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Grant Description |
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| Northern Australia & Melanesia |
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Asia Society |
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Paradise Now?: Indigenous Contemporary Art from the Pacific: to support exhibition, artist travel and public program costs |
$50,000.00
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Queensland Performing Arts Center Museum (QPAC) |
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Blow 'Im: The Yarrabah Brass Band Story: underwrites expansion and touring of this exhibition throughout Northern Queensland on Aboriginal musical expression and community identity (1901-1970s) |
$17,100.00
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| The Greater Southwest (USA and Mexico) |
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Black Mesa Trust |
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Hisot Navoit: cultural meeting for American SW and Mexican Indigenous leaders and teachers around the theme of water. |
$5,000.00
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Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenable, A.C. (CCMSS) |
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Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property: co-funds core conference costs; and underwrites pre-conference publications, dissemination, workshops and travel expenses to increase indigenous and other participation from Mexico & Latin America. |
$81,722.00
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Earth Island Institute |
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2004 Sacred Land Conference: support to convene key individuals for discussions, video documentation and to publish reports. |
$45,000.00
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Espanola Public Schools |
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To support the production of Cultural Heritage Videos and a Student Film Festival that focuses on media skills, preservation of Native American and Hispanic culture in New Mexico, and intergenerational connections. |
$30,000.00
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Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) |
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Explorations of the use of technology for indigenous language revitalization in the US with the symposium 'Ancient Voices, Modern Tools'; support for the 2004 Annual Youth Language Fair; and core support during period of financial transition. |
$100,000.00
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Native Seeds/SEARCH |
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Treasures of the Sierra Madre: Supporting Tarahumara Agricultural Traditions through agricultural construction and planting projects, plant research, crop seed regeneration, and exchange visits. |
$90,990.00
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Tohono O`odham Community Action (TOCA) |
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Celebration of Basketry and Native Foods Festival: core support for festival activities that bring together Native Americans from 20 tribes to share traditions with each other and the public |
$20,000.00
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| Turkey, Iran, & Central Asia |
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Aga Khan Foundation USA |
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Nosir Khusraw: A Sacred Tradition in Sacred Places. To fund the local research and production of a film to commemorate the 1000 year anniversary of the famed Sufi poet-philosopher, Nosir Khusraw. |
$58,885.00
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Aga Khan Foundation USA |
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Nosir Khusraw Film Phase II: underwrites re-editing of the film to increase impact & distribution of the film "A Sacred Tradition in Sacred Places" on the diverse Badakhshani religious traditions & environmental ethics associated with this eleventh century mystic, scholar & poet. |
$78,860.00
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American Friends of Turkey (AFOT) |
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8th International Istanbul Biennial. To support participation of artists and curators from Central Asia at a multi-national, multi-discipline visual arts festival, the 8th International Istanbul Biennial. |
$24,680.00
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Fauna and Flora International (FFI) |
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The Community and Business Forum (CBF): supports costs associated with development & strengthening of the institutional, staff and resource capacities of the CBF as a leading Kyrgyz non-governmental environment, culture and community development program. |
$99,944.00
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| Cross Cutting Worldwide Grants |
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International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) |
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The Darrell Posey Fellowship for Ethnoecology and Traditional Resource Rights: To co-fund the establishment of a fellowship and small grants program and the administrative support systems required for its development. |
$100,000.00
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Meridian Institute |
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To support the 'Bridging Scales and Epistemologies' conference of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, that will explore how to ensure that both traditional and scientific knowledge are used in assessment processes. |
$25,200.00
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Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) |
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Increasing International Participation: To support travel, accommodations and membership costs of non-USA members in order to increase international representation and participation |
$193,200.00
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Terralingua |
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To support one year of Phase II of the Global Biocultural Diversity Assessment (GBCDA) Program. |
$230,000.00
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The Orion Society |
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Pilot the Orion Society's 'Regions of Richness' Initiative -- underwrite costs of piloting and testing new ways of conveying with local voice the cultural and ecological richness of different regions of the world to US & international audiences through the literary magazine and associated website. |
$80,000.00
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Tides Foundation |
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To fund two years of the Genesis project of Sebastião Salgado, a photographic essay to focus attention on the origins and importance of biological and cultural diversity. |
$304,500.00
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Restaurateurs Sans Frontieres (RSF) France |
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To fund exploratory field visits by experts in the conservation of living artistic heritage, to Ethiopia and Uzbekistan in order to determine potential projects for restoration and preservation. |
$38,934.00
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International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP) |
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IASCP2004 Global Conference in Oaxaca, México: travel support for participants from Ethiopia, Turkey/Central Asia and Aboriginal Australia/PNG |
$100,000.00
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Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (WISN) |
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Tribal Anglo-Saxon Bio-Culture: underwrites research and travel to design a collaborative, inter-disciplinary program to produce interpretative materials on the relationships in Anglo-Saxon culture (of the first millennium) between artistic expression and biological and cultural landscapes, in order to help re-frame relationships between Anglo and indigenous cultures worldwide. |
$130,000.00
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| The Bay Area |
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Afghan Coalition |
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To support the creation of a concert and arts festival highlighting Afghan culture. |
$23,000.00
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Ballet Afsaneh Art and Culture Society |
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Four Springs: to support the translation of contemporary Persian diaspora poetry; collaborative performances of the poetry, music and dance in the Bay Area; preparation of a draft DVD, and a discussion of results. |
$96,910.00
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BorderZone Arts |
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To develop Cultural Copy, an exhibit focusing on Native American and Indigenous Australian artists highlighting cultural appropriation and cultural rights. |
$30,000.00
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| Local Charitable Giving |
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Eastside College Preparatory School |
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To contribute to the scholarship fund, will fund one student for one year. |
$15,000.00
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Ecumenical Hunger Program |
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Holiday giving |
$4,000.00
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Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund |
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Holiday Giving |
$4,000.00
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| Membership of Grant Making Associations |
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Contributions to four grant making associations and support services for a total of approximately $23,000 |
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| Prior Commitments |
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Five existing grantees to whom the Foundation had commitments pre-dating our transition received a total of approx $2.7m in FY2003 |
