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| − | 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'<ref>Wolfson Foundation, [http://www.wolfson.org.uk/about-us/ About us], ''Wolfson Foundation'', Accessed 27-February-2014</ref>. | + | 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'<ref>Wolfson Foundation, [http://www.wolfson.org.uk/about-us/ About us], ''Wolfson Foundation'', Accessed 27-February-2014</ref> The foundation has a sister trust - the [[Wolfson Family Charitable Trust]] - with the same administration and similar aims.<ref>Wolfson Foundation [http://www.wolfson.org.uk/about-us/wolfson-family-charitable-trust/ Wolfson Family Charitable Trust]. Accessed 27 March 2014.</ref> |
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<ref>Patrons, [http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/ubfoundation/patrons.html Patrons], ''University of Buckingham'', Accessed 03-September-2010</ref>. 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<ref>Wolfson Foundation, [http://www.wolfson.org.uk/about-us/ About us], ''Wolfson Foundation'', Accessed 27-February-2014</ref>. | 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<ref>Patrons, [http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/ubfoundation/patrons.html Patrons], ''University of Buckingham'', Accessed 03-September-2010</ref>. 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<ref>Wolfson Foundation, [http://www.wolfson.org.uk/about-us/ About us], ''Wolfson Foundation'', Accessed 27-February-2014</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 27 March 2014
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 - with the same administration and similar aims.[2]
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 our 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
- Dame Janet Wolfson de Botton DBE (Chairman)
- Hon Mrs Laura Wolfson Townsley
- Sir Eric Ash CBE FRS FREng
- Sir David Cannadine FBA FSA FRSL
- Hon Mrs Deborah Wolfson Davis MA
- Dame Hermione Lee DBE FRSL FBA
- Lord McColl CBE MS FRCS
- Sir Michael Pepper FRS FREng
- Lord Turnberg MD FRCP
- Sir David Weatherall MD FRCP FRS
- Dame Jean Thomas DBE FMedSci FRS
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
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
Notes
- ↑ Wolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014
- ↑ Wolfson Foundation Wolfson Family Charitable Trust. Accessed 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Patrons, Patrons, University of Buckingham, Accessed 03-September-2010
- ↑ Wolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014
