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29.04.2021 14:35:29
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Extracted financial data is not available for this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download. here
As designers and innovators, customers look to the company for ideas and information. The Tiffany & Co. Foundation aims to be seen as environmental stewards by obtaining precious materials in ways that are socially and environmentally responsible.
In 2008, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation awarded a grant to The Ocean Foundation to support TOF’s role in advancing the Too Precious to Wear campaign launched with SeaWeb. The communications-based campaign utilized media attention to promote coral awareness and conservation. Through partnership with the jewelry, fashion and home decor industries, Too Precious to Wear fostered public awareness of coral protection in order to shift consumption trends and improve coral policy. By supporting the Too Precious to Wear campaign, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation sought to encourage others in the fashion and design industries to discontinue the use of real coral in jewelry and home decor.
In addition to enhancing public connections to science and scientists, The Story Collider is dedicated to amplifying the voices of peoples who have historically been underrepresented or shut out of science and its institutions. In the past year, 68% of The Story Collider’s storytellers have been women or gender-nonconforming people, and more than 50% have been Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. The Story Collider offers a program specifically for emerging science writers of color, supported by the National Association of Science Writers. here
“I’m honored by the board’s decision to appoint me as the new Executive Director of an organization I love so dearly, and with a mission that is so close to my heart,” said Erin Barker. “When my cofounder Ben Lillie and I wrote its mission statement a decade ago, we felt strongly that true, personal stories had the power to transform our perceptions of science and who it belongs to. Since then, it’s been a privilege to witness the many ways in which this has borne out, through our shows, our podcast, our workshops, and research. I’m so excited to continue to explore these possibilities with our new Science Advisory Fellow and the rest of our team.” [links]
Erin Barker has served as The Story Collider’s artistic director since 2016, overseeing curation of the organization’s popular podcast and live events. Under her leadership, The Story Collider’s programming has grown dramatically, with the number of live events held each year tripling from 2016 to 2019, as the organization expanded to support regular shows in communities that range from Chicago to Vancouver to Wellington, New Zealand. As a storyteller, Barker was the first woman to win The Moth’s GrandSLAM storytelling competition twice, and her work has appeared on public radio numerous times, as well as in The Moth’s New York Times-bestselling anthology The Moth: 50 True Stories. Trained as a journalist, Erin served as Copy Chief at United Business Media prior to making The Story Collider her full-time focus in 2013. [links]
The Story Collider’s new two-year Science Advisory Fellowship, a rare example of a science fellowship at an arts organization, is intended to complement a Fellow’s existing academic work and/or science research appointment. The Fellow will enrich The Story Collider’s capacity to maintain and expand its network of scientist and university partners, assist with the development of science communications research directions and collaborations, and help inform the continual improvement of The Story Collider’s science communication educational initiatives. The Fellow will also help the Story Collider team facilitate additional inquiry into science topics featured in podcast stories. A nationwide search for this Fellowship has been launched as of today. More information can be found at storycollider.org/jobs [links]
The Board developed this new structure following the August departure of renowned science communicator Liz Neeley, who co-led the organization with Barker from 2015 until August 2020. During Neeley’s tenure, The Story Collider experienced an exponential growth of its partnerships, geographic footprint, and global impact, and secured significant multi-year grants to support its work from funders such as The Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation. Since November 2020, The Story Collider has been led by Barker and Interim Executive Director Leslie Griesbach Schultz. here
The Foundation has also provided USD $6 million in grants to support the creation of responsible mining standards and development opportunities for the artisanal mining sector, which has the potential to benefit the more than 25 million artisanal miners and their families in more than 40 countries worldwide. The Foundation has supported programs to create safer mining and refining methods that help miners safeguard their livelihoods and enable them to work safely while protecting their families and the environment. By funding the establishment of these standards, the Foundation has contributed to more sustainable livelihoods, safe workplaces, and healthy communities in Africa, Latin America and beyond. To further its commitment, the Foundation has awarded over USD $3.5 million in grants for initiatives across sub-Saharan Africa, to promote economic and social development in areas where mining occurs and to enhance environmental preservation in local communities worldwide.
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One of the Foundation’s key strategies is to support the creation of marine protected areas (MPAs). To date, the Foundation’s grantees have helped to protect more than 10 million km 2 of ocean, which further advances the global movement to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030. [links]
Coral reefs play a critical role in supporting healthy oceans. They are the cornerstone of a vibrant marine ecosystem, treasure troves of marine biodiversity, barriers to protect coastlines and major drivers of recreation and tourism. The Foundation supports organizations that promote the preservation of precious corals, raise awareness about the importance of coral reefs and develop research and reef management strategies that aim to save these ecosystems. Over two decades, the Foundation has supported ocean conservation in 30 countries, spanning the globe from Hawaii to the Caribbean, Australia to the Coral Triangle. [links]
The Foundation has also supported critical research to identify promising and impactful areas for coral reef conservation, including the pioneering 50 Reefs initiative, which identified a portfolio of reefs that, together, have the potential to survive the impacts of climate change and the ability to help repopulate neighboring reefs over time. [links]
The manner in which diamonds, precious metals and gemstones are extracted is of the utmost importance to The Tiffany & Co. Foundation. here