Anthony Robbins Foundation
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The Anthony Robbins Foundation is a charitable organisation created and chaired by motivational speaker, Tony Robbins
Tony Robbins
Anthony "Tony" Robbins is an American self-help author and motivational speaker. He became well known through his infomercials and self-help books, Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement and Awaken The Giant Within...

. The foundation was created in 1991 with the belief system
Life stance
A person's life stance, or lifestance, is their relation with what they accept as being of ultimate importance, the presuppositions and theory of this, and the commitments and practice of working it out in living....

 that "regardless of stature, only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy; true fulfilment".

The organisation is also responsible for Anthony Robbins Foundation's International Basket Brigade, which according to their website, provides "baskets of food and household items for an estimated 2 million people annually in countries all over the world" "it also has products and programs estimated to be in more than 2,000 schools, 700 prisons, and 100,000 health and human service organizations. Specially, the Foundation is committed to make a difference in the quality of life for children, the homeless, the prison population, and the elderly through its various programs: International Basket Brigade, Youth Leadership Summit, UPW-Youth Leadership, Champions of Excellence, Youth Mentoring Program, Personal Power for Prisoners, and Event Scholarship. ".

Independent assessment

According the independent website GuideStar, the Anthony Robbins Foundation has a unanimous five star rating from users who have first hand knowledge of its programs.

According to the independent charity assessor, Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator
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, the Foundation has had an average rating of 3 stars out of four for the last 4 years and for the year ending June 2009 the Foundation gave $1,197,424 directly to its programs and other nonprofit groups.
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