Virgil Abloh fundamentally reshaped how we see creativity and the world around us. Virgil’s deep experience and leadership as an artist, architect, engineer, designer, musician, DJ, philanthropist, creative director, and advocate led to transformational change in the arts.He revolutionized industries, built category-creating brands, and advanced equity, collaboration, and inclusivity across disciplines. To continue this work and honor Virgil’s legacy, the Abloh family established the Virgil Abloh Foundation (VAF) in Chicago, Illinois.

The Virgil Abloh Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves as the philanthropic arm of Virgil Abloh Securities, the creative company that upholds the far-reaching practice, teachings, and ethos of the late visionary Virgil Abloh.Alongside the Virgil Abloh Archives, the Foundation was created to open doors, break barriers, and build a more equitable and inclusive industry for underrepresented youth and cultural leaders pursuing a limitless creative future.

Building from Virgil’s ethos and example, the Foundation’s vision is an age of boundless creative diversity and a limitless creative future.

The Virgil Abloh Foundation’s five values are rooted in Virgil’s belief that creativity is a tool for access and empowerment, shaped by his words, work, and ethos, and carried forward by the community he built to open pathways for the next generation.

We believe that collaboration is foundational in everything we do.“I use collaboration as an outright tool for community building, in plain sight. I speak about it so that other people can look at what we have the power to do – to write our own narrative, and exemplify and glorify our work.” – Virgil Abloh

We design strategies and programs that are modern, open-minded, and solutions-driven.“I’m looking for something that is open-minded and modern. Lead us to better solutions in the future… Basically, I’m saying divorce the past.” – Virgil Abloh

We disrupt systems and industries to demand greater inclusivity.“I wish that when I was a student, one person would have given me one ounce of advice that wasn’t: ‘The rest of your career will be an uphill battle.’ But instead: ‘There are all these shortcuts that you can take.’” – Virgil Abloh

We embrace and harness the creativity within all of us.“Anyone who has a will to create is an artist.” – Virgil Abloh

We envision a limitless future for generations to come.“A lot of people think it’s difficult and the mountain is too high. But it’s actually not that scary. If you build your own Trojan horse and you move together.” – Virgil Abloh