| Eastern Africa | Media, Arts and Culture
We support activities that help strengthen local broadcast media and support training programs for young interns and early-career journalists. Our grantees also have contributed significantly to transforming the arts and culture landscape throughout the region, particularly in Kenya. We have cultivated arts institutions, encouraged creativity, helped build new art spaces and laid a foundation for the emergence of a vibrant arts community. |
| India, Nepal and Sri Lanka | Arts and Culture
Our grantees seek to increase the academic presence of a wide array of artistic and creative disciplines in institutions of higher learning; to foster the use of the arts in schools; to preserve products of artistic and cultural activities; and to nurture the use of the arts and cultural practices in strengthening the values of tolerance and peace. |
| Indonesia | Media, Arts and Culture
Our work in this area aims to increase acceptance and appreciation of diversity, particularly in the area of cultural expression, and to strengthen the cultural sector as a vital voice nationally and internationally. We support development of stable and independent organizations, increased networking within the cultural sector and professionalism in arts administration and technical infrastructure. |
| Middle East and North Africa | Media, Arts and Culture
This area of work supports an independent artistic community and creates new spaces for free expression. Our efforts build on the premise that imagination, creativity and criticism are essential for the development of vibrant, open and just societies. Grant making in this field focuses on sustaining innovative arts communities and the energy and experimentation that artists, cultural workers and media professionals bring to political, social and civic life. |
| Russia | Media, Arts and Culture
We support organizations that seek to preserve the democratic traditions of a multinational Russian culture under new historical and economic conditions, as well as groups whose activities are aimed at improving the professionalism of responsible media. Our work in this field focuses on three primary areas: support for cultural innovation through contemporary arts; tolerance and diversity through media; and preservation and development of Russia’s audiovisual archives. |
| Southern Africa | Media, Arts and Culture
Our work in these areas recognizes the centrality of culture and media to everyday life and their combined power as potent forces for social change. Accordingly, we support major cultural institutions in South Africa in their efforts to preserve, protect and promote the historical legacy of the country. In addition, we support media- and culture-based initiatives that seek to raise awareness and promote debate on critical societal challenges. |
| United States | Arts and Culture
We work to strengthen artists and cultural organizations to enable them to express cultural values and perspectives more powerfully in a fast-paced world. Our grants foster the creation and sharing of new art as well as the documentation, preservation and revitalization of traditional forms. We also seek to enrich our communities by broadening the access and involvement of diverse audiences. |
| Vietnam and Thailand | Media, Arts and Culture
The foundation believes that thriving culture, arts and media are essential to a vibrant society. Under the Spaces for Creative Encounter and Expression initiative, programs are focused on revitalizing the documentary and feature film industries and encouraging artists to reflect on the world around them. We are also working to expand knowledge in the field of arts and culture management and to fund grants to document and preserve Vietnam’s diverse arts and cultural traditions. |
| West Africa | Media, Arts and Culture
We support efforts to strengthen the preservation and promotion of West Africa’s cultural heritage and improve the quality and quantity of media coverage and documentation of arts and culture activities. We also seek to improve public awareness of and support for the arts and culture sectors. Our grant making focuses on strengthening cultural institutions and providing support for artists and journalists. |