The award was founded in the 1930s by a bequest in the will of civic leader and former Senator James D. Phelan.
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Established by the trust of James D. Phelan (1861-1930) to "recognize the achievements of California-born artists in a variety of disciplines."
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EARN was founded in 2001 by a group of prominent individuals and organizations, including financier F. Warren Hellman, California State Senator Mark Leno, Bob Friedman, former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and San Francisco County Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg, and Saundra Hernandez, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation.
key people = Co-founders are F. Warren Hellman, California State Senator Mark Leno, Bob Friedman, former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Francisco County Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg, Saundra Hernandez, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation and Ben Mangan, EARN’s current President and CEO, is also a co-founder of the organization.