annenberg pulls $45 million for controversial Ballona Wetlands redevelopment".
- (September 20, 2013). "A bad fit for Ballona Wetlands".
- (July 2, 2014). "Ballona Wetlands not appropriate place for a pet adoption center: Editorial".
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