The Pears Family Charitable Foundation

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The Pears Foundation is the charity of the Pears family, principally brothers Mark Pears, David Pears and Trevor Pears, who runs the foundation. The family are worth £2.1 billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2014[1] and among other assets control the William Pears Group, one of Britain's biggest property companies.[2][3][4][5][6]

Much of the foundation's income is generated by the William Pears Group, a property company established by the Pears brothers’ father.[7]


Israel-related projects

BIRAX

Together with the British Council in Israel the Pears Foundation established the Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX) in 2008, which it describes as 'a major initiative launched by the Prime Ministers of both countries'.[8]. According to Professor David Newman of Ben Gurion University, who was involved in planning the program, it 'has a great deal to do with the boycott' movement against Israel:

'Because of the ongoing discussion of boycotts the British government decided that the most appropriate response was to strengthen research ties'.[9]

UK-Israel Life Sciences Council

In 2010, the Pears Foundation, along with the Zabludowicz Trust and other bodies, supported the creation of the UK-Israel Life Sciences Council, described as an 'ambitious expansion of the BIRAX scheme'. British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould noted: 'The British Government is opposed to boycotts of Israel, and this Council is an expression of that'. Trevor Pears reportedly attended the launch meeting.[10]

Israel Studies at British Universities

Pears Foundation says it is 'building the capacity of Israel Studies as an academic discipline in British universities'. Its funding has helped to establish academic posts in the field at the University of Manchester, the University of Leeds, Sussex University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where the European Association of Israel Studies, also created with 'start up funding' from Pears, is based.[8]

Olive Tree Initiative and Center for New Diplomacy

Pears is a 'core funder' of the Olive Tree Initiative, which it says works with students to promote conflict analysis and resolution through experiential education.

It also financially supports the Center for New Diplomacy 'on the ground in Israel', describing it as 'a non-partisan initiative which facilitates in-depth study trips to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories'. Both projects, it states, 'enable participants to develop a more informed perspective on the region'.[8]

Finances

Incoming

Income 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022
Donations and legacies 18,548,380 20,182,785 22,471,574 32,761,061 19,563,749
Charitable activities 1,000,000
Investments 134,638 8,490 135,820 135,820 135,158

Data compiled from Pears Family Charitable Foundation Annual Accounts: 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022

Grants paid

Organisation 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 Total
360Giving 20,000 25,000 50,000 95,000
3FF 178,495 150,000 75,000 403,495
Above & Beyond 77,782 77,782
Abraham Fund Initiatives 35,000 70,000 70,000 175,000
Access Social Care 100,000 100,000
ACEVO 20,000 30,000 50,000
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust 72,090 72,090
Aegis Trust 194,553 78,450 100,000 80,000 101,500 554,503
AfriKids 50,000 117,000 150,000 317,000
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village 70,000 70,000 250,000 390,000
Age UK Camden 30,000 30,000
Airedale NHS Trust Charitable Funds 65,454 65,454
AJEEC-NISPED 75,220 94,000 40,000 117,957 327,177
Ambitious about Autism 400,000 100,000 400,000 900,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 303,000 290,000 150,000 142,000 885,000
American Jewish World Service 100,000 100,000 125,000 325,000
Anna Freud Centre 2,500,000 75,000 1,105,000 3,680,000
Antisemitism Policy Trust 150,000 150,000 100,000 100,000 275,000 775,000
Association of Chairs 30,000 40,000 70,000
Association of Charitable Foundations 154,746 71,800 226,546
Association of Colleges 67,800 516,000 583,800
Atlantic College 60,000 64,000 64,000 188,000
Autistica 28,000 28,000
Bag Books 30,000 30,000 60,000
Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust 80,000 80,000
Beit Halochem UK 75,000 75,000
BeyondMe 30,000 30,000
Bike Project 30,000 30,000 60,000
Birkbeck, University of London 275,000 450,000 225,000 225,000 1,081,542 2,256,542
Birmingham Women's and Children's Charity 80,000 80,000
Black Stork Charity 3,000,000 300,000 3,300,000
Blackburn Youth Zone 190,000 190,000
Bournemouth Hospital Charity 75,741 75,741
Bradford Literature Festival 20,000 63,550 83,550
Bright Northumbria 79,400 79,400
British Council - Occupied Palestinian Territories Office 150,000 150,000
British Council - Palestinian Territories 13,345 13,345
British Council 1,134,130 1,134,130
British Museum 25,000 25,000
British Red Cross 761,609 761,609
Building Futures East 118,950 118,950
Bureau of Investigative Journalism 90,000 105,000 105,000 300,000
Cardiff and Vale Health Charity 79,134 79,134
Carers Trust 400,000 400,000 1,000,000 1,550,000 350,000 3,700,000
Carers UK 100,000 100,000 50,000 100,000 350,000
Central England Law Centre Limited 25,000 25,000
Centre for Countering Digital Hate 50,000 100,000 150,000
Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent 176,140 176,140
Centre for Regional Engagement 130,000 130,000
Centre for Research in Autism and Education 80,000 125,000 205,000
Chabad Lubawitsch Berlin 1,464,236 425,000 1,889,236
Chartered College of Teaching 90,000 50,000 70,000 120,000 330,000
Chesterfield Royal Hospital Charity 75,726 75,726
Child Poverty Action Group 60,000 40,000 140,000 240,000
Children's Hospices across London 50,000 50,000
Citizens Build a Community 49,500 49,500 99,000
Citizenship Foundation 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 400,000
City of Bristol College 74,700 74,700
Civitas 20,000 20,000 19,358 19,358 78,716
Clore Social Leadership Programme 100,000 100,000
Collective Impact Initiative 65,641 80,000 80,000 225,641
Common Good Foundation 20,000 20,000
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland 160,000 160,000
Community Foundation in Wales 100,000 100,000 200,000
Contact a Family 80,000 80,000 200,000 1,437,360 650,000 2,447,360
Coram 150,000 50,000 150,000 60,000 75,000 480,000 965,000
Council of Christians and Jews 12,000 12,000 13,000 37,000
Cranfield Trust 90,000 90,000 90,000 270,000
Crisis Action 120,000 120,000 80,000 320,000
CW+ 77,440 91,550 168,990
Derby Hospitals Charity 71,000 71,000
Disabled Children's Partnership 260,234 300,000 560,234
Dorset County Hospital Charity 75,050 75,050
Duke of Edinburgh's Award 350,000 350,000 350,000 250,000 250,000 300,000 250,000 2,100,000
Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation 25,000 100,000 125,000
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund 90,000 90,000
Eastern Mediterranean International School 22,500 26,000 26,000 26,000 100,500
Eden Project Campaigns Ltd / Eden Project Ltd 50,000 50,000 20,000 50,000 100,000 270,000
Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation 88,000 136,923 224,923
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education 20,000 20,000
Fair Education Alliance 99,755 99,755
Faith in Leadership 50,000 75,000 75,000 150,000 350,000
Family Fund 500,000 100,000 600,000
Federation of Jewish Services 100,000 100,000
Fight for Peace (UK) 15,000 15,000 30,000
First Give 111,400 290,000 238,500 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 1,439,900
First Love Foundation 15,000 40,000 15,000 70,000
Forward Thinking 50,000 50,000 50,000 150,000
Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion 20,000 20,000 20,000 60,000
Friends of Jewish Servicemen and Women 31,737 31,737
Full Fact 150,000 150,000
Future First 50,000 50,000 50,000 150,000
Girlguiding UK 203,612 1,140,863 2,391,248 3,735,723
Givat Haviva 50,000 50,000 100,000
Hackney Pirates 30,000 30,000
Hand in Hand 128,474 500,000 152,596 781,070
Haven House Children's Hospice 100,000 100,000 120,000 320,000
Havens Hospices 250,000 250,000
Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2,157,000 85,523 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,060,000 970,000 8,272,523
Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium 40,000 40,000
Holocaust Survivors Friendship Association 100,000 178,273 50,000 328,273
Home-Start UK 1,100,000 305,000 1,405,000
Hope into Action 50,000 60,000 95,396 205,396
Horatio's Garden 75,000 50,000 125,000
Hull and East Yorkshire NHS General Charitable Fund 79,520 79,520
Imperial Health Charity 89,926 89,926
Imperial War Museum 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 5,000,000
Independent Provider of Special Education Advice 70,000 70,000
Institute for Jewish Policy Research 75,000 75,000 75,000 150,000 75,000 450,000
Institute for Voluntary Action Research 21,700 133,125 65,000 219,825
Integrated Education Fund 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 160,000
Interlink Foundation 15,000 15,000
International Award for Young People - Israel 150,000 75,000 125,000 350,000
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation 30,000 35,000 80,000 80,000 225,000
IsraAid 30,588 30,588
Israel Center for Educational Innovation 39,479 39,479
Israel Youth Award 147,367 147,367
Israel-Asia Center 15,690 20,000 35,690
JAMI 80,000 80,000 40,000 40,000 240,000
JCoSS 75,000 50,000 125,000
Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research 189,893 1,158,145 1,158,145 300,726 287,516 3,094,425
Jerusalem International YMCA 39,194 40,000 79,194
Jewish Book Week 30,000 30,000
Jewish Care 150,000 150,000 4,150,000 150,000 178,200 150,000 150,000 5,078,200
Jewish Homes Edinburgh's Award 300,000 300,000
Jewish Interactive 40,000 30,000 60,000 50,000 180,000
Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade 100,000 100,000 75,000 50,000 50,000 375,000
Jewish Leadership Council 40,000 40,000 80,000
Jewish Museum London 136,000 136,000
Jewish Schools Network 50,000 50,000
JW3 171,500 110,870 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 682,370
Kaye Academic College of Education 280,000 280,000
Keshet UK 40,000 40,000
Kiln Theatre Limited 55,000 50,000 105,000
King's College Hospital Charity 80,000 80,000
Kisharon 40,000 20,000 250,000 50,000 70,000 50,000 480,000
Kith and Kids 40,000 40,000 40,000 120,000
Lahav Executive Education 120,000 120,000
Leeds Cares 79,050 79,050
Leeds Community Foundation 130,000 130,000 186,000 330,000 776,000
Leicester Hospitals Charity 78,253 78,253
Leonard Cheshire Disability 133,480 133,480
Liberal Jewish Synagogue 20,000 20,000 40,000
Limmud 30,000 30,000
Linking Network 388,725 248,283 73,700 50,000 500,000 250,000 1,510,708
Linnell Trust 15,000 15,000
Literacy Pirates 30,000 30,000
London Jewish Cultural Centre 23,000 23,000 46,000
London School of Jewish Studies 79,712 79,712
LSE Faith Centre 29,000 60,000 15,000 17,000 121,000
Maccabi (GB) 50,000 80,000 130,000
Maggie's Centres 50,000 50,000
Manchester Foundation Trust Charity 82,771 82,771
March of the Living UK 15,000 15,000 30,000
Marie Curie 200,000 200,000 269,903 340,000 218,000 500,000 200,000 1,927,903
Marlon Solomon 11,877 11,877
Maslaha 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 400,000
Maudsley Charity 80,000 5,500,000 100,000 5,680,000
Mencap 310,000 100,000 200,000 1,100,000 300,000 2,010,000
Merchavim 50,000 70,000 120,000
Merkaz Ma'ase 52,616 60,000 60,000 172,616
Mind 1,001,215 1,001,215
Mission Employable 20,000 20,000
Mitzvah Day UK 30,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 190,000
Moishe House 30,000 30,000 30,000 20,000 110,000
NALA Foundation 90,001 90,000 90,000 200,000 470,001
National Autistic Society 124,000 100,000 225,000 449,000
National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs 81,000 81,000
National Holocaust Centre and Museum 500,000 400,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 1,200,000 2,700,000
National Society (Church of England and Church in Wales) for the Promotion of Education 95,000 70,000 165,000
NCVO 15,000 15,000
New Israel Fund UK 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 800,000
New London Synagogue 20,000 20,000
New North London Synagogue 20,000 20,000
Newcastle College 82,035 82,035
NHS England & NHS Improvement 163,798 163,798
Nightingale Hammerson 1,050,000 50,000 50,000 1,150,000
NNLS Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop In 20,000 20,000
Noah's Ark Children's Hospice 25,000 25,000
North Hertfordshire College 95,493 95,493
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund 67,750 67,750
North Western Reform Synagogue 20,000 20,000 40,000
Norwood 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 1,200,000
Nottingham Hospitals Charity 82,981 82,981
Office of the Chief Rabbi 30,000 90,000 73,000 85,000 88,000 366,000
OLAM 150,000 154,000 188,500 155,000 145,000 792,500
Olive Tree Initiative 102,319 100,000 100,000 302,319
Orpheus Centre 90,000 90,000
ORT UK 15,000 15,000
PCAAF 100,000 75,000 200,000 375,000
Peabody 86,000 86,000
Pennies Foundation 200,000 200,000 300,000 300,000 1,000,000
Perach Mentoring Project 35,365 35,365
PJ Library in the UK 50,000 30,000 80,000
PJ Library 65,500 78,391 143,891
Place2Be 300,000 100,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 1,300,000
Policy Exchange 45,000 65,000 45,000 155,000
Quaker Social Action 100,000 100,000 50,000 100,000 50,000 400,000
Rene Cassin 40,000 40,000 40,000 120,000
Richard House Trust 100,000 100,000
RNIB The Royal National Institute of Blind People 190,000 190,000
RNN Group - Rotherham College 81,000 81,000
Round Up Israel 68,389 80,000 66,000 214,389
Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry 450,000 450,000
Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 300,000 300,000
Royal Free Charity 5,000,000 85,760 850,000 5,935,760
Royal Holloway, University of London 31,260 91,100 19,988 142,348
Royal Society of the Arts 80,000 114,272 194,272
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy 21,000 21,300 23,005 65,305
Salusbury World 17,000 40,000 57,000
Samaritans 120,000 70,000 1,345,000 100,000 1,635,000
School of Oriental and African Studies 261,955 66,134 20,938 349,027
School-Home Support 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 400,000
Scope 50,000 50,000
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities 12,714 12,714
Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre 50,000 50,000
Scout Association 223,743 1,323,353 45,000 1,981,119 3,573,215
Seed 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 100,000
Senior Faith Leaders Programme 30,000 30,000 60,000
Sense 700,000 35,000 100,000 60,000 100,000 465,000 423,000 1,883,000
Shared Lives Plus 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 320,000
Sheffield Hospitals Charity 79,273 79,273
Shipley College 59,600 59,600
Sibs 40,000 40,000
Sightsavers 200,000 200,000
Soapy 40,000 40,000
SOAS University of London 199,264 199,264
Society for International Development - Israel 304,000 333,539 279,728 1,152,000 1,100,000 260,764 287,516 3,717,547
Solutions Not Sides 20,000 30,000 50,000 60,000 80,000 120,000 360,000
South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group 200,000 200,000
Southampton Hospital Charity 73,192 73,192
Stanhill Foundation 34,000 34,000
Step Up to Serve 75,000 150,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 525,000
StreetGames UK 80,280 120,420 120,500 321,200
Streets Ahead Children's Centre Association 30,000 30,000 60,000
Student Hubs 50,000 50,000 40,000 55,000 195,000
Tel Aviv University Trust 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 24,000 104,000
Tel Aviv University 125,000 250,000 375,000
Tempus Novo 20,000 20,000
Tevel b'Tzedek 192,127 174,100 156,900 200,000 158,000 89,786 970,913
The Key 113,377 113,377
The Mix 20,000 420,363 50,000 490,363
ThinkForward 150,000 100,000 250,000
Tomorrow's People Trust Ltd 220,000 200,000 420,000
Torbay and South Devon NHS Charitable Fund 80,000 80,000
Tricycle Theatre 50,000 50,000
Trussell Trust 100,000 100,000 35,000 1,000,000 1,235,000
Trust for London 30,000 30,000
Tzedek 175,000 100,000 75,000 50,000 400,000
UCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education 120,000 120,000
UCL Israel Alumni Association (R.A.) 22,000 22,000
UCLH Charity 80,000 80,000
UK Community Foundations 25,000 80,000 105,000
UK Jewish Film Ltd 101,500 150,000 100,000 351,500
UK Task Force on issues relating to Arab citizens of Israel 48,300 48,300
UK Youth 199,512 2,100,000 239,650 2,539,162
UNICEF 200,000 200,000
Union of Jewish Students 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 120,000
United Jewish Israel Appeal 100,000 100,000 146,784 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 746,784
United Synagogue 30,000 30,000
University College London 500,000 500,000 500,000 575,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,872,873 5,447,873
University of Glasgow 101,000 5,040,000 5,141,000
University of Kent/The Centre for Philanthropy 156,000 2,000,000 210,000 2,366,000
University of Leeds 42,500 42,500
University of Manchester 142,000 142,000
University of Oxford 398,921 398,921
University of Sussex 111,724 50,000 150,000 311,724
USC Shoah Foundation 324,254 293,956 618,210
Variety 25,000 25,000
Vibe Israel 28,000 28,000
Well North Enterprises CIC 11,464 11,464
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Charity 79,956 79,956
West London Synagogue 20,000 20,000 40,000
Whole Education 55,000 55,000
Wiener Holocaust Library 40,000 69,643 109,643
Wiener Library 40,000 40,000
Winchester Project 40,000 40,000
Woodland Trust 2,000,000 300,000 2,300,000
Work Avenue Foundation 55,000 55,000
World Jewish Relief 100,000 40,000 140,000
Yachad 20,000 20,000 40,000 60,000 140,000
Yedid 75,000 75,000 150,000
Yeovil Hospital Charity 78,613 78,613
Young Citizens 335,119 100,000 160,000 160,000 755,119
Young Minds 40,000 30,000 80,000 50,000 100,000 300,000
Youth United Foundation 150,284 150,284
YouthLink Scotland 45,000 45,000

Data compiled from Pears Family Charitable Foundation Annual Accounts: 2014/15 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022

People

Trustees

Correct as of 7 February 2023.[11]

Name Role Date Appointed
Trevor Pears Chair
David Pears Trustee
Mark Pears Trustee

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Kasmira Jefford, Mysterious Pears dynasty backs new venture to build £1bn of London homes, City AM, 27 March 2014
  2. ↑ James Quinn, Pears family comes out of the property shadows, Daily Telegraph, 12 June 2011
  3. ↑ Charity Details.
  4. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Scots city to receive £100k due to charity's family ties.
  5. ↑ Pears Foundation gives £5m to Imperial War Museum to upgrade Holocaust exhibition - The Jewish Chronicle.
  6. ↑ Pears family comes out of the property shadows.
  7. ↑ Who we are :: Pears Foundation.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Israel as a Global Citizen, Pears Foundation, accessed 13 April 2015
  9. ↑ Waldoks, E.Z. (2008), Olmert Brown launch new academic exchange program, The Jerusalem Post, 21-July-2008
  10. ↑ Ben Gurion University New UK-Israel Council to Forge Strong Ties in Life Sciences 26 January 2011.
  11. ↑ Pears Family Foundation Trustees, Charity Commission. Last retrieved 7 February 2023.
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