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Q. For what purpose?
A. (1) To promote public interest in and appreciation of art in Detroit.
   (2) To co-operate in every way with the Detroit Institute of Arts, and to augment its collections from membership funds and contributions.
   (3) To administer the funds and endowments now in the hands of the corporation, and to encourage and administer future gifts and legacies.

Q.  What service has the Founders Society been able to render since 1919?
A.  Relieved of the adminstrative responsibilities of the museum, the parent organization, the Founders Society, has become a potent force in the growth of the museum's collections.  In addition to the large and comprehensive collections formed in earlier years which represent every phase of the arts, its membership funds and the income from its endowments are used for the purchase of significant art objects which are aa perpetual memorial to the Founders Society.

Q.  What are some of the outstanding masterpieces presented by the Founders Society?
A.  Paintings by Titian, Ghirlandajo, Crivelli, Tiepolo, Garofalo, Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Cranach, Master of the St. Lucia Legend, Velasquez, Hogarth, Owen, Hudson, Melchers, Inness, Sloan, two Flemish tapestries, and sculptures by Minelli and Andrea Pisano.  These objects, acquired through membership funds, have greatly enriched the collections.
   Many additional masterpieces have been acquired through individual funds by the Founders Society such as the Ralph H. Booth Fund, the Edsel B. Ford Fund, the Gibbs-Williams Fund, the Dexter M. Ferry Jr., Fund, the Julius H. Haass Fund, the Lizzie Merrill Palmer Fund, the Laura H.