Don Howard's Blog Posts

Ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) would be wrong for California and for our nation.

All of our new grantmaking here at the Irvine Foundation aims to expand political and economic opportunity for Californians who are working but struggling with poverty. This includes exploring how artistic and creative expression can advance these goals.

Our Year in Review is an annual look at the Foundation's grantmaking, investments, and learning over the course of the year. We release it in the spring so that we can include financial statements.

We are now a little over a year into our new strategic direction. Read an update from our President and CEO Don Howard on our progress.

Meet the 2017 Irvine Leadership Awards Recipients

The executive actions and the divisive rhetoric of the first days of the new federal administration are deeply troubling. They unfairly discriminate against immigrants and refugees, threatening our values, tearing at the fabric of our diverse communities, and undermining our economy.

We awoke Wednesday morning to a new political reality that few of us expected. The future feels uncertain, but one thing is clear: There is important work to do.

Our board elected California Superior Court Judge Lydia Villarreal as its next board Chair.

University of California Regents’ Tim Recker Joins Irvine as Chief Investment Officer

We at the Irvine Foundation have been disturbed and deeply saddened by growing violence and racial tensions between communities of color and police.