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WELCOME
The Turing Foundation was
founded
by Pieter Geelen and his wife Françoise,
using the wealth he acquired as co-founder of TomTom NV.
They chose to support four goals:
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Most recent projects: October 2022
 October 2022 | NATURE
Green Desert Initiative phase II, Mali, 2022-2025 This is the Turing Foundation's second donation towards the Green Desert Initiative of Partners Pays-Dogon. The first projects... more |  October 2022 | ART
Eye to Eye. The People behind the Mummy Portraits, Allard Pierson, 2023-2024 The Allard Pierson Museum's 'Eye to Eye' exhibition is the first in the Netherlands about mummy... more |
 October 2022 | ART
Van Gogh in Drenthe, Drents Museum, 2023-2024 In 1883, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Drenthe for three months, painting the landscape and the workers in the peatlands of... more |  October 2022 | ART
Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2023-2024 The Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944) is regarded as one of the pioneers of abstract painting. She... more |
 October 2022 | ART
Futurism & Europe. The Aesthetics of a New World, Kröller-Müller Museum, 2023 Futurism (1909-1916) originated on the eve of the First World War in Italy. Futurists revolted against... more |  October 2022 | NATURE
Conserving the forest ecosystem of Wologizi-Wonegizi, Liberia, 2022-2025 Two rainforests, Wologizi and Wonegizi in northern Liberia, are seriously threatened by poaching, mining and... more |
 October 2022 | NATURE
Building an independent and sustainable community forests database, DR Congo, 2022 Rainforest Foundation was founded in 1987, with an American organisation focused on forest... more |  October 2022 | NATURE
Community Forest and Peatland Solutions project, D.R. Congo, 2022 Greenpeace wants to halt logging in the Congo basin, and sees community forestry as a sustainable alternative to... more |
 October 2022 | EDUCATION
EN-power, vocational training, Bafoussam, Cameroon 2022-2023 Masterpeace is a network organisation of 50 local clubs in 40 countries. Its mission is to give young people perspective... more |  October 2022 | EDUCATION
Local leaders to strengthen the education sector, Liberia, 2022 Teach for All is a network organisation with partners in 56 countries. The organisation has developed a model... more |
 October 2022 | EDUCATION
Professional development and workforce placement for youth, Niger, 2022 The French Association Yara LCN gives more than 350 children and young people in Zinder (Niger) a better... more |  October 2022 | EDUCATION
Digital education, Guinea and Niger, 2022 The Second Wave Education Foundation (SWEF) team has developed an application for primary school children in Francophone African... more |
Turing-supported projects you can visit in November and December:
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Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Bus transport to school matinees, 2022-2025 The mission of the Dutch National Opera & Ballet (NOB) is for everyone to experience the magic of opera... more |  doorlopend |
'Hockney's Eye', Teylers Museum, 2022-2023 Since the beginning of his lengthy career, David Hockney (1937) has explored how we see the world around us and how artists over the... more |
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Exhibition: 'Manhattan Masters', Mauritshuis, The Hague, 2022-2023 The Mauritshuis has had the special opportunity to exhibit ten masterpieces from The Frick Collection in New... more |  t/m dec |
'Classic Express', Prinses Christina Concours, 2022 The Princess Christina Competition (founded in 1967) wants all children and young people in the Netherlands to be acquainted with... more |
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Het Leerorkest, 2022 The Leerorkest (founded in 2005) wants to give as many children as possible the opportunity to discover how much fun it is to play an instrument and make music... more |  doorlopend |
'Golden Boy Gustav Klimt. Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse', Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2022-2023 The Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) lived and worked in Vienna's... more |
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