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The mission of
the Captain Planet Foundation is to fund and support hands-on
environmental projects for children and youths. Our objective
is to encourage innovative programs that empower children
and youth around the world to work individually and collectively
to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and
communities. Through environmental education, we believe that
children can achieve a better understanding and appreciation
for the world in which they live.
If you would like
to invest in youth, 100% of your tax-deductible contribution
will go towards hands-on environmental projects for youth.
Join our other partners, and your investment will go directly
to build environmental stewards for future generations.
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History
of the Foundation
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The Captain Planet Foundation is an offshoot of the popular Captain Planet cartoon series created by TBS, Inc in 1990 and intended to entertain children while teaching them the importance of environmental responsibility. Captain Planet broke new ground by successfully merging children's educational programming and entertainment programming. While in original production, the series received three Daytime Emmy Nominations, three Environmental Media Awards, a Parent's Choice Award, two Genesis Awards for animal issues programming, and a commendation from Peggy Charren's Action for Children's Television, as well as numerous other educational and media accolades. In 1991, Ted Turner decided to take the proceeds from this commercially successful, educational, yet entertaining series and put those profits into something that would inspire the very people that consumed it, youth. CPF awarded its first environmental grant in 1992.
The Captain Planet Foundation parted from TBS, Inc. in 2001 and is now operating as a 501c3 nonprofit public charity. Funding for our youth projects comes from a combination of grant awards, partnerships with local and national organizations, and an annual holiday fundraiser. Captain Planet Foundation has funded projects in all 50 United States and internationally in Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ireland, Israel, Philippines & Pohnpei, impacting over 625,000 youth since its establishment in 1992. Our youth participants range in age from 4 to 18 and come from a wide variety of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds.
The CPF gives children the opportunity to become active participants in discovering lasting solutions to issues that affect their entire community. The greenhouse effect, global warming, destruction of the ozone layer, toxic and radioactive wastes, and over population are just part of the litany of environmental dangers. To adults, the magnitude of the situation seems overwhelming and disheartening. Fortunately, "hopeless" is not part of a child's vocabulary. CPF represents a unique opportunity to make a positive contribution to our vanishing resources and to pass on a message of inspiration to the next generation of business and government policy makers.
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| Staff
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Staff
KP Hendry, Senior Director of Special Projects
Taryn
Murphy, Program Director
Kristie Andrews, Adminstrative Assistant
Board
of Directors
Laura Turner Seydel,
Chairperson
Philanthropist/Volunteer
Rutherford Seydel, Secretary
Davis, Pickren & Seydel, LLP
Christine Hung, Treasurer
Turner Enterprises, Inc.
Jennie Garlington
Turner Foundation
Amanda Leesburg
Leesburg PR
Christina Stevens
Blue Sky Productions
Beau Turner
Turner Enterprises, Inc.
Rhett Turner
Red Sky Productions
Teddy Turner
Charleston Boatworks, Inc.
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Captain Planet
Foundation
133 Luckie Street, 2nd Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404.522.4215 (grant
questions)
404.522.4270
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