• "E.A.C.H.": Education, Environment, Art, Animals, Children, Community, Health and Homelessness. 

• Radically inclusive group of 45 volunteer grant-makers enjoying the free and universal gift of giving.

• 501(c)3 foundation granting out all assets by end of 2020; four years of maximum volunteer grant-making.

• Ignoring the IRS 5% minimum mandate, realizing the money is owned by the community, not by the family which established the foundation, giving out more than 20% per year.

• Zero labor costs, no employees, no brick and mortar offices, 834 unique public charities impacted. 

• Originally a family foundation established in 1955 (The Wallace A. Gerbode Foundation; over $200 million given away since inception; saved the Marin Headlands from development, as well as Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, and Diamond Head in Hawaii).

• Re-organized in 2009 by Lionel Shaw, president and founder, as a community foundation empowering everyday people with the Gift of Giving, elevating and transforming their lives.  

• Origins dating back to Hawaiian missionary heritage (cf., Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.).

• $9.35 million granted to over 834 nonprofits since May 2016; over 2000 checks written by 45 volunteers. 

• Quarterly public meetings spotlighting six recipient grantees in a "TEDx-style" format.

The EACH Foundation board of directors is grateful to our 50+ donors who have made this opportunity possible, especially our main benefactor the Wallace A. Gerbode Foundation (named after our founder's uncle who died in 1954 while attending Stanford University).