As the referendum approaches, Tim Cornwell reviews the concerns of arts funders.
UK trusts and foundations that give millions of pounds a year to Scottish museums, galleries and heritage organisations face uncertainty over the effects on funding of the results of September’s referendum on independence, Tim Cornwell writes. They include the Dunard Fund, which gives millions on both sides of the border but is a vital Scottish funder, and the Art Fund, which has just 1% of its members in Scotland but distributes a much greater share of funding there. Another major donor, the Garfield Weston Foundation, is widely reported to have put capital grants in Scotland on hold in the past year.
The chief executives of two multi-million-pound funders of the arts in the UK, the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and the Wolfson Foundation, said that they were “watching and waiting” for the referendum but emphasised that grants to Scotland will continue... Keep reading on The Art Newspaper
UK trusts and foundations that give millions of pounds a year to Scottish museums, galleries and heritage organisations face uncertainty over the effects on funding of the results of September’s referendum on independence, Tim Cornwell writes. They include the Dunard Fund, which gives millions on both sides of the border but is a vital Scottish funder, and the Art Fund, which has just 1% of its members in Scotland but distributes a much greater share of funding there. Another major donor, the Garfield Weston Foundation, is widely reported to have put capital grants in Scotland on hold in the past year.
The chief executives of two multi-million-pound funders of the arts in the UK, the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and the Wolfson Foundation, said that they were “watching and waiting” for the referendum but emphasised that grants to Scotland will continue... Keep reading on The Art Newspaper