The Copland Foundation

The Copland Foundation operates under guidelines set out in a Scheme approved by the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2006. The Foundation is managed at any one time by no less than four trustees. The current trustees are:

Richard Heathcote - Chairman

Atttingham Trust Summer School 1999 Current Position: Director/Curator, Carrick Hill, Historic House Museum.

Rodney Davidson, AO, OBE, LLB.

Rodney brings to the Foundation his legal expertise as well as his vast financial experience. He first met Alex when they both served on the board of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

Katherine Kovacic - Secretary

B.V.Sc. (Hons), Grad. Dip. Arts (Art History), F.G.A.A., Attingham Summer School 2007.
Current Position: Independent Art Curator; Director CK Minerals Pty Ltd. Katherine was a relative of Alex’s and is the family representative on the Trust.

Ian Stephenson

Attingham Trust Summer School 1995 and Royal Collections 1999. Current Position: Chief Executive Officer, National Trust of South Australia.

Marcelle Scott

B.App.Sci., Grad. Dip. Arts. Atttingham Trust Summer School 2006
Current Position: Conservator and Academic Programs Coordinator, Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne.

Founding Chairman: Janeen (Nina) Stanton (13 March 1948 – 2 May 2009)

B.A., Grad. Dip. Museum Studies, M. Ed. (Melb), Attingham Summer School, 2002 and Royal Collections 2005.
Nina was sole Executor of Alex Copland’s estate.

The Role of the Copland Trustees

The Copland Trustees manage a trust fund, (a fund raised from the sale of Alex Copland’s assets), as a common fund in perpetuity. Their task is to apply the income derived as follows:

To provide one scholarship each year to an Australian resident for the purposes of attending one of the Attingham Trust programs in the United Kingdom.
To fund in any one year projects that fall under the umbrella of Alex Copland’s interests; related to one or more house museums, science museums, art galleries, fine and decorative art galleries and libraries or any other like museums, institutions, societies, organisations provided the public has access. For more detailed information click on “The Copland Foundation Grants”.
To fund such other incidental charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion determine.