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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 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 trust was created by [[Isaac Wolfson]] the Scottish businessman associated particularly with [[Great Universal Stores]].  His son [[Leonard Woolfson|Leonard]] took over as chair after his death.  The current chair, [[Janet Wolfson de Botton]], is the granddaughter of the founder.
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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 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 trust was created by [[Isaac Wolfson]] the Scottish businessman associated particularly with [[Great Universal Stores]].  His son [[Leonard Wolfson|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<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 17:50, 29 October 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 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 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

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

University of Buckingham

Notes

  1. Wolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014
  2. Wolfson Foundation Wolfson Family Charitable Trust. Accessed 27 March 2014.
  3. Patrons, Patrons, University of Buckingham, Accessed 03-September-2010
  4. Wolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014