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 Annenberg Organizations

The ANNENBERG FOUNDATION is the Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg family's private charitable trust, based in St. David's, Pennsylvania. Among the Foundation's philanthropic beneficiaries are the organizations listed below, which bear the donor's name. The Foundation's current grant-making focus is on elementary and secondary public school reform. The Foundation oversees the funding of the Annenberg Challenge. It approved the proposals from and disburses the monies to the Challenge grantees (eighteen local sites, the Annenberg Institute, New American Schools, and the Education Commission of the States).


The following organizations were established with major gifts from Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg and bear his name:


Annenberg Institute for School Reform
  • The Annenberg Institute for School Reform was one of the first recipients of monies from the Annenberg Challenge, a $50-million operating and endowment grant. The Institute was involved in designing parameters for applying for Challenge grants to local sites and is responsible for coordinating and evaluating the nationwide Challenge effort. The Institute did not and does not play any role in the selection of grantees or in the allocation of the funds, which are the sole prerogatives of the Foundation. Its mission is to develop, share, and act on knowledge that improves the conditions and outcomes of schooling in America, especially in urban communities and in schools serving disadvantaged children. Its current work focuses on school district redesign, educational leadership, connecting schools to community assets, rethinking accountability, and comprehensive school reform design. The Institute also oversees the coordination and evaluation of programs in the Annenberg Challenge sites but plays no role in the selection of grantees or the allocation of the funds, which is the sole prerogative of the Foundation.

    www.annenberginstitute.org

Annenberg Challenge
  • The Annenberg Challenge was a $500-million "Challenge to the Nation" matching grant announced in December 1993 by Ambassador Annenberg to encourage effective solutions for schools serving America's most disadvantaged children. The largest public/private endeavor in U.S. history dedicated to improving public schools, the Challenge comprised eighteen locally designed reform projects in 35 states, funding 2,450 public schools that serve more than 1.4 million students and 82,000 teachers, as well as three arts education programs and small grants to the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, New American Schools and the Education Commission of the States. Over 1,300 businesses, foundations, colleges and universities, and individuals contributed more than $351 million in private matching funds.

    www.annenberginstitute.org/Challenge/

Annenberg Media
  • Created in 1981, Annenberg Media (formerly Annenberg/CPB) advances excellent teaching by funding and distributing multimedia educational resources (video, print, and Web-based) to improve teaching methods and subject-matter expertise. Resources in all discipline areas are distributed to K-12 schools and non-commercial community agencies, as well as colleges and universities, for workshops, institutes and course use. The video programs are available to audiences through the Annenberg Channel, a free digital satellite channel that runs continuously 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Annenberg Media also delivers its entire video collection via broadband through its Web site: . The site also houses interactive activities, downloadable guides, and resources coordinated with each video series.

    www.learner.org

Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
  • The Annenberg School for Communication, established in 1958, offers students a firm grounding in various approaches to the study of communication and its methods drawn from both the humanities and the social sciences. It is an intellectual common market built on thirty years of interdisciplinary dialogue. The School houses communication theorists and researchers, including social scientists, historians, and critics. The M.A.C. and Ph.D. degree programs prepare students to make professional contributions to communication scholarship, research, and policy.

    www.asc.upenn.edu

Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
  • Established in 1994, the Center was designed to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania who would address public policy issues at the local, state and federal levels. Consistent with the mission of the Annenberg School for Communication, the Center has four ongoing foci: 1) Information and Society, 2) Media and the Developing Mind, 3) Media and the Dialogue of Democracy, and 4) Health Communication. The Center supports research and sponsors lectures and conferences in these areas. Each year, a special area of scholarly interest is also addressed. The Center has offices in Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

    www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org

Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
  • Founded in 1971, the USC Annenberg School for Communication is strategically located at the center of much of the nation's and, indeed, the world's media activity. In 1994, two other units of the university -- Communication Arts & Sciences and Journalism -- merged with the Annenberg School, expanding and strengthening its faculty and programs. The School is now home to two academic units offering degree programs in Communication and Journalism. It supports instruction and research in journalism and media and in the social science, humanistic, and technological aspects of communication more generally. The School is a participant in the Annenberg Center for Communication.

    annenberg.usc.edu

Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California
  • Created in 1993 through a grant to the University of Southern California, the Annenberg Center for Communication advances communication and information technologies through interdisciplinary research and outreach. The Center sponsors joint projects by USC faculty in the Schools of Communication, Engineering, and Cinema/Television, assists in the development of new communication applications on local, national and global levels, and explores the impact changing technology has on society. By understanding of the links between cultures, people and modes of communication, the Center seeks to contribute to the exploration of social responsibility and emerging public policy.

    www.annenberg.edu

Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower Medical Center
  • The Annenberg Center, in Rancho Mirage, California, was founded in 1981 is a public-benefit corporation dedicated to resolving issues vital to health and science, providing continuing professional education, and promoting public wellness. The Center offers 1) a forum for the examination of health-care issues, 2) distance learning for health-care professionals, 3) conference center facilities, 4) a production center for video and graphic materials and 5) an audio and video teleconferencing center.

    www.annenberg.org


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