The Arts
“To support the fabric and programming of institutions with which Gatsby’s founding family has long connections.”
Summary of The Arts programmes
List of grants paid during 2007 - 2008
Links to beneficiaries
Summary of The Arts programmes
Trustees continue to provide core support for those organisations with which the Foundation has a long-standing history. In particular, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, the Sainsbury Research Unit and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
List of grants paid during 2007 - 2008
| 2007-2008 | |
| Total | £9,106,936 |
| Total payments made in 2007 - 2008 (from new and previous grants) | |
| Chamber Orchestra of Europe | £375,000 |
| Towards core costs. | |
| Columbia University | £51,351 |
| Towards an arts initiative. | |
| Robert & Lisa Sainsbury Charitable Trust | £200,000 |
| Towards additions to the Sainsbury Collection at the University of East Anglia. | |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | £290,000 |
| Towards exhibition costs, ‘Henry Moore at Kew’. | |
| Royal Shakespeare Company | £5,250,000 |
| Towards redevelopment costs and the Artists’ Development Programme. | |
| Shakespeare Birthplace Trust | £100,000 |
| Towards the costs of managing the Royal Shakespeare Company’s archive. | |
| University of East Anglia | £107,709 |
| Towards the Museology and Museum Leadership Programmes. | |
| University of East Anglia (SCVA) | £1,808,644 |
| Towards supporting UEA’s preventative planned maintenance programme for the SCVA building, core costs and specialist advice. | |
| University of East Anglia, Sainsbury Research Unit | £576,256 |
| Towards SRU’s development funding. | |
| Young Vic Company | £250,000 |
| Towards the construction of ‘The Pod’. | |
| The beneficiaries below received grant payments totalling less than £50,000 | |
| Clore Leadership Programme | £35,000 |
| South Bank Foundation | £10,000 |
| US Library of Congress | £40,476 |
| Small grants were paid to other organisations in this category totalling £12,500 | |