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In 1998, Joan Kroc donated $87 million (equivalent to $163 million in 2023) to the Salvation Army to build and endow the first Kroc Center in San Diego, California, on what was an abandoned grocery store and other empty land. The center opened in June 2002. Currently, it is home to the American Basketball Association's San Diego Wildcats.
Several institutions in the San Diego area are named after her, including the think tank Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies- the world's top peace institution- at the University of San Diego, the St. Vincent de Paul Joan Kroc Center for the Homeless (Part of Father Joe's Villages- San Diego ...
When she died in 2003, Joan Kroc stunned the Salvation Army when she left what amounted to $1.8 billion — roughly half her fortune —with instructions to carry out her wish for the centers.
In Spring, 2010, the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center opened in Nicetown, Pennsylvania, the same city as Ellis's prior PDR swim team program at the public indoor Marcus Foster pool. The new Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center cost $108 million which included a $72 million grant from the Kroc Foundation, started by the ...
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It also houses an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m 2) leisure pool with water slides, spray features, a "lazy river", and adult and family spas. [6] The Sports Training and Recreation Center houses one of the largest spaces in The Kroc Center, the 13,860-square-foot (1,288 m 2) Multi-Activity Court Gym with specialized rounded corners for indoor soccer.
The Ray and Joan Kroc Center is under construction and scheduled to open spring of 2012. Gifts to endow programs and services as well as naming opportunities can be made by contacting The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, Sr. Gift Advisor 773-205-3546 Detroit, MI: Duluth, MI: 40 million Grand Rapids, MI: 30 million 2009 Green Bay, WI: Omaha, NE