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Grants 2008
The Environment

African Wildlife Foundation
Washington, DC
$100,000
For support for the protection of wildlife corridors in Botswana
and the Kazungula Heartland.

Conservation Resources Inc.
Mendham, New Jersey
$30,000 over two years
For continued support of open space and farmland preservation
in New Jersey and its Small Grants Program.

The Coral Reef Alliance
San Francisco, California
$150,000
For its work to strengthen marine-protected areas and enhance
sustainable marine recreation state-wide in Hawaii.

EcoFlight
Aspen, Colorado
$30,000
For continued support of the Wild Lands, Energy and Mining
Program, which seeks to educate the public and policy makers
about mining and land in need of protection by providing them
with an aerial perspective.

Foundation for Environmental Security & Sustainability
Falls Church, Virginia
$100,000
Continued support for maintenance of agricultural activities
on recently reclaimed land in Sierra Leone, to meet the needs
of the organization as it works with the agricultural and
planting cycles.

Foundation for Environmental Security & Sustainability
Falls Church, Virginia
$400,000
For continued support of the organization's efforts to help
remediate social and environmental problems associated with
artisanal mining in the alluvial fields of Sierra Leone.

Land Trust Alliance
Washington, DC
$75,000
For ensuring the permanence and quality of land conservation in
America through the launch of a new conservation defense program.

Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Bellevue, Washington
$200,000 over two years
For general support of its programs and research on coral reef
conservation.

National Parks Conservation Association
New York, New York
$100,000
For support of the publication Envisioning Gateway, a comprehensive overview of Gateway National Recreation Area and the complex
challenges facing its restoration.

Ocean Foundation
Washington, DC
$100,000
For support of its coral supply chain research project, Corallium
workshops and coral reef awareness polling.

SeaWeb
Washington, DC
$675,000 over three years
For support of the Too Precious To Wear program, a communications-
based campaign to increase consumer awareness about the need
to protect coral reefs.

TransFair USA
Oakland, California
$25,000
For continued support of a feasibility study of Fair Trade standards
for gem-quality diamonds.

Trout Unlimited
Arlington, Virginia
$560,000 over three years
For support of its Abandoned Hard Rock Mine Restoration Program,
which works with local partners on several abandoned mine sites
in Idaho, Montana and Colorado to restore water and land quality.

Arts & Culture

Bard College
New York, New York
$150,000 over three years
In support of Bard Graduate Center's publication of a comprehensive
history of the decorative arts.

The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc.
Winterthur, Delaware
$40,000
For Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005,
which presents the evolution of dining, through the context of the
decorative arts created for the dining room, on display from
November 1, 2008-February 1, 2009.

Grants 2007
The Environment

The Battery Conservancy
New York, New York
$1,000,000
For the Tiffany Woodland Garden embracing SeaGlass,
Carousel at the Battery.

Diamond Development Initiative International
Washington, DC
$325,000 over two years
In general support of the Diamond Development Initiative, which
encourages improved work conditions and wages for artisanal
diamond miners in Africa.

Environmental Grantmakers Association
New York, New York
$120,000 over two years
In general support of the organization in its 20th year.

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Eugene, Oregon
$100,000
In support of its coral reef conservation program. ELAW is a network
of public interest groups, lawyers, environmentalists and scientists
who use grassroots efforts to advocate environmental protection and awareness.

Friends of the High Line
New York, New York
$1,000,000
For the creation of the Chelsea Grasslands along the High Line,
a 1.5-mile-long elevated rail structure that runs along the
West Side of Manhattan.

Grantmakers Without Borders
Boston, Massachusetts
$2,000
In support of its 2007 annual conference, which brings together
150 to 300 grantmakers and donors for learning, dialogue, debate
and networking on international grantmaking.

Grist Magazine Inc.
Seattle, Washington
$50,000 over two years
In continued support of Grist's online publication, which provides
online environmental news and opinions.

Group for the South Fork
Bridgehampton, New York
$30,000
To launch the Clean Water Initiative through the Peconic Bay Region.
Through advocacy, outreach and acquisition, the Group for the South
Fork works to maintain and improve the water quality in this area.

International Union for the Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources

Gland, Switzerland
$100,000
In support of the Review of Mining and Biodiversity:
the IUCN ICMM Dialogue 2007-2008
and a roundtable on the
Restoration of Legacy Sites.

The League to Save Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe, California
$70,000
To help educate Tahoe Basin residents and visitors about the importance
of a healthy Upper Truckee River to Lake Tahoe. The project will
work to foster greater public engagement efforts to protect and restore
the watershed.

Miocean
Laguna Niguel, California
$50,000
To support pollution cleanup and erosion mitigation in the Southern
California coastal zone.

National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy
New York, New York
$1,000,000
For the Campaign for New York Harbor, which will create visibility
and momentum for launching NYC's urban waterfront park system.

The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey
Chester, New Jersey
$100,000
To support land protection efforts in New Jersey's Southern Pine Barrens.

The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
$100,000
For continued support of the Garden's orchid research collection
and sponsorship of the 2008 Orchid Show.

Regional Plan Association
New York, New York
$100,000
To support The Campaign for New York's Future.

Resources First Foundation
Yarmouth, Maine
$100,000
To launch the Conservation Tax Center and to add resources to the Private
Landowner Network database, such as state-specific tax information.

Sustainable Markets Foundation
New York, New York
$50,000
In support of its Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)
program. IRMA is a voluntary, multi-sector effort to create
a verification system in the mining industry to assure compliance
with environmental, human rights and social standards.

TransFair USA
Oakland, California
$100,000
To fund a feasibility study of Fair Trade standards for gem-quality
diamonds. The project will encompass assessment, deliberation and analysis
among stakeholders, independent consultants, academics, NGOs and
organizations working in the sector to determine labor, health, environmental
and stakeholder impacts of Fair Trade certification for diamonds.

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$2,000,000 over three years
To fund the construction of The Tiffany Penn-Botswana Clinical
and Research Facility, a proposed two-story HIV/AIDS prevention
and treatment center in Gaborone, Botswana.

University of Vermont, School of Natural Resources
Burlington, Vermont
$52,000
To develop and implement a survey designed to quantify and evaluate risks
as they are perceived by people in the impacted gold mining communities.

Wildlife Conservation Society
New York, New York
$115,000
For continued support for its work in coral reef conservation,
including a new initiative in Fiji which will utilize Fiji's
first science-based network of marine protected areas.

Arts & Culture

Japan Center for International Exchange
Tokyo, Japan
$180,000 over three years
To support The Tiffany & Co. Foundation grant program Preservation
of Japanese Traditional Arts in Contemporary Society
.

Museum of the City of New York
New York, New York
$1,000,000
To establish The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Gallery of New York Silver.

The Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando, Florida
$50,000
As lead sponsor for its exhibit Art Jewelry: A Global Vision,
which will feature 200 works from 10 modern and contemporary
artists and over 40 different world cultures.

Grants 2006
The Environment

American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
$100,000
In support of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Bahamas
education and outreach project that will continue research in the
Bahamas and communicate findings to improve marine ecosystems worldwide.

Aquidneck Island Land Trust
Middletown, Rhode Island
$50,000
To assist in the acquisition of 3,500 acres that contain open space,
natural habitats, and agricultural lands that have been threatened
by urban development.

Center for Science in Public Participation
Bozeman, Montana
$100,000
In support of its work on developing standards, criteria and a process
for mining certification.

Conservation Resources Inc.
Mendham, New Jersey
$15,000
For continued support of open space and farmland preservation in New
Jersey and the newly established small grants program.

EcoFlight
Aspen, Colorado
$30,000
In support of EcoFlight, which provides aerial tours to organizations
in order to offer first-hand views of environmental issues in the West.

Emerald Necklace Conservancy
Brookline, Massachusetts
$50,000
In support of the Olmsted Park Woodlands Restoration project that will
restore one of the last fragments of regional forest in New England.

Grist Magazine Inc.
Seattle, Washington
$25,000
In general support to help Grist further develop its online publication,
which provides environmental news and opinions and acts as a magnet for
diverse people seeking to learn about the environment, build community
and take action.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Washington, DC
$100,000
In support of the Communities and Small-Scale Mining project, which works
to better artisanal and small-scale mining in various communities.

The Land Trust Alliance
Washington, DC
$500,000
In support of the Land Trust Alliance land training and accreditation
program that works to ensure the quality and permanence of land
conservation efforts.

The Land Trust for Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
$100,000
To support Phase II of the Duck River Highlands conservation project,
which will permanently protect 2,000 acres of historical, natural
and agricultural resources; educate the surrounding community; provide
transaction assistance to local landowners and establish a revolving fund.

The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
$100,000
For continued support of the garden's orchid research collection
and to continue sponsorship of the 2007 Orchid Show being held
in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

Oceana
Washington, DC
$100,000
In support of its efforts to protect increasingly threatened deep-sea
corals that thrive off the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts.

The Ocean Foundation
Washington, DC
$100,000
To provide continued support for The Ocean Foundation; specifically,
to fund work that will increase the protection of coral reefs.

Pacific Environment
San Francisco, California
$100,000
In support of its efforts to encourage responsible mining by promoting
dialogue and cooperation between mining companies and communities
impacted by their activities in Eastern Russia.

Resources First Foundation
South Freeport, Maine
$100,000
In support of the development of the Private Landowner Network Web
portal (www.privatelandownernetwork.org) which provides access to local
conservation experts, funding resources and technical and legal service
providers to private landowners and businesses dependent on the
private landowners' market.

Riverside Park Fund
New York, New York
$100,000
In support of its Woodland Restoration Project that will restore the woodland
portion of Riverside Park that extends from 108th Street to 116th Street.

Sea Studios Foundation
Monterey, California
$150,000
In support of its Healthy Reef Outreach project that is designed to support
community-led efforts around the world to promote coral reef conservation.

SeaWeb
Washington, DC
$100,000
In support of its work to generate public awareness surrounding
the issue of coral conservation through media appeal of high-profile
trends in coral jewelry.

SkyTruth
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
$175,000
In support of providing an easy and engaging way for the global
public to learn about the environmental impacts associated with
hardrock mining throughout the world.

Sustainable Markets Foundation
New York, New York
$170,250
In support of three projects relating to responsible mining:

  • NGO participation in Vancouver mine certification
    dialogue in June 2006;
  • Exploring pathways and processes to responsible sourcing; and
  • Trial mine certification.
To utilize the Framework for Responsible Mining as a basis
for trial certification and to bring together a team of experts
who will apply the framework to two sites.

Arts & Culture

American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
$100,000
In support of the Gold exhibition showcasing the history
of gold objects, gold specimens and gold bullion.

Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
$100,000
In support of the catalogue for Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany,
Lalique
, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2008.

The Frist Center
Nashville, Tennessee
$25,000
In support of the exhibition Bedazzled: 5,000 Years
of Jewelry
from the Walters Art Museum.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
$535,000
To endow The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Curatorial Internship
in American Decorative Arts.

Museum of Arts and Design
New York, New York
$2,000,000
In support of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Jewelry Gallery
that will open at the Museum of Arts and Design's new location
at Two Columbus Circle in 2008.

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
$200,000
To be combined with an existing $100,000 grant to create
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Metals and Jewelry Design Scholarship.

World Monuments Fund
New York, New York
$250,000
In support of its work conserving the Imperial Buddhist Convents
of Japan and to underwrite a public exhibition of the conservation
work in Tokyo that is planned for 2009.

Grants 2005
The Environment

Conservation Resources Inc.
Mendham, New Jersey
$10,000
For continued support for open space and farmland preservation in New Jersey.

The Coral Reef Alliance
San Francisco, California
$100,000
To support its efforts to build conservation alliances and implement
coral reef preservation projects in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Environmental Grantmakers Association
New York, New York
$50,000
General support for its 2005 retreat.

Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability
Falls Church, Virginia
$200,000
To design and implement a program to help remediate social
and environmental problems associated with artisanal mining
in the alluvial fields of Sierra Leone.

Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Boston, Massachusetts
$60,000
To support the development of computer simulations for abandoned
mine land reclamation in the U.S. and for its Project for
Reclamation Excellence (P-REX), which promotes excellence
in mine reclamation practices through better design solutions.

Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Redmond, Washington
$100,000
General support for its efforts to create a new agenda for coral reef conservation.

National Parks Conservation Association
Washington, DC
$500,000 over three years
To restore the 26,000 acres of marsh and coastal park known as
Gateway National Recreation Area (GNRA).

The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
$100,000
For continued work on the Garden's Orchid Research Collection and to sponsor The Orchid Show in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to be held in 2006.

The Ocean Foundation
Washington, DC
$100,000
To support The Ocean Foundation, which uses the internet to create a marketplace where ocean conservation organizations can freely and efficiently showcase their work to a broad network of potential funders that might otherwise be difficult to reach.

Support Center for Sustainable Development (SUCEDE)
Miami, Florida
$100,000
For its work with Fundacion Amigos Del Chocó on its Green Gold (Oro Verde)
Program, which seeks to promote responsible mining practices and market
access to underprivileged mining communities in the Chocó rainforests
of Colombia.

Trout Unlimited
Arlington, Virginia
$450,000
To build upon its successful abandoned mineland watershed restoration
project that is currently located at Utah's American Fork Canyon and
to extend its model for implementing on-the-ground watershed
restoration efforts to other sites in the western United States.

University of Vermont School of Natural Resources
Burlington, Vermont
$43,500
To support research on the environmental and social benefits of artisanal
gemstone mining in Burma/Myanmar, Brazil and Madagascar.

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
$100,000
For continued work on its Coral Reef Conservation Program.

World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC
$100,000
For its work to conserve coral reefs in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas
marine ecoregion, located in the heart of the Indo-Pacific
coral triangle.

World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC
$100,000
In support of its work on developing a framework for socially and environmentally responsible practices.

Arts & Culture

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, Virginia
$300,000
To establish the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Fund for the
Silversmith Trade at Colonial Williamsburg, which will help
to preserve the traditional silversmith trade in which artisans
will be able to continue to create objects that reflect the
history of American craftsmanship.

Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, Texas
$100,000
To support the Museum's traveling exhibition, Modernism in American
Silver: 20th Century Design,
which will focus on the design and
manufacturing of silver in America between 1925 and 2000.

The Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, Michigan
$50,000
For the reinstallation of the completely renovated American Wing and
the development of engaging educational material and interpretive media
that will tell the story of the rich tradition of 19th century
American decorative arts.

Exhibitions International
New York, New York
$50,000
For publication of the catalogue for its exhibition Louis Comfort
Tiffany: Artist for the Ages
.

Historic New England
Boston, Massachusetts
$50,000
To fund its research project to catalogue and make their extensive
jewelry collection accessible. The majority of research on the
collection was completed through a formal 12-month curatorial
fellowship entitled The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Fellowship, awarded
to a graduate decorative arts student.

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Boston, Massachusetts
$25,000
In support of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage
public display cases that will showcase the Profiles in Courage award
designed by Tiffany & Co. and other decorative art materials, and make
them accessible at the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
$450,000
In support of its upcoming exhibition Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall-An Artist's Country Estate, which will feature work from Tiffany's personal collection, including some of his best windows, paintings, glass vases, pottery and enamel work.

National Jewelry Institute
New York, New York
$20,000
To support the Masterpieces of American Jewelry exhibition as it tours
to the Gilbert Collection in London.

New York City Opera
New York, New York
$50,000
To support the New York City Opera's trip to Japan for the World EXPO 2005.

Somerset House Art History Foundation
Merion Station, Pennsylvania
$20,000
To sponsor the public relations effort for the Masterpieces of American
Jewelry
exhibition as it tours to the Gilbert Collection in London.

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
$1,100,000
To establish The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Collection in the Smithsonian. To create an endowment that will be dedicated to the acquisition of important and unusual gemstones to be displayed in a custom-designed case at the Smithsonian's National Gem Collection Gallery.

Grants 2004
The Environment

American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
$50,000
For its Center for Biodiversity Conservation and its
Bahama Biocomplexity project.

Conservation Resources Inc.
Mendham, New Jersey
$10,000
In support of general operations and to help match
a grant from the William Penn Foundation.

The Cumberland Land Trust
Cumberland, Rhode Island
$10,000
As part of a matching grant to a State of Rhode Island
Open Space grant to purchase 23 acres of land in a unique
habitat of the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp.

SkyTruth
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
$100,000 over two years
General support for the organization, which works to eliminate
the information technology gap between environmental advocates
and large corporate and governmental interests. Funding will underwrite
administrative costs incurred while providing mining reform advocacy
partners with maps, analyses and graphics obtained from satellite
images and aerial photographs.

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
$25,000
For continued work of the organization's Coral Reef Conservation Program.

World Resources Institute
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support the development of a pilot analysis for an environmental
and social risk assessment tool, which was created with data from
the Mining and Critical Ecosystems project.

Arts & Culture

American Academy in Rome
New York, New York
$30,000 over three years
For a newly created lecture series entitled The Tiffany & Co. Foundation
Lecture in Design
, to be held in New York City and Rome.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
New York, New York
$150,000
For the Museum's upcoming exhibition entitled Feeding Desire: Design
and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005
.

Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries
New York, New York
$42,500
For The Tiffany & Co. Foundation International Scholarship in Jewelry Design, which supports a Japanese student majoring in jewelry design to study abroad at the Fashion Institute of Technology for one year.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
$75,000 over three years
To support The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Curatorial Internship
in the Museum's department of American Decorative Arts.

National Jewelry Institute
New York, New York
$50,000
To support the Masterpieces of American Jewelry exhibition, which
celebrates the unique attributes of American jewelry, its creators
and innovators.

Newark Museum
Newark, New Jersey
$50,000
To support its exhibition Baubles, Bangles and Bling Bling: A World of Jewelry.

New York Landmarks Conservancy
New York, New York
$25,000
For The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Stained Glass Preservation Fund,
which will be used toward the preservation of Tiffany stained glass
in New York's historic religious buildings.

New York University
New York, New York
$10,000
For its arts and crafts conference, Meet Me at the Fair:
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Arts and
Crafts Movement on Display
.

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island
$150,000
To endow a scholarship fund in the Department of Jewelry and Metalsmithing
that will support an undergraduate student for the duration of his/her
junior and senior year or a graduate student in the Department of Jewelry and Metalsmithing for two years.

World Monuments Fund
New York, New York
$250,000 over two years
For conservation of Emperor Qianlong's Lodge of Retirement in the
Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

Grants 2003
The Environment

Clark Fork Coalition
Missoula, Montana
$25,000
To support research for the State of the Clark Fork Report,
a document detailing the ecological, social and economic indicators
of health in the mining-impacted Clark Fork River Basin.

The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
$150,000 over two years
To further develop the Garden's Orchid Research Collection and the
annual orchid exhibition in the historic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
in 2004 and 2005.

New York Restoration Project
New York, New York
$255,000
For the restoration and endowment of the Family Garden in East Harlem,
which was designed by Tiffany & Co. Design Director, John Loring.

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
$70,000
For its Coral Reef Conservation Program, a multinational study on
coral reef symbiosis. The funds will specifically support a program
focusing on coral bleaching and a program designed toward strengthening
local communities' abilities for sustainable use of reefs in the Asian
Coral Triangle.

Arts & Culture

Bard Graduate Center
New York, New York
$50,000
For The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Research Fellow in American Silver,
who will undertake research and object examination for the collection
of American silver at the New-York Historical Society.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
$25,000
To sponsor The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Curatorial Internship
in American Decorative Arts. Funding is designated for one graduate
student over a one-year period.

Temple University, Tyler School of Art
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
$120,000 over two years
For The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship,
which provides a Metals and Jewelry student the opportunity to research the applications of a new development of the rapid prototyping field.

University of Kentucky Art Museum
Lexington, Kentucky
$6,000
For the purchase of special cases to display the Museum's collection
of Louis Comfort Tiffany glass objects.

Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, Connecticut
$50,000
For the Yale University Art Gallery to support the research, conservation
and digitization of Tiffany & Co., Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
and fine American jewelry objects in the gallery's collections to enable
these objects to be posted on the web.

Grants 2002
The Environment

The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
$125,000
To support development of the Garden's Orchid Research
Collection, to be undertaken in advance of the Garden's
orchid exhibition in 2003.

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
$100,000 over two years
For its Coral Reef Conservation Program, which gathers data on the
influence of biological and human factors that affect the health
of coral reefs.

World Resources Institute
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support the Mining and Critical Ecosystems Project, which will
develop comprehensive international standards for environmentally
sound mining by providing a framework for examining potential risks
to ecosystems from mining.

Arts & Culture

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
$25,000
To sponsor The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Curatorial Internship
in American Decorative Arts. Funding is designated for one graduate
student over a one-year period beginning June 2003.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$50,000
For the acquisition of a Louis Comfort Tiffany mosaic glass column.
The column is one of six made by Tiffany at the turn of the century
and will be installed along with the Museum's collection of Tiffany
objects in the new Victorian galleries of the American Wing.

Public Radio International
Minneapolis, Minnesota
$50,000
To support the weekly arts and culture radio program Studio 360,
which illuminates the role of art in everyday life. The program
is hosted by Kurt Anderson and is carried by nearly 700 affiliate
stations reaching approximately 20 million listeners worldwide.

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
$105,000
For its School of American Crafts' Tiffany & Co. Scholarship,
which will help RIT further enhance the world's artistic culture
through fine metal craftsmanship and creation of beauty.

The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc.
Winterthur, Delaware
$10,000
In support of its exhibition Byrdcliffe: An American Arts
and Crafts Colony
, which is part of a changing exhibition series,
American Craftsmanship. The exhibition features work from
Winterthur's own collection as well as those on loan from
other institutions.

Grants 2001
The Environment

American Littoral Society
Broad Channel, New York
$10,000
To assist with the 2001 New York Beach Cleanup, part of the
annual International Coastal Cleanup Project.

California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, California
$10,000
In support of a four-year biodiversity survey of San Francisco
Bay, which will conduct a thorough assessment of Bay biota and
establish public educational programs on Bay ecology, sustainability
and conservation.

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
$100,000 over two years
For the Coral Reef Conservation Program, which gathers data on the
influence of biological and human factors that affect the health
of coral reefs.

Arts & Culture

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
$50,000
To sponsor The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Curatorial Internships,
in American Decorative Arts and in Modern Decorative Arts. Funding
is designated for two graduate students over a one-year period.

Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$25,000
To create a permanently endowed Tiffany & Co. Foundation Women's
Leadership Fellowship, which aims to provide 'real-world' leadership
experience for talented emerging students committed to
professional success in the arts.

Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, Ohio
$15,000
To enhance the metalsmithing and jewelry-making program at the
Museum's School of Art & Design; specifically, to help them
purchase forming, fabrication and casting equipment to furnish
an additional studio space and enable students greater access
to training.

Grants 2000
The Environment

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
$25,000
For its Coral Reef Conservation Program, which will conduct
a multinational study on the effects of natural temperature
variation on coral reef symbiosis.

Arts & Culture

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
$50,000
For two curatorial internships in the Department of
American Decorative Arts, which allow the interns to
assist with research for special exhibitions, publications
and the permanent collection.

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island
$20,000
In support of the Jewelry Design and Light Metals Department's
Visiting Artist Series, which enables top jewelers to visit
RISD's campus and share their expertise with students. The program
provides a variety of opportunities for students to interact with
various artists that will enrich their educational experience
at the college.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
New York, New York
$20,000
For its Design Directions program, which provides high
school students with the opportunity to learn about careers
in design-related fields.