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| Haworth Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Name | Haworth Foundation |
| Formation | 1984 |
| Founder | Edward Haworth |
| Type | Nonprofit foundation |
| Headquarters | Haworth, New Jersey |
| Area served | International |
| Focus | Arts, Conservation, Research |
Haworth Foundation The Haworth Foundation is a nonprofit philanthropic organization established in 1984 to support arts, conservation, and scientific research. The foundation operates programs and institutions that intersect with cultural preservation, environmental stewardship, and academic collaboration. Its activities have connected with museums, universities, and international agencies across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The foundation was founded by Edward Haworth amid collaborations with contemporaries such as Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Clay Frick, Paul Mellon, and J. Paul Getty in constellation with regional patrons like Mellon family associates; early trustees included figures connected to Smithsonian Institution, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, British Museum, and Tate Modern. Initial projects referenced partnerships with institutions such as Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, and cultural sites including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Royal Opera House, and Getty Museum. During the 1990s the foundation expanded through grants to organizations like World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, National Geographic Society, BBC Natural History Unit, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. In the 2000s strategic shifts aligned with networks including United Nations Environment Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature, UNESCO, Ford Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation while engaging regional partners such as Monterey Bay Aquarium, Field Museum, American Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum, London, and Kew Gardens.
The foundation’s mission emphasizes cultural heritage, biodiversity, and scholarly exchange, coordinating programs with entities like American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support exhibitions, fellowships, and field research. Programmatic strands range from curatorial residencies linked to Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, Louvre, and Hermitage Museum to conservation initiatives allied with Jane Goodall Institute, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, BirdLife International, and The Nature Conservancy. Educational fellowships and grants fostered ties with Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, and Oxford University for interdisciplinary scholarship. The foundation also runs collaborative publishing and exhibition projects engaging Rijksmuseum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Centre Pompidou, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and National Gallery, London.
Governance has historically involved trustees and advisors drawn from sectors represented by organizations such as Council on Foreign Relations, American Philosophical Society, Royal Society, Academy of Arts and Sciences, and National Academy of Sciences. Executive directors and program officers previously came from backgrounds at MoMA, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Council of Europe, and International Monetary Fund. Advisory boards included curators and scientists affiliated with Smithsonian Institution, British Library, Yale Center for British Art, Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, and The British Academy. Legal and financial oversight employed counsel and auditors associated with firms that serve institutions like World Bank, International Finance Corporation, and European Investment Bank.
Funding sources have included endowment investments, major gifts, and project-specific grants coordinated with partners such as Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation of New York. Financial stewardship involved asset management tied to markets and asset managers interacting with exchanges such as New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and institutional investors like BlackRock, Vanguard Group, and Fidelity Investments. Grantmaking cycles often complemented public funding from entities including National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, US Department of State, and international funders like European Commission, Canada Council for the Arts, and Australia Council for the Arts. Annual reports referenced benchmarking against peers such as Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Walton Family Foundation, and Sinclair Foundation.
The foundation supports physical facilities and collections in partnership with museums and research centers such as Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Museum of Modern Art, Getty Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum, London, Rijksmuseum, Vatican Museums, Tate Modern, and Louvre. Conservation laboratories and archives collaborated with Kew Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Field Museum, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, and California Academy of Sciences. Special collections projects included joint stewardship with libraries and archives like British Library, New York Public Library, Library of Congress, Bodleian Library, and Bibliothèque nationale de France. Traveling exhibitions and loans connected with Victoria and Albert Museum, Hermitage Museum, Museo del Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, and Uffizi Gallery.
Community initiatives targeted audiences in regions served by partners such as City of New York, State of New Jersey, County of Los Angeles, San Francisco Arts Commission, and municipal cultural departments collaborating with Arts Council England, Canada Council for the Arts, Australia Council, European Cultural Foundation, and Asia-Europe Foundation. Outreach programs leveraged collaborations with educational institutions like Public School 123 (New York), Brookline Public Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District, Chicago Public Schools, and university extension programs at Columbia University Teachers College, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Stanford Graduate School of Education. Community science and citizen engagement projects drew on partnerships with Zooniverse, iNaturalist, Citizen Science Association, SciStarter, and Public Lab.
The foundation and its grantees have received awards and recognition from organizations including UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Royal Society, MacArthur Fellows Program, Pulitzer Prize, Turner Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Templeton Prize, Prince Claus Fund, Cicely Saunders International, and professional societies such as Society for Conservation Biology, American Alliance of Museums, International Council on Monuments and Sites, and European Museum Forum.
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