J Paul Getty Trust Foundation

The multibillion dollar philanthropic foundation exhibits its founder s art collections and funds ongoing programs in conservation and research.

J paul getty trust foundation. Paul getty was an american born british petrol industrialist and the patriarch of the getty family he founded the getty oil company and in 1957 fortune magazine named him the richest living american while the 1966 guinness book of records named him as the world s richest private citizen worth an. Its budget for 2006 07 was 27 8 million. Paul getty to establish the getty museum which opened to the public in 1954. Paul getty museum has also committed to paying all of its 1 400 hourly and salaried employees through the immediate coronavirus crisis including full benefits and an augmented paid sick leave.

December 15 1892 june 6 1976 known widely as j. Jean paul getty ˈ ɡ ɛ t i. Paul getty trust which includes the getty foundation getty conservation institute getty research institute and j. Getty trust private operating foundation that was founded by the american oil billionaire j.

Based at two locations the getty center in brentwood and the getty villa in the pacific palisades the getty offers employment opportunities across its four programs the conservation institute foundation museum and research institute and the trust which provides support to the programs in areas from finance to technology facility management to human resources. By 1990 the getty grant program then based in santa monica had made 530 grants totaling 20 million to art historians conservators and art museums in 18 countries. Paul getty trust can spend up to 0 75 of its endowment on gifts and grants. Paul getty trust is the world s largest cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts.

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