Genres Public Interest

Be Black Baby: a House Party Presents
Recess Activties Inc.
Year Grant Awarded: 2011
Presented by Simone Leigh and Recess, it fostered group and individual exploration and dialogue through a series of performances and events that broke down and problematized racial and queer identity along with other conventions of cultural politics. Read More
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- Website: http://www.recessactivities.org

Make Thrift Mend (2014)
Rodabaugh, Katrina
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Make Thrift Mend focuses on sustainable fashion, social practice, "art as action”, and reclaiming traditional garment-making skills. It's also a fast-fashion fast that resists factory labor and instead chooses making, mending, and community building. Read More
- Website: http://www.makethriftmend.com/

General Support
Rosenberg Fund for Children
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
The Rosenberg Fund for Children provides for the educational and emotional needs of children whose parents have suffered because of their progressive activities and who, therefore, are no longer able to provide fully for their children. Read More
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- Website: http://www.rfc.org

The Green Room (2014)
Scoates, Vandy
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
The Green Room is a project website that was created to explore, research and share ideas about producing sustainable theatre in North America. The website include a multitude of resources for finding sustainable options, readings and products. Read More
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- Website: http://www.the-g-room.com

We the People
Sheryl Oring
Year Grant Awarded: 2006
The goal of Sheryl Oring’s “We The People” project is to bring the voices of the American people to the national stage. In her role as performance artist, Ms. Oring set up an office in various public places and invited people to dictate cards to Read More

Vote Everywhere (2014)
The Andrew Goodman Foundation
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Vote Everywhere provides college students with a unique, non-partisan opportunity to learn organizational & leadership skills while registering peers to vote, providing voter education, and leading on-campus issues activism & social justice projects. Read More
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- Website: http://www.andrewgoodman.org

The Caffè Lena History Project
The Caffè Lena History Project
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
Caffè Lena is America’s oldest continually operating folk music coffeehouse. Puffin Foundation support enabled critical initial work on the Caffè Lena Oral History Project and the creation of the Caffè Lena History Project website. Read More
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- Website: http://www.caffelenahistory.org

The Washington Spectator (2014)
The Public Concern Foundation, Hamilton Fish, President
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Independent, nonprofit, and reader-supported, the monthly Washington Spectator reports from the ground on the excesses of the public and private sectors that distort our politics and undermine democracy. Read More
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- Website: http://washingtonspectator.org/

Raise Your Voice Mural Project
The Rag Collection
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Raise Your Voice is a series of free youth art workshops located at Alhambra High School, Phoenix, AZ. We invited students to learn how to use their graffiti art talents and inspire their communitiy through mural making on their campus. Read More
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- Website: http://www.theragcollection.org

Antiwar Billboard Project NYC
World BEYOND War
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
World BEYOND War puts up billboards in numerous cities across the world to bolster public antiwar education efforts and amplify our global antiwar voices. The unique public approach has helped create difficult conversations that otherwise wouldn't happen. Read More
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- Website: https://worldbeyondwar.org/