Clore Duffield Foundation


The Clore Duffield Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 2000 by the merger of Charles Clore and his daughter Vivien Duffield's charitable foundations.

Formation

After her father's death in 1979, Duffield assumed the Chairmanship of the Clore Foundations in the UK and in Israel. In the UK she also established her own Vivien Duffield Foundation in 1987, and the two foundations merged in 2000.

Museums and galleries

The Foundation has supported a wide range of organisations including the Royal Opera House, Tate, the Royal Ballet, the British Museum, the Natural History Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Southbank Centre, the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem, Israel and Eureka! The National Children's Museum. The Foundation has made a particular contribution to cultural education, having funded dozens of Clore Learning Centres across the UK, and to leadership training, having launched the Clore Leadership Programme for the cultural sector in 2003 and the Clore Social Leadership Programme in 2008.

JW3

The Foundation initiated and provided most of the funding for the JW3 Jewish cultural centre in London.

Other activities

The Foundation supports the Clore Leadership Programme.
The Clore Social Leadership Programme was established in 2008 to develop and strengthen leadership skills and capacity across the social sector. Its founding director was Dame Mary Marsh.
Clore Social identifies, connects and develops leaders through its fully funded fellowship programme and works with people, partners and funders across all sectors to offer a holistic approach to developing leaders for social impact. So far 101 fellows have joined its network. It is run by a small staff team from its office in Kings Cross, London.