[3] It is an independent grant-making foundation, making grants to individuals and organisations in the UK to help people overcome disadvantage.
Trustees include Jane Hamlyn (Chair), Tim Bunting, Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, Michael Hamlyn, Charles Leadbeater, James Lingwood, Dr Jan McKenley-Simpson, Sir Anthony Salz, Claire Whitaker and Tom Wylie.
[4] Born Paul Bertrand Wolfgang Hamburger in Berlin in 1926, he came to the UK as a migrant in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution.
[9] Previous recipients have included Yinka Shonibare, Phyllida Barlow, Eliza Carthy and Jeremy Deller.
[10] In 2020, due to the Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage, the foundation announced that the usual competitive selection process for the program would be removed, and that instead each of the more than 100 previously nominated eligible applicants would automatically receive £10,000.