- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
- Creator:
- McCarty, Laura T.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-07-07
- Subject:
- Nonprofit organizations--Georgia--Atlanta
Blank, Arthur (Arthur M.)
Endowments--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is an independent foundation based in Atlanta. Its mission is "to promote positive change in people's lives and to build and enhance the communities in which they live." Trustees of the foundation include Arthur Blank, one of the founders of the Home Depot and the head of AMB Group, LLC (which owns the Atlanta Falcons, the Georgia Force, and the Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in Montana), as well as his wife, Stephanie, and adult children, Danielle, Dena, and Kenny Blank. The foundation focuses its giving on geographic areas where the Blanks live or have roots: Atlanta, Maricopa County in Arizona, and Beaufort County in South Carolina. The Blanks also support two affiliated foundations, the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation and the Mountain Sky Guest Ranch Fund, which serves Montana.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/arthur-m-blank-family-foundation/
- Language:
- eng
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