Duke Foundation To Aid Artists

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation will award $50 million over 10 years to more than 200 performing artists, dance companies, theaters and presenters, the foundation is to announce on Thursday. Rather than allotting funds for specific projects as foundations typically do, the Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will invest in artists’ future work with flexible multiyear cash awards of as much as $275,000, starting next year.