Manchester Art Gallery is an inclusive art gallery for the people of Manchester and the wider world; opening minds to the essential role of creativity in making a healthy society and contributing to social change. The charity has nominated the group of individuals who donated to its Manchester Contemporary Art Fund for the first time within the past year as facilitated by their Trustee, Thom Hetherington. The Manchester Contemporary Art Fund, established by Thom, enables the Gallery to acquire new works for its collections to ensure that they remain relevant today. The fund has become the largest of its kind outside London and is growing fast as The Manchester Contemporary 2022 approaches this November. This nomination demonstrates the impact of the Fund in connecting the charity to a new pool of philanthropists and how it evidences the potential that individual Trustees bring to developing new income streams for cultural organisations.