The mission of GRoW @ Annenberg, a philanthropic initiative led by Annenberg Foundation vice president and director Gregory Annenberg Weingarten is to support a broad range of innovative projects and organizations that address social and cultural issues, meet urgent community needs, and offer inspiration and collaboration — all with the goal of improving the quality of life in communities around the world.

We believe that every person deserves respect, dignity, and equal access to opportunities. We strive to support organizations and leaders fostering these values within the communities that they serve.

When you look at the scope of the challenges we try to tackle — providing good healthcare, empowering women, improving education for youth around the world — these are not small challenges. They're gigantic ones. That's why we focus on the true innovators: the people who are finding radical new ways to meet our challenges and leverage far greater change." —Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, seen here in his Paris studio, 2014