This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Lola Adedokun of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation says teen pregnancy rates in the United States are in decline.
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Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Featuring dozens of characters and set in locations across the globe, Oslo is both a political thriller and the personal story of a small band of women and men struggling together-and fighting each other-as they seek to change the world..
Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists
Release Date:
04/08/2016
Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards, given annually to up-and-coming authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but also the complicated emotions that money can inspire.
Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers
Release Date:
04/04/2016
A grant program managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society is exploring new methods for helping wildlife in the United States to adapt to rapidly shifting environmental conditions brought about by climate change.
Doris Duke Foundation Supports New Website Focusing on Refugees
Release Date:
03/08/2016
Tuesday, March 15, will mark the debut of Refugees Deeply, an immersive single-topic website covering the refugee crisis, which will be run by Lara Setrakin, former ABC News and Bloomberg journalist.
Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies
Release Date:
03/04/2016
In support of arts-focused efforts to increase public understanding of contemporary Muslim societies, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art has awarded grants to NY-area muesums, theaters and dance groups,
Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
02/03/2016
New research findings may lead to the treatment of blinding eye diseases using a patient’s own corrected cells as replacement tissue.
Supported By Many PNY Members, 2016 Creative Capital Awards Given In Literature, Performing Arts
Release Date:
01/13/2016
Creative Capital awarded grants to artist-activists, who are engaging some of the most significant and hotly debated issues of our time. Projects receiving funding span a wide range of genres and forms.
Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance
Release Date:
11/30/2015
The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization, announced that Andrew Bowman will assume the role of president starting Feb. 10, 2016.
Hudson Farmlink Organizers See Room for Growth - Doris Duke Foundation
Release Date:
11/23/2015
Organizers of an online platform that connects property owners with current and aspiring farmers in search of land, funded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and others, are already making plans to expand the year-old program.
Duke Foundation’s Islamic Center Gets New Leadership
Release Date:
11/20/2015
Konrad Ng will lead the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Shangri La, a center for the study of Islamic arts and cultures,
Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism
Release Date:
11/19/2015
"Ruptured Silence" is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary perspectives about the confederate flag, a bygone symbol, and its usage as an intimidation tool.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Prevails in Property Demolition
Release Date:
10/19/2015
The Hillsborough Township's (NJ) Historic Preservation Commission has approved the Duke Foundation's application to demolish the former home of heiress Doris Duke.
NJ Residents Concerned About Doris Duke Mansion Demolition
Release Date:
10/14/2015
Local residents are protesting the proposed demolition of the Doris Duke mansion that has been requested by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
The Changing Face of Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/12/2015
Paige Blansfield and Nina Chung kick off a new series by the 2015 cohort of the Young Leaders Breakfast Club.
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $2 Million in Core Operating Support to Nine National Arts Organizations
Release Date:
09/23/2015
Nine recipients receive funding to continue their critical work in sustaining the national infrastructure of the dance, jazz, theatre and presenting fields.
Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have found that changes to a small stretch of DNA may circumvent the genetic defect behind sickle cell disease (SCD).
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Receive National Medal of Arts
Release Date:
09/08/2015
President Obama will present the award in conjunction with the National Humanities Medals.
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million to 11 Arts Organizations
Release Date:
09/03/2015
Each project will receive grants up to $225,000 to strengthen the national infrastructure of contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and presenting fields.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations
Release Date:
08/21/2015
The awards were part of the first round of grants through its Leadership Grants Program for Dance.