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Arts

Child Well-being

Environment

Medical Research

Building Bridges

African Health Initiative

GRANTS

Learn more about our grant-making process, open competitions and funding opportunities, and grant recipients.

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Recent DDCF News

Environment Program Announces $20M Natural Climate Solutions Initiative

DDCF Supports Consortium for Sickle Cell Disease Therapies Through Critical Path Institute

DDCF's Medical Research Program Announces the 2018 Clinical Scientist Development Awards View More

Funding Opportunities

DDCF 2019 Clinical Scientist Development Awards Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists TCG's Audience (R)Evolution Exploration Grant

Museums & Centers

Duke Farms

Shangri La

Rough Point

Grantee Spotlight

Grantee Spotlight

Melissa Cervantes and Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute

Read about how Melissa Cervantes, a student at Holy Names High School, embraced her first mentored, hands-on clinical research experience at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, ultimately presenting her work at a national conference and increasing her exposure to career possibilities in the biomedical sciences.

What We're Learning

Audience and Community Engagement: From Transactional Exchanges to Relationships of Depth

Cheryl Ikemiya, senior program officer for the arts at DDCF, introduces the comprehensive research the Arts Program commissioned to understand how grantees successfully revitalized their relevance and connection to their communities.

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