The Children's Libraries campaign funded over 2,300 school libraries and a legacy project with the National Literacy Trust
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A national reputation for funding the arts
When Christina Foyle died in 1999, leaving £59m to charity, her executors set up the Foyle Foundation to disburse this to charitable causes. As the foundation nears closure, chief executive David Hall reflects on its 25-year journey.
It began operating as a foundation in 2001, with a board mandate to make a mark, think differently and not to be hidebound by conventions of how trusts and foundations worked at the time. There was al...
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