Voces del Prado

Clear accounts, solid relationships

Carlos Zurita Delgado. Duke of Soria, Chairman of the Friends of the Museo del Prado Foundation, 1988-What's on

We are a private foundation governed by the Law of Foundations and subject to the controls undertaken by the body which oversees foundations.
However, when Plácido Arango was a Trustee we also drew up an agreement that again ensures exactly this: an agreement in which there is also a monitoring committee for the Fundación and the Museum itself. It meets two, three or four times a year and looks at precisely what money we have been raising, how we use it, the amount that we donate on the basis of that agreement, and our own accounts. So aside from being subject to the Law of Foundations we are also controlled by the Board itself and the Museum. I believe that this has ensured that the relationship is a totally transparent and open one and as such totally fluid. This benefits us all: from our side because we can contribute more money and more educational proposals, as I said, and from the Museum’s because it can benefit more from all of this.