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 Welcome to the Turing Foundation
The Turing Foundation is a private charity based in the Netherlands.
The Turing Foundation spends its funds on behalf of four goals: The Turing Foundation was established in 2006 by Pieter Geelen, using the wealth he acquired as co-founder of TomTom NV, a company listed at the Dutch stock exchange.
Annual Report 2008 available
Turing Foundation Annual Report 2008

Most recent projects: March 2010

Diane Arbus: Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967
March 2010
Main supporter Diane Arbus - A Retrospective, FOAM Amsterdam
Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is one of the most fascinating and important photographers of the second half of the 20th read more...

School books for primary schools, Northwest Cameroon
March 2010
School book project for primary schools, Northwest Cameroon
Knowledge for Children supports rural schools in Northwest Cameroon by building up a decent book stock and effectively read more...

Tiener-bijscholingsprogramma, Kivu, D.R. Congo
March 2010
Programme for tutoring teenagers in South Kivu, D.R. Congo
ZOA Refugee Care wants to offer primary education in 3 years to youths from returnee families who missed one or more years read more...

Louise Bourgeois: Fragile Goddess, 2002
March 2010
Main supporter Louise Bourgeois / Hans Bellmer - Double Sexus, Den Haag Municipal Museum
Louise Bourgeois (1911) is regarded as one of the most important artists still alive today. read more...

Regreening Initiative, Niger
March 2010
Regreening Initiative, Niger
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, with three-quarters of its surface covered by desert and 85% of its population being entirely read more...

Fietsenwerkplaats, Technische School, Passakongo, Burkina Faso
March 2010
Technical school, Passakongo, Burkina Faso
In 2002, the Háparako Foundation set up a vocational training centre for rural youths with the primary goal to create employment. Led by read more...

School complex, Buea, Kameroen
March 2010
New school, Mamfe, Kameroen
LiveBuild, in association with United Action for Children (UAC), wants to set up a high-quality school in Mamfe. UAC has already realised a similar read more...

Muziekvoorstelling  Wie temt de Koning? , 2010-2011
March 2010
Music performance Who will tame the king?, 2010-2011
The Apollo Ensemble has specialized in baroque performances played with authentic instruments. In Who will tame the read more...

Ricciotti plays in a hospital
March 2010
Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2010-2012
The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic conservatory students, and performs a minimum of 100 times a year. They seek out read more...

Bouw Medische School, Kiliba, D.R. Congo
March 2010
Building of a medical school in Kiliba, D.R. Congo
Focus on Education, in association with the local NGO Fondation Chirezi, wants to set up an intermediate vocational school for read more...

The new school in Kenenkou, donated by the Turing Foundation
March 2010
Building of a technical school in Kambila, Mali
The Mali Foundation, in association with its local partner Solisa, will set up a basic technical school to provide some prospect read more...

Operadagen Rotterdam
March 2010
Rotterdam Opera days 2010: Alla Turca
The Rotterdam Opera days were founded in 2001 to make opera accessible to everyone. For ten days straight there will be concerts on read more...

Gereedschap voor Technisch Onderwijs, Tanzania
March 2010
Container shipment for technical education, Tanzania
The Foundation for Refurbished Tools (Gered Gereedschap) collects and refurbishes tools and dispatches these to development read more...

Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo
March 2010
Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo
Children in Crisis is a British NGO that works on educational projects in post-conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and read more...

Een van de 300 concerten in de Classic Express
March 2010
The Princess Christina Concours - Classical Express, 2010-2012
The Princess Christina Concours strives to excite as many children as possible for classical music. To that end, in read more...

Butterfly Works, Nairobi, Kenya
March 2010
ICT Vocational Training Programmes, Nairobi, Kenia 2010
NairoBits is a Digital Design School in Kenya's capital Nairobi, founded by Butterfly Works. NairoBits is currently being read more...

WADEP Trainees,2006
March 2010
Social and financial skills for children, Ghana, 2010
Aflatoun provides children between the ages of 6 and 14 with important social and economic skills by teaching them about read more...

NedPhO GO! Community Concerts
March 2010
Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 2010
To make classical music more easily accessible to everyone, at least 30 concerts a year are played at unexpected venues for an audience that read more...

A special poetry issue of De Gids
March 2010
Poetry in literary magazine De Gids 2010
The Dutch cultural and literary magazine read more...

Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme, Ghana
March 2010
Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme, Ghana 2010-2011
All over the world, SOS Kinderdorpen offers structural support to orphans and abandoned children. Over the past couple read more...


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