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Led by founder Charles Annenberg Weingarten, the explore Team embarks on fact-finding missions to meet the courageous leaders of the non-profit world and document their work through images and films. By sharing their knowledge, explore seeks to connect people to extraordinary cultures and ideas. These expeditions also serve as a way to identify potential recipients for Annenberg Foundation grants.

To date, over $15 million has been awarded to over 100 non-profit organizations worldwide.

  • India

  • Africa

    • Ethiopia Ethiopia

      • Addis Ababa

        • Abebech Gobena Orphanage and School

          $250,000 | July 2005

          To provide housing and education opportunities for children in Ethiopia, Africa.

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        • The Tesfa Foundation

          $25,000 | July 2005

          To support early childhood education to disadvantaged children in Ethiopia, where no public pre-school or kindergarten is available.

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      • Ethiopia

        • Banovich Wildscape Foundation

          $25,000

          To conserve the earth's wild places to benefit the wildlife and the people that live there.

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    • Ghana Ghana

      • Konkonuru

        • Rita Marley Foundation

          $200,000 | July 2005

          To provide support for the alleviation of poverty for people of the developing and less developed countries of Africa.

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      • Accra

    • Rwanda Rwanda

      • Volcanoes National Park

      • Kigali

        • Aegis Trust

          $500 | April 2008

          To provide assistance for the Kigali Memorial Centre in memoriam of the more than 250,000 victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

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    • Tanzania Tanzania

    • Sudan Sudan

      • Darfur

        • Medical Emergency Relief International Charitable Trust

          $1,000,000 | April 2008

          To provide primary health care services in conflict-affected areas of Sudan.

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      • Khartoum

        • World Food Program (through Friends of the World Food Program)

          $500,000 | April 2008

          To bring emergency food assistance to people in the war-stricken regions of Sudan.

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  • The Arctic

    • Canada Canada

      • Iqaluit

  • United States

    • United States United States

      • Chicago

        • Common Threads

          $1,100,000 | October 2008

          To educate children on the importance of nutrition and physical well-being, and to foster an appreciation of cultural diversity through cooking.

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        • Alzheimer's Association, Inc.

          $25,000

          To support the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.

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      • Oahu

        • Arizona Memorial Museum Association

          $50,000 | February 2008

          To support the interpretation and related visitor service activities of the National Park Service (NPS) at four sites across the Pacific region.

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        • Hawaiian Lifeguard Association

          $250,000 | February 2008

          To support the enhancement of ocean life saving and rescue, and providing public information and education.

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      • Los Angeles

        • The Veggie Van Organization

          $25,000 | June 2008

          To support educational service that promotes biodiesel fuel and other renewable energies through hands-on demonstrations, school presentations, and road tours.

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        • Sinai Temple

          $100,000 | May 2007

          To provide for the study of ancient and modern Jewish learning, beautiful music, and spiritual richness of prayer.

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        • Islamic Center of Southern California

          $100,000

          To provide religious, educational, and recreational facilities for members of the public at large.

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        • St. Brendan Catholic Church

          $100,000

          To provide education in the Catholic tradition through worship, education, service, and outreach.

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        • New Directions

          $25,000

          To support services for homeless veterans, including job training and placement, parenting and money management classes, legal and financial assistance, counseling, remedial education, and resources for alumni.

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        • Street Poets Inc.

          $750,000 | August 2009

          To support Street Poets in their mission to create peace, using poetry as a force for individual and community transformation.

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        • Asia Society Southern California

          $50,000 | April 2006

          To support the piloting of an after-school Mandarin language program of the Youth Council of the Asia Society Southern California to better prepare students in South Central Los Angeles to succeed on a global stage.

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        • Homeboy Industries

          $1,035,000 | August 2005

          To provide assistance for at-risk and former gang-involved youth to become contributing members of our community.

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      • New Orleans

      • Long Beach

      • Bandon Beach

        • Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

          $25,000 | September 2008

          To support the Coquille Lighthouse in Bandon, Oregon.

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      • Hailey

      • Ketchum

      • Haleiwa

      • Honolulu

        • Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation

          $25,000 | February 2008

          To help Hawaii's athletes participate in athletic competitions and further their education.

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        • AccesSurf Hawaii

          $100,000 | February 2008

          To share adaptive surfing with everyone who has the desire to enter the ocean and ride waves.

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        • Eddie Aikau Foundation

          $25,000 | February 2008

          To promote education and the advancement of Hawaiian culture.

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        • Kumu Kahua Theatre

          $50,000 | February 2008

          To preserve the local Hawaiian culture through theater.

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      • Kamuela

        • Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana

          $25,000 | March 2007

          To support Hawai'i's first native designed and controlled charter school, which integrates Hawaiian values and traditions with the latest in 21st century educational technology.

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        • Kohala Center

          $25,000 | March 2007

          To support teaching and research programs that assist communities on the Island of Hawai‘i, in the Pacific, and around the world thrive — ecologically, economically, culturally, and socially.

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        • California Association for Research in Astronomy (W.M. Keck Observatory)

          $25,000 | March 2009

          To support the Keck Observatory in its mission to advance the frontiers of astronomy and share our discoveries with the world.

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      • Wailea

        • Maui Arts & Cultural Center

          $50,000

          To support the Maui Film Festival at Wailea.

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      • Charleston

        • Magnolia Plantation Foundation

          $100,000 | February 2005

          To maintain Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, the oldest public gardens in America.

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        • Middleton Place Foundation

          $50,000 | February 2005

          To preserve Middleton Place, an 18th-century plantation that has survived revolution, Civil War, and earthquake.

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        • Drayton Hall

          $50,000 | February 2005

          To preserve the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States and share the stories of what life what like in 18th-century America.

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        • Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

          $50,000 | February 2005

          To collect, preserve, and make public the unique historical and cultural heritage of African Americans in Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry.

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      • San Francisco

        • Save the Redwoods League

          $50,000 | September 2008

          To support ancient redwood forests and redwood ecosystems to ensure that current and future generations can feel the awe and peace that these precious natural wonders inspire.

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      • Jackson

  • The Bahamas

    • The Bahamas The Bahamas

      • Abacos

        • Wild Dolphin Project

          $44,000 | July 2007

          To support scientific research on a specific pod of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahama Islands.

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  • China

    • China China

      • AnWu

        • AnWu Elementary School

          $25,000 | April 2006

          For general operating support to further the organization's mission to provide an education to the underprivileged children living in the rural Chinese countryside in the village of Jiang Lu Township.

      • Wolong

      • Xi'an

      • Beijing

        • Beijing Cultural Development Center for Rural Women

          $100,000 | April 2006

          To provide general operating support to further the organization's mission to promote the social development of China's rural women by providing information, training, and services in order to raise their ability for self-development.

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        • Pacific Environment and Resources Center

          $200,000 | April 2006

          To support the China Program, which encourages the growth of China's emerging environmental movement by helping community leaders, journalists, and students raise awareness about their country's environmental problems.

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      • Shaanxi Qinling Mountains

        • World Wildlife Fund International

          $50,000 | April 2006

          To support the Qinling Panda Focal Project of the WWF China Programme Office, which will build capacity and management for projected areas to decrease poaching, develop plans for tourism and micro-enterprise, increase revenue, and restore key panda habitats.

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  • Costa Rica

  • Middle East

    • Israel Israel

      • Jerusalem

        • Mosaica's Center for Inter-Religious Cooperation (through New Israel Fund)

          $50,000 | June 2007

          To support the work of Jewish and Arab religious and social leaders to end religious killings.

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        • Machsom Watch (through New Israel Fund)

          $50,000 | June 2007

          To monitor the behavior of Israeli officials at checkpoints and protect the human rights of Palestinians.

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        • New Israel Fund

          $100,000 | June 2007

          To provide general operating support to support democratic change within Israel.

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        • Western Wall Heritage Foundation

          $100,000 | June 2007

          To support the preservation and development of the Western Wall.

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        • Beit Hagalgalim (through New Israel Fund)

          $100,000 | June 2007

          To provide disabled children with a place to socialize and learn and provide their parents with a weekend respite.

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        • Yad Vashem

          $100,000 | June 2007

          To support the documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust, and to safeguard the memory of the past and impart its meaning for future generations.

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        • American Committee for Shaare Zedek

          $50,000 | June 2007

          To support the B'Ruach spiritual care training program at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

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        • Peace Centre for the Blind (through American Near East Refugee Aid)

          $25,000 | June 2007

          To provide academic and vocational training to blind Palestinian women.

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      • Tel Aviv

        • Yakar Foundation

          $25,000 | June 2007

          To bring together Jews from different backgrounds and orientations for learning, prayer, and social action.

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        • American Committee for Tel Aviv Foundation

          $25,000 | June 2007

          To support the Davis-Lewis Soccer and Education Center and provide children living in the Jaffa community a place to study and participate in sports.

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        • Social TV (through New Israel Fund)

          $25,000 | June 2007

          To allow organizations of social change to advertise their events.

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      • Neve Shalom – Wāħat as-Salām

    • Jordan Jordan

      • Amman

      • Petra

      • Salt

        • Holy Land Institute for the Deaf (through American Near East Refugee Aid)

          $10,000 | June 2007

          To enable and equip deaf and disabled young people for inclusion and participation in their families and civic society in a meaningful way.

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    • Palestinian Territory Palestinian Territory

    • Turkey Turkey

      • Istanbul

        • Greek Orthodox Church

          $25,000 | June 2007

          To support community outreach and education programs.

        • Armenian Orthodox Church

          $25,000 | June 2007

          To support community outreach and education programs.

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    • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

      • Jeddah

        • Dar Al-Hekma Private College

          $100,000 | June 2007

          To support a learning community is committed to the furtherance and enhancement of creativity, excellence, intellect and independent thinking among its students.

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    • Italy Italy

      • Rome

        • Community of St. Egidio

          $50,000 | June 2007

          To operate soup kitchens, shelters, and resources for the poor.

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  • Pacific Northwest

    • United States United States

      • San Juan Islands

        • Center for Whale Research

          $100,000 | September 2006

          To provide support for identifying each individual orca of the Southern Resident Community in the study area of Greater Puget Sound to better understand orca migration.

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    • Canada Canada

      • Hanson Island

      • Vancouver

        • InnerChange Charitable Society

          $175,000 | September 2006

          To provide general operating support for the Chronic Addiction Substance Abuse program.

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        • 2009 Special Olympics Winter World Games

          $25,000 | June 2009

          To support the 2009 Winter World Games.

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        • Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre

          $15,000 | September 2006

          To provide support for educational programs at the Aquarium.

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        • Sam Sullivan Disability Foundation

          $75,000 | September 2006

          To provide general operating support to help people with significant disabilities achieve full citizenship in the community.

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        • University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology (through the American Foundation for the University of British Columbia)

          $15,000 | September 2008

          To provide access to cultural objects from around the world, with emphasis on the achievements and concerns of the First Peoples and British Columbia's cultural communities.

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  • Tibet

    • Tibet Tibet

      • Lhasa

        • 12K Foundation

          $25,000 | April 2006

          To support the Dickey Orphanage in Tibet, which houses approximately 80 children who have endured severe hardship due to a harsh climate, lack of harvest, and a poor educational system.

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