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| Founded | July 1, 1989 (section 509(a)(3) organization) |
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| Founder | Walter H. Annenberg |
| Type | Non-operating private foundation (IRSexemption status):501(c)(3)[1] |
| Focus | Arts,Education,Health and Human Services, Animal services and Civicresponsibility |
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| Coordinates | 34°03′30″N118°24′56″W / 34.058233°N 118.415536°W /34.058233; -118.415536 |
Area served | United States |
| Owner | Wallis Annenberg |
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| Website | www.annenbergfoundation.org |
TheAnnenberg Foundation is a foundation that provides funding and support tonon-profit organizations.
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'sTriangle Publications.[2]
The Annenberg Foundation has focused on educational programming, and its efforts have also includedenvironmental stewardship,social justice, andanimal welfare. The foundation has roots as a traditionalgrantmaking institution and is also involved in the community.
As of 2021[update], the foundation has $1.59 billion in assets.[3]
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'strusteeship has been led byWallis Annenberg and three of her children:Lauren Bon, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, and Charles Annenberg Weingarten.[4]
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.[5] However, on December 2, the Foundation announced that it was suspending its plans.[6] TheLos Angeles Times reported that some wetlands advocates had opposed the proposal.[7] TheLos Angeles Daily News noted that this was the Foundation's second failed attempt to construct this project on public land.[8] TheLos Angeles Times andLos Angeles Daily News editorial boards called the project "a bad fit" and "inappropriate," respectively.[9][10]