Founded by the Grateful Dead in 1983, The Rex Foundation aims to help secure a healthy environment, promote individuality in the arts, provide support to critical and necessary social services, assist others less fortunate than ourselves, protect the rights of indigenous people and ensure their cultural survival, build a stronger community, and educate children and adults everywhere. In pursuit of its Mission, the Rex Foundation Board established the following Guiding Principles and Values: Support organizations committed to grassroots action. Identify entities doing good work that might otherwise be overlooked. Help people who are helping others and are trying to make a difference. Benefit the broader community and the broader good. Respect individual rights and differences. Respect traditional wisdom cultures. Be a catalyst for change where our involvement helps leverage greater impact. Provide support beyond direct funding by boosting the visibility of the recipient’s work. Help people develop bold new solutions to problems. Exercise appropriate risk-taking while practicing trust, inclusiveness and open-mindedness. Promote an active, informed citizenry. Remain non-partisan.