page_title: Paul Orfalea
section_title: Philanthropy
hierarchical_section_title: Paul Orfalea / Philanthropy
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of the Orfalea College of Business, and the California Polytechnic State University—Cal Poly SLO campus. Located in San Luis Obispo, California. 中文（繁體）‎: 歐法利商學院
context_page_description: Paul Orfalea, nicknamed "Kinko" because of his curly red hair, founded the copy-chain Kinko's.
  Orfalea was born in Los Angeles, California to Lebanese parents.
  He is currently a philanthropist and a visiting professor at California Lutheran University's School of Management, in the Global and International Studies Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara, at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, and at the Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship for the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University. He is a brother of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
context_section_description: In 2000, Orfalea established the Orfalea Family Foundation that deals with differences in learning, care in early life stages, knowledge-giving programs that span the needs of multiple generations, and training for caregiving.
  The Orfalea Foundation, as it is now known, focuses on early childhood education, K-college education, and youth development, primarily in Santa Barbara County, California. The foundation is known for taking direct action as well as making grants. Its most visible program, the School Food Initiative (SFI), trains food service staff and directors to transition from heat-and-serve fare to cooked-from-scratch meals in local schools. SFI also provides infrastructure and equipment grants to support scratch cooking, along with farm-to-school connections, school gardens, and food literacy programs.
  In 2001, the California Polytechnic State University's College of Business was renamed the Orfalea College of Business, in recognition of his $15 million gift to the school.
caption: The Orfalea College of Business
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