Philanthropist:

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Philanthropist

A Dallas Resident, Joshua serves as CEO of Thompson Fine Arts, Inc., which was nominated for NTBCA’s Obelisk Award for donating gallery space for The Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas, which represents more than 7,500 visuals artists and as Co-Founder/Vice-President of The John Philp Thompson Foundation which supports research on non-radiation/non-chemotherapy cures for glioblastoma (brain cancer) in honor of his father-in law who died from the terrible disease. The organization was Joshua’s original concept and he has played a crucial role in determining the direction of the grants made, including the first donation which went to Duke University’s Brain Tumor Center’s Immunotherapy program and the most recent donation which went to a joint project between John Hopkins’s University and the University of Milan.

Joshua also serves as Co-Founder/Vice-President of the Memnosyne Foundation an organization whose mission is to “help the diverse people of the world consciously encourage an evolution for themselves and for future generations by providing humanity with the means to encourage positive, peaceful global collaboration in all areas of knowledge.” and where he is currently following his passion for environmental concerns by also serving as the organization’s Volunteer Chair for Memnosyne Center for The Environment, Economics & Science and as the Board Coordinator for The Dallas Green Expo which will be occurring in April of 2010.

Aside from his leadership roles in these organizations, Joshua’s philanthropy and activism also extends to serving on the Board of Trustees for The People’s Empowerment Project, as a member of The Sierra Club’s John Muir Society, and as a President’s Circle Member of The Mexic-Arte Museum located in his home town of Austin, Texas. Together, which his wife, Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk, he has sponsored human rights, arts, and environmental programs which have accomplished projects both independently and via The Memnosyne Foundation, in Rwanda, Guatemala, Vietnam, Mexico, Tanzania and the United States, the most current one being the “Oak Cliff Earth Day 2009 Festival”.

Joshua R. Frenk

Joshua Raymond Frenk is shown here with Ricardo Cervantes Cervantes (Thlahuizcanpanteculttli) and some of the Toltec Children who will be benefitting from the Memnosyne Foundation's Cultural Center Program at Teotihuacan. (Joshua's wife, Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk, is shown on his right.)

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Please take a moment to view the short film about The Memnosyne Foundation that Joshua directed (shown above.).

Please take a moment to view the short film about The Memnosyne Foundation's Cultural Center Program that Joshua directed (shown above.).

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