Celebrating Thirty Years

Sir Edwin and Lady Manton

The Trust Deed that created the American Fund for the Tate Gallery was signed thirty years ago on November 30, 1987. The endowment was gifted by Sir Edwin and Lady Manton to help Tate acquire works of art from North and South America. As an independent charity increasing number of donors supported the work of Tate in the 1990s which led to us opening an office in New York in 1999. Today, the Tate Americas Foundation – as we are now known – raises on average $15 million a year. Over the past thirty years we have raised over $300 million towards a large variety of projects at Tate, particularly the creation of Tate Modern, as well as numerous art acquisitions. We are indebted to the Sir Edwin and Lady Manton’s foresight for their truly transformative gift.


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12 December 2017