

GRoW @ Annenberg, a philanthropic initiative led by Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, supports 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.
Gregory is a Vice President and Director of the Annenberg Foundation, a family foundation established by Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg in 1989 and currently led by Wallis Annenberg, Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO.
Mission & Values
Biography

Gregory Annenberg Weingarten is a Vice President and Director of the Annenberg Foundation, and Founder of GRoW @ Annenberg, a philanthropic initiative of the Foundation that supports 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.
Gregory received a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University and worked as a journalist at The Times of London. He went on to become an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
Gregory's philanthropic work is both programmatically and geographically diverse. It ranges from repatriating sacred Native American objects from Paris to the United States to supporting teachers in remote areas of Peru, building healthcare centers in Bangladesh, supporting school safety programs in Watts, California, to funding museums, opera companies, and numerous student scholarships across the U.S. and Europe.
He is a member of various boards and committees, including London's National Gallery and V&A Museum; Paris's Les Talens Lyriques, Opera & Ballet, Louvre Museum, and American Library in Paris; and across the United States, the National Park Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and, most recently, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
In the Field

In 2012, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten received the prestigious Legion of Honour Award in Paris presented by the former U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco Charles Rivkin and former President of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Helene David-Weill.

In 2016, Ellis Island Family Heritage award recipients, F. Murray Abraham, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, Billie Jean King and Daniel Libeskind. Photo courtesy of The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

Pictured here with Reverend James Lawson, fellow honoree of the Los Angeles Urban League's 46th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards.

Pictured here attending the grand opening of The Legacy Museum and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Birmingham, Alabama. From left to right: Darren Walker, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, Regina Weingarten, Bryan Stevenson. Photo courtesy of Equal Justice Initiative.

East Side Riders Bike Club Founder, John Jones III, presents a proclamation to Gregory Annenberg Weingarten recognizing GRoW's work in the Watts community.

Pictured here meeting Chugach cultural leader John Johnson in 2014 after repatriating sacred objects to the Chugach Alaska Corporation.

In August, 2018, GRoW sponsored a screening of Black Panther at the Aero Theatre for members of the Watts community. Pictured here with attendees prior to the screening.

In 2018, GRoW partnered with LA Opera to sponsor an art poster contest for Los Angeles college and high school students. Photo courtesy of LA Opera.