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The National Geographic Society was founded on the 13th of January 1888, when 33 explorers and scientists met at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. It was formally incorporated two weeks later, on the 27th of January 1888.
Gardiner Greene Hubbard, co-founder of AT&T, was the Society's first president. He was succeeded by his son-in-law Alexander Graham Bell, also co-founder of AT&T, who served from 1898 to 1903.
National Geographic magazine is owned by National Geographic Partners, a for-profit joint venture in which The Walt Disney Company holds a 73% stake and the National Geographic Society holds 27%. Disney assumed that majority stake after completing its acquisition of most 21st Century Fox assets on the 20th of March 2019.
The Society's Committee for Research and Exploration has awarded more than 11,000 grants for scientific research and exploration.
The Hubbard Medal is the National Geographic Society's award for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research. It is named for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the Society's first president, and has been presented 44 times.
On the 29th of June 2023, National Geographic laid off its remaining staff writers and announced its publications would no longer be sold at physical newsstands in the United States in 2024. The magazine continues through freelance contributors.