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The Turing Foundation is a Dutch charitable organization, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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The foundation contributes roughly €3,500,000 a year [3] to projects that:

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References

  1. ↑ "TomTom founder donates €100.000.000".
  2. ↑ "Turing's Legacy – Philanthropy".
  3. ↑ "Turing Foundation Annual Report".
  4. ↑ "Turing Foundation". www.warchildholland.org. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
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