Ball Corporation has announced a $ 300,000 grant to the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to expand its support of disaster preparedness and relief
efforts globally through its
philanthropic arm — The Ball Foundation.
These significant
philanthropic contributions have leveraged public funding — including funds from the San Francisco
International Airport wetlands mitigation agreement — to make this ambitious, multi-year restoration
effort possible.
Conceived in collaboration with actor (and art collector) Ben Stiller and his eponymous
philanthropic foundation to bolster relief
efforts in the earthquake - ravaged Caribbean country — the poorest in the Western Hemisphere — the sale brings together 26 paintings, drawings and sculptures, most of which were made specifically for the auction and donated by 25
international artists, ranging from Neo Rauch and Karin Mamma Andersson to Glenn Ligon and Urs Fischer.