Reuben Foundation

The Reuben Foundation, formed in October 2002, is a UK-registered charity that was created to channel the charitable giving of the Reuben Brothers. The foundation states:

Formed in 2002 with an initial endowment of $100 million, the Reuben Foundation is committed to the betterment of society in the UK and around the globe through focused charitable giving in the areas of education, health and the community.

Recipients

The Foundation mostly gives donations to non political causes. In 2012 these included the following grants of £20,000 or more:

ARK UK Programmes | British Film Institute | Great Ormond Street Hospital | Kristal Waters | Nancy Reuben Primary School| NSPCC | Racing Welfare | Team London | UCL Development Prize Lecture | William J Clinton Foundation

It has also funded the Community Security Trust (0 in 2007; £50,000 in 2008; £25,000 in 2009; £25,000 in 2010; £25,000 in 2011; £25,000 in 2012)

Trustees

• Annie Benjamin
• Robin Turner
• Michael Gubbay
• David Reuben
• Simon Reuben

Grant Recipients

Grant recipients of the Reuben Foundation in £ sterling
Organisation	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total (£)
American School in London											10,000	10,000				20,000
ARK Schools										80,000	125,000		125,000	225,000	135,000	690,000
ARK UK Programmes						20,000										20,000
Art of Wishes															10,000	10,000
Aspinall Foundation						35,000										35,000
Australia House					10,000											10,000
Bede Foodbank															11,184	11,184
Boys Town Jerusalem													12,601			12,601
Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM)										7,500		7,500				15,000
British Academy of Film and Television Arts												500,000	500,000	300,000		1,300,000
British Film Institute						113,815				31,608	42,082	13,879	140,972	20,000	120,000	482,356
British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem														17,968	22,995	40,963
Cambridge University											459,164	197,681	358,061	424,876	70,000	1,509,782
Cancer Research										6,750	706	7,000				14,456
Carers Trust										20,000	10,000	10,250	10,000	10,000	10,000	70,250
Central Synagogue												225,000	225,000			450,000
Centrepoint										147,300	7,600	44,966	80,150		472,390	752,406
Chain of Hope										5,000						5,000
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital												3,000,000				3,000,000
CLIC Sargent										1,000						1,000
Community Security Trust		50,000			25,000	25,000				25,000	25,000	27,500	25,000	25,000	25,000	252,500
Design Museum										10,000			200,000		50,000	260,000
Diner des Tsars	15,863															15,863
Evening Standard Dispossed Fund					50,000											50,000
Fauna & Flora International															10,000	10,000
Friends of Israel										5,000						5,000
Galilee Foundation													25,000			25,000
Great Ormond Street Hospital	1,025,000				39,612	25,300				11,000	12,000	500	33,400	35,000		1,181,812
Greenhouse Sports												25,000	30,000			55,000
Holocaust Educational Trust										12,000	7,000	128,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	222,000
Illuminated River Foundation													1,500,000	1,500,000		3,000,000
Injured Jockeys Fund										133,500	9,320			8,000	8,000	158,820
Israel Cancer Association	35,395	142,787														178,182
Jerusalem Network	25,000															25,000
Jewish Care	10,000	10,000			20,000	10,000				10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	25,000	25,000	140,000
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation															20,000	20,000
Kristal Waters					16,404											16,404
Lamda													10,000			10,000
Leuka	10,000															10,000
London Library										10,000						10,000
Lyric Institute															42,706	42,706
Lyric Theatre												10,000				10,000
Make A Wish Foundation											14,000	2,500	10,000			26,500
Mayo Clinic										7,975	3,934	11,605	7,879	7,768	7,310	46,471
Monaco Hospital															21,186	21,186
Nancy Reuben Primary School	178,746	10,000			180,513	101,738				100,900	200,900	310,900	282,900	280,000	255,000	1,901,597
National Horse Racing College														8,000	8,000	16,000
Natwest Bound Trust						10,500										10,500
New York Philharmonic													19,735			19,735
Northern Racing College										8,000	16,000	16,000	16,000			56,000
Norwood		11,000			16,000	16,000				25,000	20,000	20,000	58,700	50,000	50,000	266,700
NSPCC					15,000	25,200				5,000	3,500	7,000				55,700
OPR in the Community Trust													10,000			10,000
Ormeley Dinner										18,884						18,884
Outward Bound Trust	75,000									5,000						80,000
Princes Charities Foundation					50,000	16,666										66,666
Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health	10,400															10,400
Princess Royal Trust Carers	10,000	10,000			10,000	10,000										40,000
Racecourse Sanctuary										5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000			20,000
Racing Welfare						20,000										20,000
Red Cross Manchester											100,000					100,000
Room to Read UK					20,500											20,500
Royal Marsden / Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign	10,000									58,943			1,000,550			1,069,493
Sephardic Academy of Manhattan															1,323,821	1,323,821
Serpentine Trust										25,000	25,000	10,000				60,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center										20,719						20,719
Stelios Philantropic Foundation											45,364					45,364
Team London					670,000	1,330,000										2,000,000
Tony Blair Foundation													10,000			10,000
UCL Development Prize Lecture					12,500	50,000										62,500
Unicef													13,668			13,668
University College London										50,000						50,000
University of Oxford										1,385,888	15,000	502,500				1,903,388
University of Oxford (Reuben College)														30,000,000	1,457,500	31,457,500
University of Southern California											8,236					8,236
Wales Air Ambulance										5,000						5,000
William J Clinton Foundation						33,112										33,112
Yad Vashem Holocaust Marytrs & Heroes Remembrance Authority										7,068	500	10,500	11,000			29,068
Yorkshire Air Ambulance										7,102		7,000	13,000			27,102
Other grants	130,801	215,392			318,670	281,246				262,417	366,858	326,864	375,303	318,824	323,204	2,919,579

Affiliations

• Lobbying and PR firm Luther Pendragon was retained by the Reuben brothers in 2014 for public affairs work

See also

• Charitable spending of the largest 100 UK family foundations