The Arts

“To support the fabric and programming of institutions with which Gatsby’s founding family has long connections.”

Gallery Visitors, SCVA

Summary of The Arts programmes
List of grants paid during 2007 - 2008
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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

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