Addressing the critical issues of our time through innovation, community building and communication.
Chimp Haven will welcome more retirees from Alamogordo Primate Facility later this spring. Throughout 2025, the sanctuary will also mark its 30th anniversary by highlighting significant milestones over the last 30 years through special events, stories, and reflections.
Chimp Haven will welcome more retirees from Alamogordo Primate Facility later this spring. Throughout 2025, the sanctuary will also mark its 30th anniversary by highlighting significant milestones over the last 30 years through special events, stories, and reflections.
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Soon to be the world’s largest wildlife crossing, the Annenberg Wildlife Crossing will preserve and protect animals and natural ecosystems in Southern California. In 2023, Wallis announced a $10 million challenge grant in support of the National Wildlife Foundation’s efforts to create wildlife crossings across the country and globe.
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Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Led by Charles Annenberg Weingarten, it invites visitors to explore a wide range of topics—from animal rights, health and human services, and poverty to the environment, education, and spirituality — through more than 100 livecams and
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GRoW supports global humanitarian and health-related efforts, as well as innovative projects in cultural and civic life, youth and education, arts, and the environment. Its programs range from ocean research, repatriating sacred Native American objects, providing resources to teachers in remote areas, building health care centers, and funding university scholarships,
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Metabolic Studio is an interdisciplinary art and research hub directed by artist and Annenberg Foundation Vice President and Director Lauren Bon. The Studio addresses critical social and environmental issues through interventions and projects aimed at reparation, with work that often revolves around themes of water, land use, energy and the
Our Leadership
Wallis Annenberg
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO
Charles Annenberg Weingarten
Founder, explore.org
Gregory Annenberg Weingarten
Founder, GRoW@Annenberg
Lauren Bon
Founder, Metabolic Studio
A Unique Family Foundation
Wallis Annenberg is a visionary who uses philanthropy as a powerful instrument to improve the well-being of people and communities, not only by addressing vexing societal problems, but also by creating new pathways to fulfillment, excellence, and success. As she has said, “I’ve tried to focus not just on giving, but on innovating.”