the foundation was originally called the "getty grant program." that program began in 1984 under the direction of deborah marrow. the j. paul getty trust can spend up to 0.75% of its endowment on gifts and grants; by 1990 the getty grant program (then based in santa monica) had made 530 grants totaling $20 million to "art historians, conservators and art museums in 18 countries". among notable grants of the program were grants to partially fund the publication of books, for example to "provide for additional illustrations or allow a book's purchase price to be lowered". some books "published with the assistance of the getty grant program" were: