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The Turing Foundation was established in 2006 by Pieter and Françoise Geelen. We support projects in the fields of visual arts and music education, the protection of the climate and marine biodiversity, and the eradication of leprosy as a disfiguring disease.
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Annual Report 2024
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Our most recent projects


Nature • January 2026
'Beyond Awareness', towards a more plant-based pattern of production and consumption, 2026-2027
ProVeg has been advocating for a more plant-based pattern of production and consumption since 2011. With the Turing Foundation's support, ProVeg will continue working towards the organisation's three core objectives: encouraging lasting behavioural change among... more


Art • January 2026
Marisol, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2026-2027
Venezuelan-American artist Marisol (1930-2016) became world-famous in the 1960s with her characteristic wooden figurative groups. The celebrated star of American Pop Art subsequently disappeared largely from art history. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen aims to restore her place in the canon with a... more


Nature • January 2026
Protecting cephalopod populations and marine ecosystems in Greek waters, Greece, 2026
Sea Shepherd Global is an international marine conservation organisation that actively defends the oceans and all marine life. With a fleet of four sea-going vessels, the organisation carries out direct interventions across the world against illegal fishing, whaling and... more


Nature • January 2026
The big shift: financial institutions as drivers of change for the protein transition, 2026-2029
The website Eerlijke Geldwijzer (Fair Finance Guide Netherlands) is a collaboration between Amnesty International, Milieudefensie (the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth), Oxfam Novib, PAX and World Animal Protection. Since 2009 it has assessed banks, since 2013... more


Leprosy • January 2026
Contribution to the leprosy research department of Netherlands Leprosy Relief, 2026
The Turing Foundation has been co-financing projects related to the fight against leprosy with Netherlands Leprosy Relief for years. On top of this, every year we also donate directly to Netherlands Leprosy Relief as a contribution towards the overhead costs it incurs as a... more


Art • January 2026
'The Residents', education for children aged eight to twelve, 2025-2028
The Residentie Orkest organises the successful project 'The Residents', the orchestra's flagship education programme. 'The Residents' gives children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Hague the opportunity to develop socially and emotionally in a four-year programme in which they... more


Leprosy • January 2026
Evaluation of five transcriptomic biomarkers for leprosy, Colombia, 2026-2027
Approximately 400 of the leprosy cases reported each year in the world are from Colombia. In this project of the Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, researchers in the five regions with the highest incidence of leprosy in Colombia are taking samples from cases, their close... more

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The Turing Foundation only supports applications in the areas of climate change, marine and coastal biodiversity, visual arts in Dutch museums, music education, and leprosy control. If your project meets our criteria, your application is most welcome.
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'The Residents', education for children aged eight to twelve, 2025-2028
t/m jun'28
'The Residents', education for children aged eight to twelve, 2025-2028
The Residentie Orkest organises the successful project 'The Residents', the orchestra's flagship education programme. 'The Residents' gives children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Hague the...more
'Alle hens aan dek!', interactive music education for pupils aged six to ten
t/m jun'28
'Alle hens aan dek!', interactive music education for pupils aged six to ten, 2025-2026
Stichting Wiebeltenen (the Wiggly-Toes Foundation) is a musical collective working in the cultural sector in the north of the Netherlands (the provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe). From...more
NDT Class Series, Nederlands Dans Theater
t/m dec'27
NDT Class Series, Nederlands Dans Theater, 2025-2027
The Nederlands Dans Theater's (NDT) educational programme, NDT Class Series, is aimed at pupils from Reception to Year Six (aged five to eleven). It focuses intentionally on collaboration with schools where...more
Council of the Crow. A hands-on exhibition for climate heroes. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
t/m jun'29
Council of the Crow. A hands-on exhibition for climate heroes. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2025-2029
The Wereldmuseum is organising a new long-term exhibition as part of Wereldmuseum Junior. The Council of the Raven is a "hands-on exhibition for climate heroes," aiming to engage 180,000...more
Cornelius Jonson & Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger King Charles I in a fictive Architectural Setting, 1637
vanaf 15 jan
Cornelius Jonson van Ceulen, Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee, 2025-2026
Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee is organising an exhibition about Cornelius Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), a Dutch portraitist of Flemish and German origin. He was a pupil of Marcus Gerards de...more
Groove Beest in je buurt, BIMhuis Amsterdam
t/m 30 jun'26
Groove Beast in your neigbourhood, BIMhuis Amsterdam, 2025-2026
Groove Beast, the BIMhuis' music education programme, is about renewing jazz education, centred on creative freedom and discovering one's own talents. Groove Beast in your Neighbourhood is part of this...more
Iron Triangle, Co Rentmeester - World Press Photo of the Year 1967
t/m 11 feb'26
'Co Rentmeester - Universal Photographer', FOAM Amsterdam, 2025-2026
Dutch photographer Co Rentmeester belongs to the rare category of photographers who have not only captured images but have also actively contributed to the development of photographic language itself. His...more
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools
t/m 30 jun'26
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools, 2025-2026
Welcome to the Orchestra is the education program of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) for primary schools and special needs schools. During five weeks children are...more
'From Bauhaus to Mecca', Design Museum Den Bosch, 2025-2026
t/m 5 apr'26
'From Bauhaus to Mecca', Design Museum Den Bosch, 2025-2026
The exhibition From Bauhaus to Mecca explores German architect Dr Mahmoud Bodo Rasch's (b. 1943) life's work. His family background is rooted in Bauhaus architecture and art. He studied architecture in...more
Zuiderzeewijk Music Playground, Lelystad, 2025 - 2026
t/m aug'26
Zuiderzeewijk Music Playground, Lelystad, 2025 - 2026
The Zuiderzeewijk Lelystad Music Playground opened its doors at the start of the 2024 - 2025 school year. Much like a sports field, children come after school to play: making music together. Although the concept of...more
'Blaaskaken,' Cadenza Twello Music Association
t/m aug'26
'Blaaskaken', Cadenza Music Association, Twello, 2025-2028
The project Blaaskaken ("windbags") is developing a structural in-school music education programme at primary schools in Twello and the surrounding area. The initiative was introduced by Cadenza Twello Music...more
Klasse[n]orkest, Stichting TacT Muziek, eastern Netherlands, 2025 - 2028
t/m aug'28
Klasse(n)orkest, Stichting TacT Muziek, eastern Netherlands, 2025-2028
Stichting TacT Muziek's Klasse(n)orkest East Netherlands project aims to give a boost to instrumental music education in the eastern Netherlands by establishing Klasse(n)orkesten (class orchestras). A...more
Museum Het Spinozahuis, Rijnsburg
t/m 21 feb'26
Museum Het Spinozahuis exhibition, Rijnsburg, 2025-2026
Museum Het Spinozahuis is using powerful, innovative means to appeal to a broad range of people: interested laypeople (day-trippers, tourists), specialists and students. It makes philosophical themes accessible to...more
Michelangelo and Men, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
t/m 25 jan'26
'The Men of Michelangelo, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2025-2026
In The Men of Michelangelo, the Teylers Museum explores the prominent role of the male body in nearly all of Michelangelo Buonarroti's (1475-1564) work. The figures are often nude, muscular and depicted in...more
La Muse Endormie (1910), Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957)
t/m 18 jan'26
Brancusi from Centre Pompidou, H'Art Museum, Amsterdam, 2025-2026
H'ART Museum, formerly known as the Hermitage Amsterdam, is an independent museum found at Amstel 51 in the historic Amstelhof building. After severing ties with Russia in 2022, the museum was rebranded as...more
Het Leerorkest
t/m dec
Het Leerorkest, 2025
The Leerorkest (founded in 2005) wants to give as many children as possible the opportunity of discovering how much fun it is to play an instrument and make music together. They do so by giving primary school pupils weekly music...more
Meester I.S., Portret van een oude vrouw, 1651. Collectie Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wenen
t/m 8 mar'26
'Masterful Mystery - About Rembrandt's Enigmatic Contemporary', Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 2025-2026
For the first time in history, the haunting and melancholic works of seventeenth-century artist Master I.S. are being brought together in an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal. Surrounded by...more
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools
t/m 30 jun'26
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools, 2024
Welcome to the Orchestra is the education program of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) for primary schools and special needs schools. During five weeks children are...more

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