Our Mission
The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands was founded in 2001 to address important issues facing the nation and the world. The Trust established The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands to serve as a sanctuary for generations of high-level national and world leaders seeking the privacy, the peace, and "the pause" needed to address the most pressing issues of the day.
Our Permitted Programs
Walter and Leonore Annenberg were explicit and prescient in their direction for the future use of The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands for generations to come, setting forth a range of permitted programs. The Declaration of Trust, signed by Ambassador and Mrs. Annenberg on May 14, 2001, directs that The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands be used for the following purposes:
- For the President of the United States and the Secretary of State to bring together world leaders to promote world peace and facilitate international agreement
- For the President of the United States, the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and the bipartisan leadership of the Congress to meet to focus on ways to improve the functioning of the three branches of government or to discuss important issues facing these institutions
- For leaders of major educational and charitable institutions, government agencies, and other important public bodies to meet to address and determine how these institutions can better serve the public good
- For the schools and other charitable or educational institutions created or funded by The Annenberg Foundation to conduct programs that advance important educational and social issues
- To host programs of learned societies and meetings of leaders and distinguished practitioners in education, philanthropy, the arts and culture, and science and medicine to promote and facilitate the exchange of ideas and provide opportunities for high-level interaction and communication to advance these fields and for the common good
- For The Annenberg Foundation to conduct meetings to formulate policy and programs
- For the public to learn about the historical significance of Sunnylands