Philanthropy Past and Present

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To date the following trusts and foundations with a grants expenditure of over £100,000 have been profiled.

Ballinger Charitable Trust

Supporting young and older people

Barbour Foundation

Supporting a wide spectrum of North East charities

Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust

Supporting charities across the North East

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

Founded: 1988

County Durham Community Foundation

Improving the lives of people and their communities

Cowie Charitable Trust

Supporting young people and relieving poverty

Duke of Northumberland’s Charity

Supporting the environment, the arts and education

Durham Masonic Benevolent Fund

Supporting communities and members in need

Gillian Dickinson Trust

Promoting creativity in young people

Greggs Foundation

Supporting children, families and communities across the UK

Hadrian Trust

Supporting communities in the North East

Handley Charity Trust

Supporting grass roots charities across the North East

JGW Patterson Foundation

Supporting medical research

Latate

Supporting education in accord with the doctrines of Orthodox Judaism

Lempriere Pringle 2015

Supporting religion and community regeneration

Lord Crewe’s Charity

Support for education and religious bodies

Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation

Helping make Teesside a better place in which to live, work and do business

Millfield House Foundation

Promoting policy change for a better society

Northern Ladies Annuity Society

Providing financial assistance to retired widows and single ladies

Northstar Foundation

Supporting entrepreneurship and community regeneration

R W Mann Trust

Improving the lives of people and communities in Newcastle and North Tyneside

Reece Foundation

Supporting talent development for engineering

Ridley Family Charity

Supporting good causes in Newcastle and Northumberland

Rothley Trust

Small grant support for the young people, the disabled and community groups

Shears Foundation

Supporting environmental, arts and community charities

Sir James Knott Trust

Supporting North East institutions and communities

Sir John Priestman Charity Trust

Supporting the upkeep of historic religious buildings

Tees Valley Community Foundation

Supporting community groups and individuals in Teesside

The Joicey Trust

Making small grants to community organizations

The Vardy Foundation

Supporting families, education and faith-based Christian initiatives

Virgin Money Foundation

Helping regenerate deprived communities

William Leech Charity

Supporting voluntary community action across the North East

William Leech Foundation

Supporting designated religious organizations

Ballinger Charitable Trust

Supporting young and older people

Barbour Foundation

Supporting a wide spectrum of North East charities

Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust

Supporting charities across the North East

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

Founded: 1988

County Durham Community Foundation

Improving the lives of people and their communities

Cowie Charitable Trust

Supporting young people and relieving poverty

Duke of Northumberland’s Charity

Supporting the environment, the arts and education

Durham Masonic Benevolent Fund

Supporting communities and members in need

Gillian Dickinson Trust

Promoting creativity in young people

Greggs Foundation

Supporting children, families and communities across the UK

Hadrian Trust

Supporting communities in the North East

Handley Charity Trust

Supporting grass roots charities across the North East

JGW Patterson Foundation

Supporting medical research

Latate

Supporting education in accord with the doctrines of Orthodox Judaism

Lempriere Pringle 2015

Supporting religion and community regeneration

Lord Crewe’s Charity

Support for education and religious bodies

Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation

Helping make Teesside a better place in which to live, work and do business

Millfield House Foundation

Promoting policy change for a better society

Northern Ladies Annuity Society

Providing financial assistance to retired widows and single ladies

Northstar Foundation

Supporting entrepreneurship and community regeneration

R W Mann Trust

Improving the lives of people and communities in Newcastle and North Tyneside

Reece Foundation

Supporting talent development for engineering

Ridley Family Charity

Supporting good causes in Newcastle and Northumberland

Rothley Trust

Small grant support for the young people, the disabled and community groups

Shears Foundation

Supporting environmental, arts and community charities

Sir James Knott Trust

Supporting North East institutions and communities

Sir John Priestman Charity Trust

Supporting the upkeep of historic religious buildings

Tees Valley Community Foundation

Supporting community groups and individuals in Teesside

The Joicey Trust

Making small grants to community organizations

The Vardy Foundation

Supporting families, education and faith-based Christian initiatives

Virgin Money Foundation

Helping regenerate deprived communities

William Leech Charity

Supporting voluntary community action across the North East

William Leech Foundation

Supporting designated religious organizations