A Philanthropic Initiative Supporting Opportunity, Justice, and Leadership Around the World
10.7.21
As fires rage across the country, particularly in the western parts of the U.S., firefighters prepare for impending disaster through valiant prev...
10.7.21
GRoW is honored to support Emma's Torch, a restaurant and non-profit organization that provides top-notch culinary training to refugees and assis...
10.4.21
This fall the American Library in Paris will continue its weekly program – Evenings with an Author series sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg.
10.4.21
With support from GRoW @ Annenberg, visitors to Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego's only National Park, can look forward to a new trail leadi...
10.4.21
Give Blck exists to advance racial equity in philanthropic giving and mobilize positive action for Black lives by connecting people to causes the...
9.24.21
The Metropolitan Opera, one of the world's leading opera companies, returns to the stage on September 27, with a historic premiere of Terence Bla...
9.23.21
Les Talens Lyriques, France's internationally renowned ensemble performing some of Europe's most complex and historically important pieces, celeb...
8.24.21
On Friday, August 20, 2021, the East Side Riders Bike Club resumed their Feed the Hungry Series in Compton and Watts, preparing meals for residen...
8.24.21
As the COVID-19 Delta variant continues to spread throughout Los Angeles County, GRoW supports another round of vaccine distribution efforts in t...
8.19.21
The University of Oxford recently announced its 2021-22 Weidenfeld-Hoffman GRoW @ Annenberg Scholars. GRoW has underwritten scholarships for stu...
8.19.21
Dawoud Bey is a renowned American photographer known for his poignant reflections on visibility, race, and disparity in America.
10.7.21
From October 9, 2021- January 2, 2022, Poussin and the Dance brings to life the artistic processes involved in creating some of Poussin's most jo...
7.15.21
The magic of music and live performance returns to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as LA Opera prepares for a complete season of staged productions...
7.15.21
On Sunday, July 11, the Portuguese newspaper Público featured Read More
7.1.21
From July 15 – August 22, Somerset House presents a thrilling new open-air experience in the spectacular courtyard – presenting an inventive, art...
7.1.21
Since 2016, GRoW has partnered with the National Park Foundation and the Santa Monica Mountains Fund to support the SAMO Youth Mentoring Program ...
6.9.21
From June 9 – August 15, 2021, The Hispanic Society Museum and Library is hosting, In the Heights: From College to the Screen. The exhibition wil...
6.24.21
We are honored to announce that nine GRoW grantee-partners were selected to receive "Champions Live Here" Super Bowl LVI grants. Congratulations ...
6.3.21
GRoW is honored to support the production of a documentary about American civil rights activist, Reverend James M. Lawson Jr. This film will expl...
4.29.21
On Saturday, May 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Loving Hands hosted its virtual Mother's Day event, live on the Loving Hands Facebook and YouT...
4.23.21
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) announced that it will kick off its 2021 season with four free outdoor concerts at the Hollywood Bowl for ...
4.13.21
On April 30, the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz will partner with the United Nations and UNESCO to celebrate the 10th International Jazz Day wo...
4.8.21
On May 21, 2021, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by legendary trumpeter and artistic director Wynton Marsalis, will host a creative col...
3.18.21
In the wake of widespread anti-Asian racism, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles' contributions towards equity and racial justice are...
3.12.21
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations generates research and promotes discourse about international relations, United States foreign...
3.8.21
France's largest cancer research center recognizes a 100 year milestone of Marie Curie's first trip to the US and the founding of the Foundation....
2.25.21
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands, we are supporting distribution efforts focused on low-income communities of color.
2.25.21
Click HERE to watch Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and Equal Justice Iniatitive's (EJI)...
2.1.21
The Paris Opera & Ballet's annual holiday event - Gala Reve d'Enfants - will now take place in April 2021, raising funds for arts education for u...
1.25.21
GRoW is honored to serve as the lead supporter of the V&A's exhibition Africa Fashion, opening June 2022, which celebrates the vitality,...
12.18.20
With COVID-19 cases spiking across Los Angeles, healthcare workers face unprecedented demands after an already challenging year. We recognize the...
12.18.20
This holiday season, longtime Paris Opera conductor Philippe Jordan led the Paris Opera orchestra with Richard Wagner's epic masterpiece, Der...
12.18.20
On November 11, 2020 - Veteran's Day - the National Native American Veterans Memorial opened on the grounds of the Smithsonian's National Museum ...
12.7.20
During a holiday season unlike any other, several GRoW grantee-partners are providing food, toys, and support to families and children in the Sou...
11.9.20
GRoW is honored to support Give Blck, an organization that launched an online database of Black-founded nonprofit organizations in the U.S. The d...
10.13.20
In August 2020, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California named the first recipient of the G...
9.21.20
After a brief closure due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, The National Gallery reopened its new exhibition, Artemisia, to the public. ...
9.21.20
On October 8, The American Library in Paris (ALP) hosted its Century Gala celebrating 100 years of service in Paris. In light of the ongoing COVI...
9.17.20
Although the 2020 wildfire season has only recently begun, it has already proven to be particularly punishing, with devastating wildfires raging ...
9.10.20
KCET's Emmy® award-winning arts and culture series "Artbound" featured an episode showcasing the Watts Towers Arts Center, a longtime GRoW grante...
9.1.20
On any given Monday through Friday, John Jones III, founder and executive director of East Side Bike Riders (ESRBC), can be found on a street in ...
8.20.20
We remain steadfast in our commitment to support the organizations and communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic ...
8.10.20
GRoW is honored to support the documentary Hargrove, which follows the life and legacy of renowned Jazz genius Roy Hargrove. Through in...
8.1.20
As the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis have evolved, so too has our philanthropic response.
7.9.20
With the 2020 Census underway, GRoW @ Annenberg is providing grant support to Fair Count, a Georgia-based organization founded to ensure that thi...
6.9.20
LA Opera announced the winners of this year's GRoW @ Annenberg Poster Contest, a contest designed for students attending Southern California coll...
6.4.20
Today and every day, we condemn all acts of racism and bigotry and pledge to continue to support Black leaders and Black-led organizations who ch...
5.1.20
We are inspired by the many individuals and organizations across the globe who continue to lift our spirits through music, dance, and performing ...
5.1.20
On Saturday, May 9th, Loving Hands Community Care hosted its first virtual Mother's Day event via Facebook Live. The hour-long event included mus...
4.1.20
GRoW is engaged in a multifaceted, strategic response to the international crisis spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
3.10.20
On March 18, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust will open its latest exhibition: Violins of Hope, an exhibition that uses violins to educate abo...
3.2.20
LA Phil's Power to the People! Festival celebrates musicians who use their platform as artists to champion social change, civil rights, and human...
2.11.20
On February 29, the V&A, which holds one of the world's most significant collections of Japanese art and design, will open Europe's first major k...
1.27.20
On February 10, 2020, the New York Philharmonic presented the second concert of the three-part GRoW @ Annenberg SOUND ON Series. Leading Voices w...
1.27.20
On April 23, 2020, the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) will host the 47th annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Dinner at the InterContinental Los ...
1.24.20
LA Opera is currently accepting submissions for its fourth annual GRoW @ Annenberg Poster Contest, through which currently enrolled Southern Cali...
1.15.20
As the start of 2020 brings a devastating wildfire season for Australia, GRoW @ Annenberg has joined fellow Annenberg Foundation trustees in the ...
1.9.20
On February 9, East Side Riders Bike Club (ESRBC) hosted its first group bicycle ride of the year. During these rides, which take place several t...
1.8.20
From February 28 through July 5, 2020, Musée des Arts Décoratifs will exhibit Harper's Bazaar, First in Fashion ("Harper's Bazaar, premier magazi...
12.3.19
This December, GRoW underwrote the cost of new iPads and keyboards for the teaching staff of Telfair Elementary School.
11.25.19
This season, several Watts-based GRoW grantee-partners will celebrate the holidays with toy and food drives to benefit children and families in t...
11.22.19
On Saturday, November 23rd, East Side Riders Bike Club (ESRBC) will host a free Thanksgiving meal for homeless or food-insecure residents of the ...
11.6.19
Executive Staff and board members from the LA Opera are traveling to Paris where they will attend the premiere of The Marriage of Figaro...
10.31.19
The National Gallery, London will showcase Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece from November 9, 2019 through January 26, 2020. The exhibition expl...
10.31.19
As 2019 brings yet another unforgiving wildfire season to California, GRoW @ Annenberg joins fellow Annenberg Foundation trustees to support the ...
10.31.19
From December 7, 2019 through May 9, 2020, the Metropolitan Opera will operate its 89th season of Saturday matinee broadcasts. As a longtime supp...
10.31.19
On October 29 at the Annenberg Community Beach House, the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) announced its honorees for the 47th Annual Whitney M. Y...
10.24.19
This November, Loving Hands Community Care will host its first community engagement and capacity- building meeting. The event will be hosted at t...
9.5.19
The Skirball Cultural Center presents the exhibition El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer, from October 17, ...
9.3.19
On Sunday, September 29, the Watts community celebrated the 43rd Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival. This year, the Festival honored t...
9.3.19
On Tuesday, October 1, the New York Philharmonic hosted the first of three concerts of this year's GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON Series. Sound ON con...
8.13.19
The 5th Annual Gilda Gala will be held on Saturday, October 19, honoring notable cancer advocates and inspiring individuals that have forged new ...
8.12.19
On August 15, 2019, the Santa Monica (SAMO) Mountains Fund and National Park Foundation will host its annual graduation ceremony. The ceremony wi...
8.9.19
On Saturday, September 14, LA Opera will celebrate the start of its 34th season with a performance of Puccini's La Bohème. The production, new to...
7.23.19
With a new school year right around the corner, We Care Outreach Ministries is preparing its back-to-school programming including Safe Passages, ...
7.23.19
This July, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, also known as ImmDef, celebrates four years of important legal work in Southern California.
6.7.19
The University of Oxford recently announced the 2019-2020 Weidenfeld-Hoffmann GRoW @ Annenberg Scholars. GRoW has underwitten scholarships for s...
5.31.19
On Saturday, June 1, Les Talens Lyrique conductor and harpsichordist Christophe Rousset will conduct Handel & Rameau in a concert at The Art of L...
5.22.19
Over the course of ten days in the Spring of 2019, three historic Black churches in Louisiana were destroyed by acts of arson.
The Commu...
5.17.19
On May 16, the Statue of Liberty Museum opened to the public. The 26,000 square-foot addition to Liberty Island contains three galleries celebrat...
4.26.19
On May 11, 2019, Loving Hands Community Care hosted its 12th Annual Mother's Day Luncheon in Los Angeles for mothers who have lost a child. The L...
4.1.19
From April 6, 2019 through February 16, 2020, the V&A will showcase Mary Quant. The exhibition features iconic designer Mary Quant's rev...
3.20.19
The interfaith support between two communities separated by thousands of miles of land and ocean is a testament to the bonds that bring us togeth...
3.13.19
"Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite" will showcase at the Skirball Cultural Center from April 11 to September 1, 2019. Brath...
2.27.19
This spring, Elder Michael Cummings led 70 fifth graders from an elementary school in Watts through a full-day program called Keeper of the D...
2.27.19
Each Saturday between December and May, the Met broadcasts live performances from the stage of the opera house, with commentary before the perfor...
2.13.19
LA Opera's production of The Clemency of Titus runs from March 2nd through March 24th. The drama was Mozart's final composition, and LA Opera's p...
1.28.19
In January, 2019, GRoW began supporting the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School.
1.7.19
In December 2018, East Side Riders Bike Club released Bikes Need Love Too, a collection of short essays written by six young authors fro...
1.7.19
GRoW @ Annenberg is proud to support the Royal Opera House's upcoming Welcome Performance, matinee performances for families who have never visit...
12.14.18
Sunday, January 27 marks the second of the three-part GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON series at the New York Philharmonic to be performed by musicians ...
11.28.18
In November 2018, Southern California again faced one of the worst wildfires when the Woolsey Fire tore through the region. A combined estimated ...
10.29.18
GRoW is proud to support the work of leaders in the Watts community who are organizing toy and food drives over the holidays.
10.27.18
On November 29, American Cinematheque will host its 32nd annual awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year, the American Cinematheque...
10.26.18
LA Opera showcases the beloved fairy tale production of Hansel and Gretel, running November 17 through December 15.
10.19.18
From October 19, 2018 through March 10, 2019, the exhibition Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be open to the public ...
10.10.18
On November 16th, 2018, Covenant House will host its annual Sleep Out America program in support of homeless youth. Each year, thousands of part...
10.10.18
(Press Release | Whitney Museum of American Art)
Kara Walker is best known for her candid investigation of race, gender, sexuality, and vi...
9.5.18
October 7th marks the beginning of the three-part GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON series at the New York Philharmonic to be performed by musicians from...
9.5.18
On October 11, 2018, LA Opera Off Grand will perform an intimate concert by the renowned French Baroque ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, led by its ...
8.24.18
From October 19, 2018 through March 10, 2019, the exhibition Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be open to the public ...
8.2.18
In 2018, GRoW commissioned the creation of a sculpture of Simon Rodia by Watts Towers Arts Center artist-in-residence Charles Dickson. Simon Rod...
7.29.18
GRoW will sponsor a day of educational programming and celebration, in honor of the UCLA Watts Leadership Institute (WLI). On August 11, 2018, 15...
7.20.18
On August 9, 2018, the National Park Foundation will team up with the Santa Monica Mountains (SAMO) Fund to host a graduation ceremony for partic...
7.19.18
GRoW @ Annenberg partnered with the Quincy Jones Foundation to arrange for a UCLA Herb Albert School of Music student to perform at the Montreux ...
7.5.18
On June 16, 2018, Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up, opened at the V&A. This exhibit is aimed at illuminating the fascinating life of one of the wor...
6.29.18
The Watts Towers Arts Center exhibit Creative Souls: African American Artists in Greater Los Angeles was curated by UCLA Senior Lecturer Paul Von...
5.29.18
On April 26, 2018, Equal Justice Initiative opened both the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Ma...
5.16.18
On May 15, 2018, the Paris National Opera conducted the final concert of a three-part series featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphonies for the 2017-2018...
5.1.18
On May 12, 2018, Loving Hands will host their annual Mother's Day Healing Luncheon. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the event. E...
4.18.18
LA Opera held their 2nd annual art poster contest for college arts and design students in Southern California. Students were invited to submit o...
4.12.18
LA Opera's Rigoletto runs, May 12 – June 3, 2018. The production includes staging by Tony Award-winning artistic director Mark Lamos and features...
3.29.18
Artadia is pleased to announce the Awardees for the 2018 Los Angeles Artadia Awards: EJ Hill and Clarissa Tossin. As the 2018 Los Angeles Artadia...
2.22.18
The National Museum of Women in the Arts's latest exhibit, Women House, opens to the public on March 9 and runs through May 28, 2018.
2.16.18
Michael Cummings, founder of We Care Outreach Ministries, recently hosted a group of fifth graders from Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary Schoo...
2.10.18
Derived from the ancient Greek myth, this opera depicts the story of Eurydice's death and Orpheus' heroic and tragic attempt to rescue her from t...
2.1.18
A global beacon for radical and ambitious projects, the Getty Foundation spearheaded the innovative artistic collaboration entitled Pacific Stand...
1.1.18
In December 2017, Southern California faced one of this country's worst wildfires in recent history. Wildfires scorched hundreds of thousands of ...
12.1.17
The School of American Ballet announced that Mira Nadon (pictured above), SAB's GRoW Fellow in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, was selected as an appren...