Charitable Organizations Established

"What we create together is a relationship in which we work on making a difference in people’s lives. I welcome the unprecedented opportunity for us to work globally on that which concerns us all as human beings." Werner Erhard

Werner Erhard's Influence: Individuals Making A Difference

The Werner Erhard Foundation was committed to bettering the human condition through non-profit, voluntary action. Many of the projects founded by the Werner Erhard Foundation have evolved into independent self-sustaining organizations that continue their work in bringing about a transformation in the quality of life on our planet.

The Breakthrough Foundation: changing the direction of young people’s lives
The CareGivers Project: to renew and empower caregivers
The Education Network : committed to the transformation of education
The Holiday Project: organize visits and gift-giving to people confined in hospitals
The Hunger Project: to generate global awareness about chronic persistent hunger
The Mastery Foundation: empowering individuals and communities in ministries
Prison Possibilities, Inc.: enabled people in prison to alter their predictable futures

Werner Erhard Foundation

"I got an opportunity to work with Youth at Risk, which program continues to today, to see what happened with young gang kids when they got the possibility of making a difference in other people's lives. I saw what that did with them and how committed they became to that possibility...When you can leave behind the way you wound up being, when you are free to choose beyond the way you wound up being that is a very powerful experience." - Werner Erhard at University of Pennsylvania, 2016
Watch the full video interview here (scroll down on page)

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Werner Erhard and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet

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Werner Erhard and Buckminster Fuller

In 1988 Werner Erhard was presented the Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award: “In honor of your notable effort to end the starvation and hunger suffered by millions throughout the world and for drawing broad public awareness to the value of integrity in our everyday lives.”