# £56 million for arts and heritage groups to build endowment funds

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/06/21/56m-arts-and-heritage-groups-build-endowment-funds/
- Published: 2012-06-21T11:24:56+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The government has announced that 34 arts and heritage organisations in England 
will receive £56 million in match funding with which to build endowment funds to
sustain them. The money is designed to attract other funding into the sector, amounting
to as much as £106 million, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport(
DCMS).

The Catalyst: Endowments programme, announced in July 2011, has been developed by
the DCMS, Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The organisations benefiting from the first round of funding will use the **grants
of between £500,000 and £5 million to attract money from private philanthropic sources**.
The money is for endowments to be managed by the organisations for a minimum of 
25 years.

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Recipients include The Halle Concerts Society, The Victoria and Albert Museum, St
Martin-in-the-Fields, The Bowes Museum, and Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt said: “Long
term financial stability is an essential part of a successful cultural sector. With
these grants, and the additional money they are bringing in, I’m delighted that 
we’ve been able to get a significant number of organisations on the road to long-
lasting and sustainable endowments which will continue to support their work for
years to come.”

Hannah Terrey, Head of Policy at the Charities Aid Foundation, said: “In these tough
times it is good news that the Government is working with donors to support the 
great cultural life of the nation. Matching donations is a highly effective way 
of encouraging people to give and Ministers are right to look at ways to build a
culture of philanthropy to help support the causes we all care about.”

There will be **a second round of the Catalyst: endowments programme for heritage
organisations throughout the UK at the end of 2012**, funded by the Heritage Lottery
Fund. The application deadline will be announced later this year.

www.catalyst-artsandheritage.org.uk

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