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Philanthropy Past and Present
Our rich philanthropic heritage is woven into the very fabric of North East society. Learn here how acts of generosity in the past continue to deliver for us today. Click here to read more about Understanding Philanthropy Today. Click here to read about North East History of Philanthropy.
To date the following trusts and foundations with a grants expenditure of over £100,000 have been profiled.
Supporting young and older people
Supporting a wide spectrum of North East charities
Supporting charities across the North East
Founded: 1988
Improving the lives of people and their communities
Supporting young people and relieving poverty
Supporting the environment, the arts and education
Supporting communities and members in need
Promoting creativity in young people
Supporting children, families and communities across the UK
Supporting communities in the North East
Supporting grass roots charities across the North East
Supporting medical research
Supporting education in accord with the doctrines of Orthodox Judaism
Supporting religion and community regeneration
Support for education and religious bodies
Helping make Teesside a better place in which to live, work and do business
Promoting policy change for a better society
Providing financial assistance to retired widows and single ladies
Supporting entrepreneurship and community regeneration
Improving the lives of people and communities in Newcastle and North Tyneside
Supporting talent development for engineering
Supporting good causes in Newcastle and Northumberland
Small grant support for the young people, the disabled and community groups
Supporting environmental, arts and community charities
Supporting North East institutions and communities
Supporting the upkeep of historic religious buildings
Supporting community groups and individuals in Teesside
Making small grants to community organizations
Supporting families, education and faith-based Christian initiatives
Helping regenerate deprived communities
Supporting voluntary community action across the North East
Supporting designated religious organizations
Supporting young and older people
Barbour FoundationSupporting a wide spectrum of North East charities
Catherine Cookson Charitable TrustSupporting charities across the North East
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and NorthumberlandFounded: 1988
County Durham Community FoundationImproving the lives of people and their communities
Cowie Charitable TrustSupporting young people and relieving poverty
Duke of Northumberland’s CharitySupporting the environment, the arts and education
Durham Masonic Benevolent FundSupporting communities and members in need
Gillian Dickinson TrustPromoting creativity in young people
Greggs FoundationSupporting children, families and communities across the UK
Hadrian TrustSupporting communities in the North East
Handley Charity TrustSupporting grass roots charities across the North East
JGW Patterson FoundationSupporting medical research
LatateSupporting education in accord with the doctrines of Orthodox Judaism
Lempriere Pringle 2015Supporting religion and community regeneration
Lord Crewe’s CharitySupport for education and religious bodies
Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic FoundationHelping make Teesside a better place in which to live, work and do business
Millfield House FoundationPromoting policy change for a better society
Northern Ladies Annuity SocietyProviding financial assistance to retired widows and single ladies
Northstar FoundationSupporting entrepreneurship and community regeneration
R W Mann TrustImproving the lives of people and communities in Newcastle and North Tyneside
Reece FoundationSupporting talent development for engineering
Ridley Family CharitySupporting good causes in Newcastle and Northumberland
Rothley TrustSmall grant support for the young people, the disabled and community groups
Shears FoundationSupporting environmental, arts and community charities
Sir James Knott TrustSupporting North East institutions and communities
Sir John Priestman Charity TrustSupporting the upkeep of historic religious buildings
Tees Valley Community FoundationSupporting community groups and individuals in Teesside
The Joicey TrustMaking small grants to community organizations
The Vardy FoundationSupporting families, education and faith-based Christian initiatives
Virgin Money FoundationHelping regenerate deprived communities
William Leech CharitySupporting voluntary community action across the North East
William Leech FoundationSupporting designated religious organizations