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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 • July 2026
Mariene natuurbescherming, Patagonië, Argentinië, 2026-2028
Our apologies, the text for this project has not yet been translated into English ... more


Art • July 2026
Becoming Marc Chagall, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2027
Our apologies, the text for this project has not yet been translated into English ... more


Art • July 2026
Het Leerorkest, 2026-2029
Our apologies, the text for this project has not yet been translated into English ... more


Nature • July 2026
BEAN THERE, Food Design Playground, Dordrecht, 2026-2027
Our apologies, the text for this project has not yet been translated into English ... more


Nature • July 2026
Make Our Planet Great Again, Educational Theater, 2026-2027
Our apologies, the text for this project has not yet been translated into English ... more


Leprosy • July 2026
Role of drug resistance and M. lepromatosis in African leprosy transmission, Burundi, Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Ghana, België, 2026-2027
In a number of African countries leprosy is still discovered relatively late during which the disease has already advanced. In addition, there is no research conducted in Central Africa to investigate the resistance to... more


Leprosy • July 2026
Leprosy transmission and One Health. Holistic investigation for environmental presence of Mycobaterium leprae, India, 2026-2027
Leprosy infections are known to spread from person to person, but leprosy bacteria have also been found in certain animals, in water, and in the soil. Till date it is not clear whether contamination can also occur via these... more


Nature • July 2026
The Future Flora of the Netherlands, Hortus Amsterdam, 2026-2028
The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, one of the world's oldest botanical gardens, is developing a new thematic garden: The Future Flora of the Netherlands, focused on the impact of climate change on nature in the Netherlands. Visitors are introduced to indigenous plants that are resistant to drought... more


Nature • July 2026
The Blue North: regeneration of the northern coastline of Mallorca, 2026-2027
As the Mediterranean Sea is in a poor ecological state, Commonland is supporting the Mallorca Land and Sea Alliance - a collaboration of several NGOs focused on regenerating seagrass meadows, developing Marine Protected Areas and increasing local awareness and engagement in nature... 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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Now on view:

'Making More Music', educational music project, Municipality of Hof van Twente, 2026-2029
t/m jul'29
'Making More Music', educational music project, Municipality of Hof van Twente, 2026-2029
'Meer MUZIEK Maken' (Making More Music) is a multi-year educational music project in the Municipality of Hof van Twente, initiated by Home of Talents, CuBaHof and the joint wind and brass...more
Music at School, Voorne aan Zee, 2026-2028
t/m 31 dec'28
Music at School, Voorne aan Zee, 2026-2028
In the three-year Music at School programme, Muziek met Klasse(n) is working with Bibliotheek Zuid -Hollandse Eilanden library to provide regular music education during school hours at seventeen primary schools in...more
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools
4 t/m 4 jun
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools, 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
'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
Gerard van Honthorst, Susannah and the Elders, 1655. Galleria Borghese, Rome
t/m 13 sep
Gerard van Honthorst retrospective, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2026
Centraal Museum is organising an ambitious international retrospective exhibition on painter Gerard van Honthorst from April to September 2026. It will be first comprehensive solo exhibition dedicated to the...more
Amrita Sher-Gil, Self-Portrait as a Tahitian, 1934, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India
t/m 20 sep
'Amrita Sher-Gil - Icon of Modern Art in India', Drents Museum, 2026
'Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque and many others. India belongs only to me,' Amrita Sher-Gil (Budapest 1913-1941 Lahore) wrote in 1938. She is regarded as the 'Indian Frida Kahlo'. Yet outside...more
Glacier Painting, Green and Brown, 1951, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
vanaf 12 jun
'Nature in Motion - Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004', Museum Belvédère, Oranjewoud, 2026
Museum Belvédère is organising the first retrospective outside the United Kingdom on Scottish painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004). In 1940, she settled in St Ives in Cornwall, which would...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
Anthropométrie sans titre (ANT 7), Yves Klein, 1960
t/m 25 oct
'Yves Klein and his artists family: Frits, Marie and Rotraut', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 2026
When you think of Yves Klein then you think of the colour blue. More especially, his colour blue, International Klein Blue which he patented in 1960. But this now world-famous blue did not come...more
Cornelius Jonson & Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger King Charles I in a fictive Architectural Setting, 1637
t/m 14 jun
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
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
Zuiderzeewijk Music Playground, Lelystad, 2025 - 2026
t/m aug
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
'Blaaskaken', Cadenza Music Association, Twello, 2025
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 jul
Klasse(n)orkest, Stichting TacT Muziek, eastern Netherlands, 2025
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

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