Decade: 1980s
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1980s
American Choreographers: Funding the Creative Process
Grant makers and grantees cooperated to craft a unique program in dance.
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1980s
In Brief: The West Africa Museums Programme
The staying power of a massive preservation project thanks to a focus on museum staff and museums’ communities.
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1930s
1980s
1990s
2000-2010
20th Century
21st Century
The Commonwealth Fund and the “Insanity Defense”: Unexpected Outcomes
Our understanding of the insanity defense relies on a book that was an unintended outcome of a Commonwealth Fund grant.
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1980s
Philanthropy Helps Save the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
More than 700 major organizations and countless smaller individual donors helped restore a symbol of history and culture.