The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation was established since 1996 in memory of Doris Duke. The activities of the foundation is guided by her will, where she endowed her financial assets that totaled apporximately $1.6 bilion as of December 31, 2010.
The mission of the foundation is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants supporting perming arts, environmental conservation, medical research and the prevention of child abuse, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties.
The foundation supports four national programs; the Arts Program, the Environment Program, the Medical Research Program, and the Child Abuse Prevention Program. They also support three properties owned by Doris Duke in Hillsborough, New Jersey; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Newport, Rhode Island.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded a total of $5.7 million in grants which will be shared by twenty-one performing artists in the fields of jazz, contemporary dance and theater to provide them...more
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation created a Performing Artists Initiative that provides up to $27.5 million to 100 well-established leading artists and up to $8 million for 100 emerging...more
The Conservation Services Group, a non-profit firm based near Boston, received a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to promote residential energy efficiency.
The grant will be used to...more
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has awarded a grant to the National Alliance for Musical Theatre worth $25,000 to support NAMT's strategic plan.
The NAMT will build on the success of the last...more
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded over $13 million grants through its Medical Research Program to support career development of clinical resarchers and increase the foundation's commitment...more
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded a $3.1 million grant to three separate environmental agencies namely the Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Rsources Defense Council, and The Wilderness...more
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has awarded the New England Foundation for the Arts with a two-year $3.3 million grant for their National Dance Project.
The National Dance Project provides a...more
Creative Capital receives support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The William and Flora...more
Fuerta Bruta will transform the Lynn Wolfson Stage into a world with flying dancers, pumping beats, engaging dream sequences and multidimensional swimming pool above the heads of the...more