World Resources Institute
Washington, District of Columbia
www.wri.org$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.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, New York
www.wcs.org$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.
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
www.nybg.org$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.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
www.metmuseum.org$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
www.philamuseum.org$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
www.pri.org$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
www.rit.edu$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
www.winterthur.org$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.