Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation

The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation (no 1021805) is a grant making foundation with a particular focus on Jewish and Zionist causes. In 2011 the foundation gave £3 million to Oxford University to establish a chair in Modern Israel Studies. Derek J. Penslar is the current Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies at Oxford. The Foundation, donated a total of £193,239 to the United Jewish Israel Appeal between April 2009 and March 2011.

People

Trustees

Cheryl Lewis, Renee Feinstein, Wendy Gail Press, Michael Lewis (born 27 January 1959) Zea Lewis.

Grants

Grants have been awarded by the foundation to the following organisations:

Grant recipients of the Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation in £ sterling
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total (£)
Academic Study Group (ASG)														35,000		55,000		90,000
Action Against Cancer												10,500						10,500
Ahavas Torah						6,460												6,460
Anne Frank Trust UK							350											350
Association of Rashab Academy												5,114		17,661	10,974	10,550		44,299
Barbara Speake Stage School												10,300						10,300
Beth Protea Foundation												10,024						10,024
British ORT						500												500
Central Synagogue						5,000												5,000
Chai Cancer Care					5,000	5,000	15,050	5,875										30,925
Channing School												30,000						30,000
Chicken Shed Theatre Trust						8,100												8,100
Community Security Trust					16,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000			18,000	18,000		18,000	18,000	10,000	166,000
DALAID						12,000	25,000							26,200				63,200
Devonshire Street Charitable Trust												10,000			25,000			35,000
Emunah						250												250
Friends of Centre Hospitalier Princess Grace																64,094		64,094
Gersher Trust														15,000				15,000
Greenaway Foundation																	25,000	25,000
Hammerson House						1,000												1,000
Help the Aged						12												12
Holocaust Educational Trust						5,000			10,000			15,000	15,000	25,000	15,000	15,000		100,000
Institute for Strategic Dialogue									25,000					180,000	60,000	35,000	20,000	320,000
Jewish Care					750	12,500	12,500	12,500	10,000			12,900	13,500	13,450	12,800	14,000	10,000	124,900
Jewish Community Services															15,020			15,020
Jewish Leadership Council														35,000				35,000
London International Orchestra					600													600
Macmillan						100												100
Nightingale						500												500
Norwood						10,000	10,500	10,000	8,250			10,000	10,000	12,500	12,500	12,500	10,000	106,250
Oxford University						250,000	500,000	1,100,000	1,250,000									3,100,000
Paley Foundation							12,997											12,997
Policy Exchange												10,000		15,000	15,000	10,000		50,000
Prostate Cancer Research Foundation					7,500	7,500												15,000
S & P Sephardi Community														19,000				19,000
Screw Cancer														10,000				10,000
Stanley & Zea Lewis Family Foundation (Israel)																	45,771	45,771
Stonehenge Charitable Trust						250												250
UJIA					1,000	120,000	63,239	61,000	60,550			61,200	60,000	60,000	60,000	40,000	18,425	605,414
UK Friends of AWIS						250												250
UK Friends of IDC													41,806		38,000	26,700	14,830	121,336
UK Toremet																	15,500	15,500
United Jewish Campaign												11,177	15,602	16,249	16,915	18,425		78,368
United Synagogue			5,213	5,371	2,026	689			17,105			57,793	78,988	27,505	36,360	81,715	33,640	346,405
University of Pennsylvania (USA) Foundation												16,748	17,428	19,644	19,091			72,911
Weidenfeld Hoffman Trust													50,000	100,000	50,000	100,000	25,000	325,000
WIZO						4,000						8,299	17,660	500	15,000		7,500	52,959
Unnamed Grants - Less than 10,000						39,961	44,261	54,960	66,923			70,625	57,621	74,786	57,237	47,494	28,227	542,095

Data sources:

• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2007.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2008.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2009.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2010.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2011.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2012.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2013.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2016.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2017.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2018.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2019.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2020.
• The Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021.

Finances

Income and Outgoings 2013-2012 in £ sterling
Financial year end (FYE)	Income	Spending
31 Mar 2013	1,430,000	1,467,092
31 Mar 2012	1,276,614	1,259,871
31 Mar 2011	710,000	704,973
31 Mar 2010	455,000	469,050
31 Mar 2009	50,762	32,989
31 Mar 2008	11,881	5438