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==Funding recipients== | ==Funding recipients== | ||
[[Bar-Ilan University]] | [[Ben-Gurion University]] | [[Bevis Marks Synagogue]] London | [[Chaim Sheba Medical Center]] | [[Edith Wolfson Medical Center]] | [[Holon]] | [[Gesher Jewish Primary Special School]] | [[Hadassah Medical Center]] | [[Jewish Care]] | [[Manchester Jewish Museum]] | [[Rabin Medical Center]] | [[Rambam Health Care Campus]] | [[Shaare Zedek Medical Center]] | [[Technion - Israel Institute of Technology]] | [[Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center]] | [[Tel Aviv University]] | [[The Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] | [[The Muslim Council of Britain]] | [[The National Holocaust Centre and Museum]] | [[Weizmann Institute of Science]] | [[Bar-Ilan University]] | [[Ben-Gurion University]] | [[Bevis Marks Synagogue]] London | [[Chaim Sheba Medical Center]] | [[Edith Wolfson Medical Center]] | [[Holon]] | [[Gesher Jewish Primary Special School]] | [[Hadassah Medical Center]] | [[Jewish Care]] | [[Manchester Jewish Museum]] | [[Rabin Medical Center]] | [[Rambam Health Care Campus]] | [[Shaare Zedek Medical Center]] | [[Technion - Israel Institute of Technology]] | [[Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center]] | [[Tel Aviv University]] | [[The Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] | [[The Muslim Council of Britain]] | [[The National Holocaust Centre and Museum]] | [[Weizmann Institute of Science]] | ||
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| + | == Filed accounts 2010–11 to 2014–15: income and grants in Israel and the West Bank == | ||
| + | Until 2014 the foundation was a charitable trust (registered charity 206495); on 4 April 2014 its assets passed to a charitable company registered as charity 1156077, which "took over the existing activities and functions of the charitable trust".<ref name="UG_1156077_20150331" /> The trust's accounts for the years ended 2011-04-05, 2012-04-05 and 2013-04-05 were read from copies of the Charity Commission files held by the [[UK Government Web Archive]].<ref name="UG_206495_20110405">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012700/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends95/0000206495_ac_20110405_e_c.pdf The Wolfson Foundation (206495) accounts, year ended 2011-04-05] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref><ref name="UG_206495_20120405">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012703/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends95/0000206495_ac_20120405_e_c.pdf The Wolfson Foundation (206495) accounts, year ended 2012-04-05] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref><ref name="UG_206495_20130405">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012702/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends95/0000206495_AC_20130405_E_C.pdf The Wolfson Foundation (206495) accounts, year ended 2013-04-05] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref> The company's first accounts for the year ended 2015-03-31 were read from copies of the Charity Commission files held by the [[UK Government Web Archive]].<ref name="UG_1156077_20150331">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200107060655/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends77/0001156077_AC_20150331_E_C.PDF The Wolfson Foundation (1156077) accounts, year ended 2015-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200107).</ref> The 2011–12 trustees were the Hon Mrs Janet Wolfson de Botton CBE (chairman), the Hon Mrs Laura Wolfson Townsley, Sir Eric Ash, Sir David Cannadine, Professor Hermione Lee, Lord McColl, Sir Michael Pepper, Lord Turnberg and Sir David Weatherall.<ref name="UG_206495_20120405" /> | ||
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| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | |+ Investment income (£ million) | ||
| + | ! !! 2010–11 !! 2011–12 !! 2012–13 !! 2013–14 !! 2014–15 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Investment income || 27.6 || 24.1 || 21.3 || 19.8 || 18.3 | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | Grants in Israel in these years included: | ||
| + | * 2010–11: research equipment at eight Israeli hospitals – Sheba, Hadassah, Rabin, Rambam and Shaare Zedek (£132,000 each), Edith Wolfson and Tel Aviv Sourasky (£122,000 each) and Soroka (£95,000) – "almost £1 million" in total.<ref name="UG_206495_20110405" /> | ||
| + | * 2011–12: equipment at six Israeli universities – Technion and Weizmann Institute (£285,000 each), Tel Aviv University (£270,000), Bar-Ilan and Ben-Gurion (£225,000 each) and the Hebrew University (£210,000), awarded jointly with the [[Wolfson Family Charitable Trust]].<ref name="UG_206495_20120405" /> | ||
| + | * 2012–13: £2,000,000 to the Weizmann Institute; energy-research awards to seven universities (£144,000–£264,000 each); £50,000 to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.<ref name="UG_206495_20130405" /> | ||
| + | * 2014–15: £1,500,000 to the Weizmann Institute for the Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (a joint grant with the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust), and £50,000 to "St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, Hebron, Israel".<ref name="UG_1156077_20150331" /> | ||
| + | Accounts for the year to 5 April 2014 were not found in the web archives. | ||
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| + | Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds. | ||
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| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | |+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line | ||
| + | ! Finding !! Confidence | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | £50,000 in 2014–15 to the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, listed in the accounts as “St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, Hebron, Israel”. Hebron is in the occupied West Bank. The recipient is an eye hospital, not a settlement body.<ref name="UG_1156077_20150331" /> || High – activity beyond the 1949 line (health care; not settlement-related) | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | The other Israeli grants in these accounts are to hospitals, universities and cultural bodies that the accounts place inside Israel.<ref name="UG_206495_20130405" /><ref name="UG_1156077_20150331" /> || Not established | ||
| + | |} | ||
==Contact== | ==Contact== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:45, 20 October 2026
The Wolfson Foundation is a charity established in 1955 to 'support excellence, generally through the funding of capital infrastructure in the fields of science and medicine, health, education and the arts & humanities'[1] The foundation has a sister trust - the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust. The Foundation has shared objectives and joint administration with the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust, registered charity number 228382, at 8 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LD.[2] The trust was created by Isaac Wolfson the Scottish businessman associated particularly with Great Universal Stores. His son Leonard took over as chair after his death. The current chair, Janet Wolfson de Botton, is the granddaughter of the founder.
The foundation is a patron of the University of Buckingham, the UK's only private university. Patrons are organisations who donate in excess of £100,000 to the university[3]. In September 2010 the Wolfson Foundation had an endowment of £725 million. Up to 2014 they had given out over £750 million in grants, spread over more than 10,000 projects[4].
People
The Foundation is made up of eleven trustees, a small staff team in the London office and a wider network of advisors and reviewers.
The Board of Trustees is comprised of academic members and family members in a roughly 75:25 ratio. Trustees are advised by expert grant panels, and Nomination, Risk and Investment Committees.
Trustees
Correct as of 9 February 2023.[5]
| Name | Role | Date Appointed | Date of Birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Wolfson de Botton | Chair | 06 March 2014 | 31 March 1952 |
| Allegra Berman | Trustee | 01 October 2021 | |
| Charles Wolfson Townsley | Trustee | 31 August 2018 | |
| Rebecca Marks | Trustee | 31 August 2018 | |
| Peter Ratcliffe | Trustee | 01 April 2015 | |
| Michael Pepper | Trustee | 06 March 2014 | |
| Laura Wolfson Townsley | Trustee | 06 March 2014 | |
| Jean Thomas | Trustee | 06 March 2014 | |
| Leslie Turnberg | Trustee | 06 March 2014 | |
| Hermione Lee | Trustee | 06 March 2014 | |
| David Cannadine | Trustee | 27 September 2010 |
Staff
- Paul Ramsbottom - Chief Executive
- Sue Hall - PA to the Chief Executive
- Simon Fourmy - Director of Grants
- Caitlin Foley - Programme Manager (Science and Medicine)
- James Randall - Programme Manager (Arts and Humanities)
- Natasha Wright - Grants and Finance Administrator
- Sophie Gibbon- Grants Assistant
- Geoff Hunt - Finance Director
- Emma Coyle - Office Manager
Funding recipients
Bar-Ilan University | Ben-Gurion University | Bevis Marks Synagogue London | Chaim Sheba Medical Center | Edith Wolfson Medical Center | Holon | Gesher Jewish Primary Special School | Hadassah Medical Center | Jewish Care | Manchester Jewish Museum | Rabin Medical Center | Rambam Health Care Campus | Shaare Zedek Medical Center | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | Tel Aviv University | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | The Muslim Council of Britain | The National Holocaust Centre and Museum | Weizmann Institute of Science
Filed accounts 2010–11 to 2014–15: income and grants in Israel and the West Bank
Until 2014 the foundation was a charitable trust (registered charity 206495); on 4 April 2014 its assets passed to a charitable company registered as charity 1156077, which "took over the existing activities and functions of the charitable trust".[6] The trust's accounts for the years ended 2011-04-05, 2012-04-05 and 2013-04-05 were read from copies of the Charity Commission files held by the UK Government Web Archive.[7][8][9] The company's first accounts for the year ended 2015-03-31 were read from copies of the Charity Commission files held by the UK Government Web Archive.[6] The 2011–12 trustees were the Hon Mrs Janet Wolfson de Botton CBE (chairman), the Hon Mrs Laura Wolfson Townsley, Sir Eric Ash, Sir David Cannadine, Professor Hermione Lee, Lord McColl, Sir Michael Pepper, Lord Turnberg and Sir David Weatherall.[8]
| 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment income | 27.6 | 24.1 | 21.3 | 19.8 | 18.3 |
Grants in Israel in these years included:
- 2010–11: research equipment at eight Israeli hospitals – Sheba, Hadassah, Rabin, Rambam and Shaare Zedek (£132,000 each), Edith Wolfson and Tel Aviv Sourasky (£122,000 each) and Soroka (£95,000) – "almost £1 million" in total.[7]
- 2011–12: equipment at six Israeli universities – Technion and Weizmann Institute (£285,000 each), Tel Aviv University (£270,000), Bar-Ilan and Ben-Gurion (£225,000 each) and the Hebrew University (£210,000), awarded jointly with the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust.[8]
- 2012–13: £2,000,000 to the Weizmann Institute; energy-research awards to seven universities (£144,000–£264,000 each); £50,000 to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.[9]
- 2014–15: £1,500,000 to the Weizmann Institute for the Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (a joint grant with the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust), and £50,000 to "St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, Hebron, Israel".[6]
Accounts for the year to 5 April 2014 were not found in the web archives.
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| £50,000 in 2014–15 to the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, listed in the accounts as “St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, Hebron, Israel”. Hebron is in the occupied West Bank. The recipient is an eye hospital, not a settlement body.[6] | High – activity beyond the 1949 line (health care; not settlement-related) |
| The other Israeli grants in these accounts are to hospitals, universities and cultural bodies that the accounts place inside Israel.[9][6] | Not established |
Contact
- The Wolfson Foundation
- 8 Queen Anne Street
- London
- W1G 9LD
- Tel: 020 7323 5730 (with voicemail message system)
- Media/Press enquiries: 020 7323 3124 (voicemail not available)
Affiliations
See also
- Charitable spending of the largest 100 UK family foundations - 2009
- Top 300 Foundations ranked by giving in the UK - 2019
- Top 300 Foundations ranked by giving in the UK - 2021
- Zionist Family Foundations ranked by charitable spending 2021-2
- The Sunday Times Rich List 2022
- Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022
Notes
- ↑ Wolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014
- ↑ Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021, Wolfson Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ↑ Patrons, Patrons, University of Buckingham, Accessed 03-September-2010
- ↑ Wolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014
- ↑ The Wolfson Foundation Trustees, Charity Commission. Last retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 The Wolfson Foundation (1156077) accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Wolfson Foundation (206495) accounts, year ended 2011-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Wolfson Foundation (206495) accounts, year ended 2012-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Wolfson Foundation (206495) accounts, year ended 2013-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).