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

Grants paid

Grant recipients of the Pears Family Charitable Foundation in £ sterling
Organisation 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total (£)
360Giving 50,000 50,000
Above & Beyond 77,781 77,781
Abraham Fund Intiatives 70,000 70,000
Access Social Care 100,000 100,000
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust 72,090 72,090
Aegis Trust 77,525 80,000 101,500 259,025
AfriKids 117,000 100,000 217,000
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village 250,000 250,000
AJEEC-NISPED 94,000 117,957 211,957
AJDC 290,000 290,000
Ambitious about Autism 400,000 100,000 400,000 900,000
American Joint Distribution Committee 150,000 142,000 292,000
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) 100,000 125,000 225,000
Anne Freud Centre 75,000 1,105,000 1,180,000
Antisemitism Policy Trust 150,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 275,000 725,000
Association of Charitable Foundations 71,800 71,800
Association of Colleges 1,047,000 1,047,000
Atlantic College 64,000 64,000
Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust 80,000 80,000
Beit Halochem UK 50,000 50,000
Birkbeck - University of London 225,000 1,081,542 1,306,542
Birmingham Women's and Children's Charity 80,000 80,000
Black Stork Charity 300,000 300,000
Bournemouth Hospital Charity 75,741 75,741
Bradford Literature Festival 63,550 63,550
Bright Northumbria 79,400 79,400
British Council 1,134,130 1,134,130
British Council - Occupied Palestinian Territories Office 150,000 150,000
British Red Cross 761,609 761,609
Bureau of Investigative Journalism 105,000 105,000 210,000
Cardiff and Vale Health Charity 79,133 79,133
Carers Trust 1,000,000 1,550,000 350,000 2,900,000
Carers UK 100,000 100,000 50,000 100,000 350,000
Centre for Countering Digital Hate 50,000 100,000 150,000
Centre for Philanthropy 176,140 176,140
Centre for Research in Autism and Education 125,000 125,000
Chabad Berlin 425,000 425,000
Chartered College of Teaching 90,000 50,000 70,000 120,000 330,000
Chesterfield Royal Hospital Charity 75,726 75,726
CL Berlin 1,755,270 1,755,270
Collective Impact Initiative 80,000 80,000
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland 160,000 160,000
Community Foundation in Wales 100,000 100,000
Contact / Contact a Family 200,000 1,437,360 650,000 2,287,360
Coram 150,000 75,000 480,000 705,000
Cranfield Trust 90,000 90,000 180,000
Crisis Action 120,000 80,000 200,000
CW+ 77,440 91,550 168,990
Disabled Children's Partnership 260,234 300,000 560,234
Dorset County Hospital Charity 75,050 75,050
Duke of Edinburgh's Award 350,000 250,000 250,000 400,000 250,000 1,500,000
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund 90,000 90,000
Eden Project 15,000 50,000 100,000 165,000
Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation 88,000 136,923 224,923
Fair Education Alliance 99,755 99,755
Faith in Leadership 75,000 75,000 150,000 300,000
Family Fund 500,000 100,000 600,000
First Give 238,500 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 1,038,500
Forward Thinking 50,000 50,000
Full Fact 150,000 150,000
Girlguiding UK 1,140,863 2,391,248 3,532,111
Hand in Hand 106,921 152,596 259,517
Haven House Children's Hospice 100,000 120,000 220,000
Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,060,000 970,000 5,030,000
Holocaust Survivors Friendship Association 128,273 50,000 178,273
Home-Start UK 1,100,000 205,000 1,305,000
Hope into Action 80,000 80,000
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
Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) 150,000 75,000 225,000
Independent Provider of Special Education Advice 70,000 70,000
Institute for Voluntary Action 58,125 65,000 123,125
International Award for Young People - Israel 75,000 125,000 200,000
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation 80,000 120,000 200,000
Israel Youth Award 150,000 150,000
Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research 184,813 245,749 273,147 300,726 287,516 1,291,951
Jewish Care 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 600,000
Jewish Interactive 50,000 50,000
Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade (JLGB) 100,000 75,000 50,000 50,000 275,000
JW3 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 400,000
Kaye Academic College of Education 280,000 280,000
King's College Hospital Charity 80,000 80,000
Kisharon 250,000 50,000 50,000 350,000
Leeds Cares 79,050 79,050
Leeds Community Foundation 130,000 150,000 330,000 610,000
Leicester Hospitals Charity 78,252 78,252
Linking Network 248,282 50,000 500,000 250,000 1,048,282
London School of Jewish Studies 79,712 79,712
Maccabi GB 80,000 80,000
Maggie's Centres 50,000 50,000
Manchester Foundation Trust Charity 82,771 82,771
Marie Curie 200,000 340,000 200,000 500,000 200,000 1,440,000
Maslaha 100,000 100,000 100,000 300,000
Maudsley Charity 80,000 5,500,000 100,000 5,680,000
Mencap 100,000 200,000 1,100,000 300,000 1,700,000
Merkaz Ma'ase 60,000 60,000
Mind 1,001,215 1,001,215
NALA Foundation 90,000 90,000 200,000 380,000
National Autistic Society 100,000 225,000 325,000
National Holocaust Centre and Museum 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 1,200,000 2,000,000
National Society for the Promotion of Education 95,000 70,000 165,000
Newcastle College 82,035 82,035
New Israel Fund UK 200,000 200,000 200,000 600,000
NHS England & NHS Improvement 163,798 163,798
Nightingale Hammerson 1,000,000 50,000 1,050,000
North Hertfordshire College 95,492 95,492
Norwood 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 750,000
Nottingham Hospitals Charity 82,981 82,981
Office of the Chief Rabbi 85,000 88,000 173,000
OLAM 150,000 154,000 165,000 155,000 145,000 769,000
Olive Tree Initiative 100,000 100,000 200,000
Pennies Foundation 300,000 300,000 600,000
Place2Be 100,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 1,000,000
Quaker Social Action 100,000 50,000 150,000
RNN Group - Rotherham College 81,000 81,000
Round Up Israel 66,000 66,000
Royal College of Arts 6,802 6,802
Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 300,000 300,000
Royal Free Charity 85,760 850,000 935,760
Royal Society of the Arts 114,272 6,802 121,074
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity 34,888 34,888
Samaritans 70,000 1,345,000 100,000 1,515,000
School-Home Support 100,000 100,000 100,000 300,000
Scottish Jewish Heritage 50,000 50,000
Scout Association 1,323,353 1,981,119 3,304,472
Sense 100,000 100,000 465,000 323,000 988,000
Shared Lives Plus 80,000 80,000 160,000
Sheffield Hospitals Charity 79,273 79,273
Sightsavers 200,000 200,000
SOAS - University of London 112,019 112,019
Society for International Development 267,407 267,407
Society for International Development - Israel 242,838 238,871 260,764 263,077 1,005,550
Solutions Not Sides 60,000 80,000 120,000 260,000
South Kent Coast Clinic Commissioning Group 200,000 200,000
Step Up to Serve 100,000 100,000 100,000 300,000
StreetGames UK 80,280 125,000 240,500 445,780
Student Hubs 55,000 55,000
Tevel b'Tzedek 113,293 116,288 89,786 319,367
The Mix 420,363 50,000 470,363
ThinkForward 150,000 100,000 250,000
Torbay and South Devon NHS Charitable Fund 80,000 80,000
Trussell Trust 1,000,000 1,000,000
Tzedek 80,000 75,000 50,000 205,000
UK Jewish Film 150,000 100,000 250,000
UK Youth 2,100,000 239,650 2,339,650
United Jewish Israel Appeal 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 500,000
University College London 500,000 575,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,992,873 4,567,873
UCLH Charity 80,000 80,000
UNICEF 200,000 200,000
University of Glasgow 5,000,000 5,000,000
University of Kent 2,000,000 210,000 2,210,000
University of Oxford 398,921 398,921
University of Sussex 150,000 150,000
USC Shoah Foundation 269,851 269,851
Weiner Holocaust Library 69,643 69,643
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Charity 79,956 79,956
Woodland Trust 2,000,000 300,000 2,300,000
Yachad 60,000 60,000
Yedid 75,000 75,000
Yeovil Hospital Charity 78,613 78,613
Young Citizens 109,500 335,119 100,000 160,000 160,000 864,619
Young Minds 80,000 50,000 100,000 230,000

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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