This page describes the relationship between the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the related entities it supports in accordance with Doris Duke's will.
DDCF was created in 1996 and is primarily a grant-making entity. It does not have any paid staff members (staff members are instead employed by the Doris Duke Management Foundation, as explained below), and its grants support the following:
- DDCF Grants in Four Program Areas (Performing Arts, Environment, Medical Research, Child Abuse Prevention)
- Doris Duke Management Foundation
(operating foundation)
- Duke Farms Foundation (operating foundation)
- Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
(operating foundation)
- Operation of Rough Point (Doris Duke’s home in Newport)
The operating foundations listed below are each governed by a Board of Directors. The board members and the president for the DDMF, DFF, DDFIA and DDF are the same persons serving DDCF. A brief description of each entity is provided below, and a diagram illustrating the relationship between entities is provided here: Overview of Relationship Between Six Doris Duke Entities (27 KB PDF).
Operating Foundations
Doris Duke Management Foundation (DDMF)
DDMF was created in 1998 as an operating foundation. It employs staff members who, by contract, support the DDCF grant programs and provide administrative staff support to all affiliated foundations except NRF. It does not award grants. The DDMF staff is comprised of approximately 47 full-time employees.
Duke Farms Foundation (DFF)
DFF was created in 1998 to own and operate Duke Farms, a 2,700-acre property in Hillsborough, New Jersey, created by Doris Duke’s father. DFF is a grantee of DDCF and employs approximately 50 full-time staff members to oversee the operations, maintenance and public programs at Duke Farms.
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA)
DDFIA is a grantee of DDCF and was created in 1998 to promote the study and understanding of Islamic arts and cultures. DDFIA owns and operates Shangri La, which was Doris Duke’s home in Honolulu that today houses her collection of Islamic art. DDFIA employs approximately 29 staff members (21 full-time and 8 part-time) to oversee the operations, maintenance and public programs at Shangri La. DDFIA also awards grants through the
Building Bridges Program, which is based in New York and supports the use of arts and media to enhance Americans' understanding of Muslim societies.
Related Entities
Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF)
Doris Duke established the Newport Restoration Foundation in 1968 to save the rapidly disappearing 18th-century architecture in Newport, Rhode Island. After her death, she instructed that the NRF also take ownership of Rough Point (her Newport home) and open it to the public as a museum. She stipulated that DDCF was responsible for providing funds to support Rough Point operations.
Doris Duke Foundation (DDF)
Doris Duke established the DDF when she was 21 and initially called it Independent Aid. She funded this foundation for philanthropic contributions during her lifetime, most of which were given anonymously. Today, the DDF owns the objects remaining from Doris Duke’s Southeast Asian Art Collection, most of which has been donated to museums across the country.