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Diana Blank
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Diana Blank
Born Diana Latow
September 13, 1942 (age 77)
Occupation Philanthropist
Spouse(s) Arthur Blank (divorced)
Children 3
Website http://kendedafund.org/
Diana Latow Blank (born September 13,[1] 1942)[2] is an American philanthropist who founded the Kendeda Fund and the former wife of The Home Depot co-founder, Arthur Blank.
Biography
Blank was raised in a middle class, Roman Catholic family.[1] Through her Kendeda Fund, founded in 1993,[3] Blank has historically donated anonymously to various Georgia-based causes including $4 million to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the mid-1990s; and $20 million to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to enable the purchase of Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital, a historically-black hospital in Atlanta,[1] in 2006.[4] In 2015, she was revealed as the person who provided a $30 million grant to Georgia Tech for their Living Building Challenge 3.0.[1] tasked with building the "most environmentally-sound building ever constructed in the Southeast."[5]
The Kendeda Fund donates between $40 million and $50 million annually and has donated over $500 million through 2017 with the goal of spending all its assets by 2024.[6] Her daughter, Dena Blank Kimball, serves as the executive director of the Kendeda Fund.[1]
Personal life
She has three children with Arthur Blank (born 1942): Kenny Blank, Dena Blank Kimball, and Danielle Blank Thomsen;[2] they divorced in 1993.[1] Her son, Kenny Blank and his wife Nancy;[7][8] and her daughter Dena and her husband Josh Kimball, serve as directors of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.[9][10] |