The Wolfson Foundation

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'Wolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014 The foundation has a sister trust - the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust. The Foundation has shared objectives and joint administration with the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust, registered charity number 228382, at 8 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LD.Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021, Wolfson Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2022. 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 universityPatrons, Patrons, University of Buckingham, Accessed 03-September-2010. 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 projectsWolfson Foundation, About us, Wolfson Foundation, Accessed 27-February-2014.
==People==
The Foundation is made up of eleven trustees, a small staff team in the 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===
Correct as of 9 February 2023.The Wolfson Foundation Trustees, Charity Commission. Last retrieved 9 February 2023.
Name 	Role 	Date Appointed 	Date of Birth
Janet Wolfson de Botton 	Chair 	06 March 2014 	31 March 1952
Allegra Berman 	Trustee	01 October 2021 	
Charles Wolfson Townsley	Trustee	31 August 2018 	
Rebecca Marks 	Trustee	31 August 2018 	
Peter Ratcliffe 	Trustee	01 April 2015 	
Michael Pepper 	Trustee	06 March 2014 	
Laura Wolfson Townsley 	Trustee	06 March 2014 	
Jean Thomas 	Trustee	06 March 2014 	
Leslie Turnberg 	Trustee	06 March 2014 	
Hermione Lee 	Trustee	06 March 2014 	
David Cannadine 	Trustee	27 September 2010	
===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
==Funding recipients==
Bar-Ilan University | Ben-Gurion University | Bevis Marks Synagogue London | Chaim Sheba Medical Center | Edith Wolfson Medical Center | Holon | Gesher Jewish Primary Special School | Hadassah Medical Center | Jewish Care | Manchester Jewish Museum | Rabin Medical Center | Rambam Health Care Campus | Shaare Zedek Medical Center | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | Tel Aviv University | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | The Muslim Council of Britain | The National Holocaust Centre and Museum | Weizmann Institute of Science
==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)
*wolfson.org.uk
==Affiliations==
University of Buckingham
==See also==
*Charitable spending of the largest 100 UK family foundations - 2009
*Top 300 Foundations ranked by giving in the UK - 2019
*Top 300 Foundations ranked by giving in the UK - 2021
*Zionist Family Foundations ranked by charitable spending 2021-2
*The Sunday Times Rich List 2022
*Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022
==Notes==
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