Editing Tate (section)

==Administration and funding==
Tate receives annual funding from the [[Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]]. It is administered by a board of trustees, who are responsible for the running of the gallery and appoint the Director (for a period of seven years). Under the [[Charities Act 2006|Charities Act 1993]], the Tate is an [[exempt charity]] accountable directly to Government rather than the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] for financial returns etc. However, the Trustees are still expected to follow the broad responsibilities of charity trustees, and may be subject to Charity Commission oversight on these elements of their activities.

[[Maria Balshaw]] has been Director of Tate since 2017,<ref name="The Guardian">{{Cite news |last1=Brown| first1=Mark |last2=Pidd |first2=Helen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/11/tate-to-name-maria-balshaw-as-new-director-replacing-nicholas-serota|title=Tate to name Maria Balshaw as new director to succeed Serota|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|date=11 January 2017|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref> succeeding [[Sir Nicholas Serota]] (1988 to 2017).  Under the Director, [[Kerstin Mogull]] has been managing director of Tate since January 2014,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/tate-managing-director|title=Managing Director, Tate – Press Release|date=10 October 2013}}</ref> succeeding [[Alex Beard (arts manager)|Alex Beard]].

Various bodies have been set up to support the Tate including Tate Members for the general public, where a yearly fee gives rights such as free entry to charging exhibitions and members' rooms. There is also Tate Patrons for a higher subscription fee and the Tate Foundation. There are a number of corporate sponsors. In addition individual shows are often sponsored.

Tate now spends around £1 million of its general funds each year on purchasing acquisitions and their related costs. The [[Outset Contemporary Art Fund]] was established in 2003, by Tate patrons [[Yana Peel]] and Candida Gertler. In collaboration with the [[Frieze Art Fair]], the fund buys works from the fair for the Tate's collections. Other funds for acquisitions are raised by Tate funding groups such as the Members, the Patrons and the American Patrons of Tate and its sub-committees, the North American Acquisitions Committee and Latin American Acquisitions Committee. The American Patrons were renamed in 2013 to reflect their expanding geographical base of support; since 1999, this support group alone has raised more than $100 million.<ref>Adrian Dannatt (11 May 2013), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Starry+night+for+Tate+in+New+York/29546 Starry night for Tate in New York] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129065436/http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Starry+night+for+Tate+in+New+York/29546 |date=29 November 2014 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

In 2010, a photography acquisitions committee was launched.<ref>Mark Brown (11 May 2010), [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/11/tate-modern-10th-birthday-expansion Tate Modern marks 10th birthday by expanding collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126072300/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/11/tate-modern-10th-birthday-expansion |date=26 January 2021 }} ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref> In 2012, the Tate established a South Asian acquisitions committee to collect contemporary and modern art from India and surrounding countries, as well as a committee for works from Russia, Eastern Europe and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).<ref>Gareth Harris and Georgina Adam (12 October 2012), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tate-to-launch-two-new-acquisitions-committees/27399  Tate to launch two new acquisitions committees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026043434/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tate-to-launch-two-new-acquisitions-committees/27399 |date=26 October 2012 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>