Who’s Backing the
Move?
The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Annenberg Foundation,
and The Lenfest Foundation are the philanthropic entities
promoting the move of the Barnes art collection from
its home in Merion to a site in Philadelphia a mere five
miles away at enormous public and private cost. According
to “Behind the Barnes Bonanza,” by David
D’Arcy, “The three charities underwrote the
Barnes Foundation lawsuit to overturn Albert C. Barnes’ indenture…” and
were “also paying the foundation’s expenses.”
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced in a press release
on May 15, 2006 that 65 donors had made pledges toward
the planned move of the art collection of Albert Barnes
from Merion to Philadelphia. Dollar amounts are
listed for those pledging $10 million or more.
Annenberg Foundation ($30 million)***
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ($25 million)**
Pew Charitable Trusts ($20 million)
Lenfest Foundation ($15 million).
Neubauer Family Foundation ($10 million). (Joseph
Neubauer* is a member of the Barnes Board of Trustees)
William Penn Foundation ($10 million).
City of Philadelphia (land donation).
Also contributing:
Anonymous (3).
Jacqueline F. Allen*
Gisela and Dennis Alter.
Aramark Charitable Fund of the Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Arcadia Foundation.
Arkema Inc. Foundation.
Stephanie K. Bell-Rose*
Binswanger Foundation.
Blank Rome L.L.P.
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz*
CIGNA Corporation
Comcast Corporation
Connelly Foundation
Delaware River Port Authority
Dilworth Paxson L.L.P.
Harold E. Doley Jr.*
Duane Morris L.L.P.
Andre V. Duggin*
Exelon Corporation
Glenmede Trust Company
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.
Agnes Gund *and Daniel Shapiro
Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust B.
Mrs. Samuel M.V. Hamilton
Stephen J. Harmelin*
Lynne and Harold Honickman
Independence Blue Cross
Sidney Kimmel Foundation
Gwendolyn Stewart King* and Colbert I. King
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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation
Ira M. Lubert - Quaker BioVentures
Maple Hill Foundation
David G. and Sandra G. Marshall
Robert L. McNeil Jr.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P
Pepper Hamilton L.L.P
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Perelman
PNC Foundation
Rebecca W. Rimel and Patrick Caldwell
Aileen* and Brian Roberts
Lyn and George Ross
Judith Rothschild Foundation
Robin and Mark Rubenstein
Neil L. Rudenstine*
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis L.L.P.
Constance and Joseph Smukler
Sunoco Foundation
Brian P. Tierney
Bruce and Robbi Toll
Verizon Foundation
Wachovia Foundation
Bernard C. Watson*
Wilmington Trust |
*Donors who are members of the Barnes Foundation
Board of Trustees.
**The pledge of $25 million from the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania represents a portion of a $100 million
appropriation of the Pennsylvania State Senate in S.B.
1213, passed in December 2002 – two years before
Montgomery County Orphans’ Court granted permission
for the move. The Court was unaware of the appropriation
at the time of the ruling in 2004.
***The founder of the Annenberg Foundation was
the late Walter Annenberg, whose efforts to overturn
the Indenture of Albert Barnes began almost immediately
following Barnes’ death in 1951.
To learn more about the role played by these organizations,
see the following articles:
“Behind the Barnes Bonanza,” by David D’Arcy
“The Philadelphia Story,” by Eric Gibson,
a review of Art Held Hostage by John Anderson.
“The Deal of the Art” by Patricia Horn
“Another Legal Theft,” by John Anderson
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