The Jerwood Foundation is an independent grant-making foundation in the United Kingdom. In 1999 the Jerwood Foundation established the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, a registered charity under English law.
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The Jerwood Foundation was established in 1977 by Alan Grieve for John Jerwood, an international businessman and philanthropist. Since Jerwood's death in 1991 it has been administered by Grieve. The Jerwood Foundation is a patron of the arts.
The Foundation has made strategic capital grants reflecting its support for the arts and education. In 2012 the Foundation placed the Jerwood Collection of 20th and 21st Century works of art in the public domain on display in the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings.
Other capital grants made by the foundation include:
- Jerwood Library: Trinity Hall, Cambridge
- Jerwood Gallery: Natural History Museum, London
- Royal Court Theatre, London
- Jerwood Vanburgh Theatre: RADA, London
- Jerwood Studio: Glyndebourne East Sussex,
- Jerwood Medical Education Centre: Royal College of Physicians, London
- TS John Jerwood: Sea Cadets Association
- Jerwood Hall: LSO St Lukes, London
- Jerwood Centre at Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere
- Jerwood School of Design: Oakham School, Rutland
- Jerwood Kiln Studio: Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Jerwood Dance House: DanceEast, Ipswich
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Prizes
Prizes funded by the Foundation include the Jerwood Award, the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Painting Prize and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.
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