Organizations Filed Purposes:
FACE FOUNDATION IS AN AMERICAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING FRENCH-AMERICAN RELATIONS THROUGH INNOVATIVE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES, FACE FOUNDATION PROMOTES ARTISTIC, LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES. WITH ADDITIONAL CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT, FACE FOUNDATION ADMINISTERS GRANT PROGRAMS IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS, CINEMA, TRANSLATION, AND SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION, WHILE PROVIDING FINANCIAL SPONSORSHIP TO FRENCH-AMERICAN FESTIVALS AND OTHER CULTURAL INITIATIVES. FACE FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON NEW AND RECENT WORK OF LIVING ARTISTS AND THE PROMOTION OF BILINGUALISM AND THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
SUPPORTING FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN EDUCATION AND THE ARTS.
THE FRENCH DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, AN INITIATIVE OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY AND FACE FOUNDATION, PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY BILINGUAL EDUCATION TO CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. CURRENTLY 1,300 STUDENTS ARE SERVED BY THIS PROGRAM BUT THE NEED IS FAR GREATER WITH 22,000 CHILDREN LIVING IN FRENCH-SPEAKING HOMES WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN FRENCH. IN 2013, A CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED TO RAISE $ 2.8 MILLION AND REACH 7,000 CHILDREN WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. FUNDING WILL GO DIRECTLY TO DEVELOP NEW PROGRAMS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS WHERE MANY FRANCOPHONE FAMILIES LIVE AND TO BOLSTER THE EXISTING PROGRAMS. TO DATE, $250,000 HAS BEEN RAISED THANKS TO GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. THESE FUNDS CURRENTLY SUPPORT 11 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS. A NEW MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN IS BEING ADDED TO THE LIST AS IT WILL OFFER FRENCH DUAL LANGUAGE AS PART OF ITS INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, FOR FREE.
ETANT DONNES CONTEMPORARY ART AIMS TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE U.S. IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY ART BY FOSTERING ACTIVE COLLABORATION AND ENCOURAGING LONG-LASTING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FRENCH VISUAL ARTISTS, CURATORS, AND COLLECTIVES AND AMERICAN CURATORS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. THE FUND SUPPORTS THE DISCOVERY OF EMERGING TALENTS, WHILE ALSO SUSTAINING INTEREST IN ESTABLISHED ARTISTS.
THE THOMAS JEFFERSON FUND SUPPORTS NEW COLLABORATIONS AND THE MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECTS BETWEEN PROMISING YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. THE THOMAS JEFFERSON FUND AIMS TO FOSTER FORWARD-LOOKING COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS AND OF SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY THAT ADDRESSES THE MOST PRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Laurent Auffret | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 37.5 | $95,000 |
| Jane Ross | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Marc-Andre Poirier | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Jeanine Parisier Plottel | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Bernard Manuel | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Renaud De Lesquen | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Alexandra Lauvaux | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Slawomir Krupa | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Margaret Conklin | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Cohen | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Joseph Carroll | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Giovanna Calvino | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Nicole Bourgois Elliman | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Clemence Boissonnas | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Adrienne Halpern | SECRETARY | 4 | $0 |
| Laurence Haddad | TREASURER | 4 | $0 |
| Patrick Pagni | CHAIRMAN | 4 | $0 |
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