Lannan Foundation

Lannan Foundation "is a family foundation dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities." The foundation funds prizes, and hosts events dealing with freedom of expression; it one of the funders of the DemocracyNow program.

"In 1960 J. Patrick Lannan, Sr., entrepreneur and financier, established Lannan Foundation."

Censoring John Pilger
In June 2011, John Pilger was invited to join a panel discussing the freedom of speech/press, and to present his latest film at an event funded/hosted by the Lannan Foundation. At the last moment he was "dis-invited" and the showing of his film cancelled.

Cultural Freedom Prize
In 1999 Lannan Foundation established the Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom.


 * 2006 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Robert Fisk
 * 2005 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Dr. Cornel West
 * 2003 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Dr. Helen Caldicott
 * 2002 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Arundhati Roy
 * 2001 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Mahmoud Darwish
 * 2000 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Claudia Andujar
 * 1999 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Eduardo Galeano

Cultural Freedom Awards

 * Bradley Angel awarded 2008 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Subhankar Banerjee awarded 2003 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * Maude Barlow awarded 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * David Barsamian awarded 2006 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * Lucy Boulanger and John Fogarty awarded 2004 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd each awarded 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * Julián Cardona awarded 2004 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * Esther Chávez Cano awarded 2008 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Pratap Chatterjee awarded 2006 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Elouise Cobell awarded 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * Fernando Garavito awarded 2006 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Isabel Garcia awarded 2008 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Amira Hass awarded 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
 * Leanne Hinton awarded 2006 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Charles Kernaghan awarded 2006 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Malcolm Margolin awarded 2008 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Patricio Martin awarded 2006 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Hugo Morales awarded 2006 Cultural Freedom Award
 * Clive Stafford Smith awarded 2008 Cultural Freedom Award

Directors
Accessed December 2008:


 * Patrick Lannan, President
 * Sharon A. Ferrill
 * William E. Johnston
 * John R. Lannan
 * Lawrence P. Lannan, Jr.
 * Frank C. Lawler, Vice President
 * Mary M. Plauche
 * Marian P. Day
 * Karen Hetherington
 * David Ungerleider, SJ


 * Anne Lannan, Director Emeritus

In memoriam: The board and staff of the foundation wish to express their appreciation for the invaluable contributions made by the late board members, James G. Butler, Colleen Lannan Dillon, Patricia Lannan Lawler, and Tscheng S. Feng, M.D.

Contact

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