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Design-Build Institute of America: Design-Build Sparks Meaningful Social Impact Globally

2/8/2018

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From Design-Build Institute of America:

"Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Design Build Institute of America in 2007, the Opus Group founder Gerald Rauenhorst pioneered the idea that streamlined project funding/purchasing and integrated cross-functional teams deliver elaborate projects faster, more smoothly and with more effective outcomes. He challenged industry norms beginning in the 1960s to benefit his clients while growing the Opus Group into one of the largest multidisciplinary real estate development design and construction firms in the world.

Rauenhorst's legacy in design-build extends far and wide--as far as Zambia, Cambodia, the Central African Republic and beyond--through the family foundation he and his wife Henrietta founded in 1965, GHR Foundation. At first blush, the design-build approach to delivering university residence halls, corporate campuses and sports stadiums may seem to have little application to philanthropy and global development. Looking deeper, however, one can see many of the same principles in play creating models, forming symbiotic teams, sketching a plan of action, consulting on plans and helping shape the results..."

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Remembering Peter Karoff

3/10/2017

 
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It is with a heavy heart that GHR shares the sad news of GHR board member Peter Karoff’s passing on March 9, 2017.

Peter was a longtime friend of GHR and a leading contributor to the world of Philanthropy. Inspired by the idea of strategic philanthropy and thinking creatively to increase the impact of philanthropy on society, he founded The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) in 1989. TPI is now a pioneer non-profit consulting firm and a leading influence of thought in the philanthropic world. Many of Peter’s revolutionary ideas are captured in his book, The World We Want: New Dimensions in Philanthropy and Social Change.

Peter played a key role in establishing the Rauenhorst family foundations--an accomplishment he took great pride in--and was instrumental in the founding and shaping of GHR's vision of improving lives by working towards a just, peaceful, healthy future. Peter’s decades of contributions as a board member and advisor cannot be overstated—he was simply exemplary, and we take great joy in having dedicated the Karoff study at our offices in his name.
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An avid poet and a master of words, Peter’s poetic approach to life and philanthropy is a true testament that philanthropy and social change is an art form—​one that he mastered and taught with perfection. GHR sends our thoughts and prayers to Peter’s family. We celebrate his life and the legacy he helped create at GHR and many other foundations.

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