Grant-making foundation supporting non-profits, educators, communities, and schools across the country who seek to preserve and understand unique community character.
Activities
The Dunn Foundation fulfills its mission to educate people about how the natural growth of our towns and cities has compromised the beauty of these places through increasing public understanding of the contribution community appearance makes to our quality of life, and by linking people to the tools they need to make positive aesthetic changes in their environment. The Foundation seeks to reverse “visual illiteracy,” or an inability to see and understand the intricacies of visual aesthetics. The Foundation primarily works by developing related educational materials, partnering with similar organizations, and creating publications about visual aesthetics and community character.
Relevant Projects
- Viewfinders and Viewfinders Too are interdisciplinary curriculum programs targeted toward upper elementary levels. The programs help students understand the concept of the visual environment, recognize its importance, identify trends and elements that threaten the visual environment, and take action to protect it.
Relevant Methodologies
Elementary education, curriculum development, and publications.
Region
National
More Information
320 Thomas Street
Newport, RI 02840
401-367-0026 (phone)