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2 unusual facts about charitable trust


Julius Rosenwald

Over the course of his life, Rosenwald and his fund donated over 70 million dollars to public schools, colleges and universities, museums, Jewish charities and black institutions.

Krishnarpan Charity Trust

Krishnarpan Charity Trust is an Indian Charity Trust was founded by Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Ghanshyam Das Birla & Maniben Patel (daughter of Sardar Patel).


Aruna Ratanagiri

In 1981 Ajahn Sucitto (now the abbot of Cittaviveka/Chithurst Buddhist Monastery) became the first bhikkhu to take up residence, and began initial renovations; on June 21, 1981 the monastery was officially opened by Ajahn Sumedho and in that same year the Magga Bhavaka Trust was established as a charitable trust in order to steward financial support for the new monastery (the monastery now has a new trust: Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust).

Battersea Grammar School

It was established in Battersea in 1875 by the Sir Walter St John Trust and moved to larger premises in Streatham in 1936.

Diseworth Heritage Trust

The Diseworth Heritage Trust is a charitable trust, registered in the UK (No. 1112223) that is dedicated to preserving the historical and architectural heritage of the village of Diseworth in Leicestershire and its surrounding area, from its earliest origins to the present.

Donald Thompson

In July 1997, following the loss of his seat in parliament, Thompson was appointed Director of the War Memorials Trust (then known as The Friends of War Memorials), a charity which he had helped to found in 1996.

Stansted Park

Since 1983 the House and Estate have been owned by Stansted Park Foundation, a charitable trust charged with the preservation of the estate for the benefit of the nation, which was the wish of the last owner, Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough.


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Amar Mahal Palace

The palace was donated to the Hari-Tara charitable trust by Dr. Karan Singh for use as a museum.

Ansar English School

Ansar English School is a private school run by Ansari Charitable Trust (a non-profit charitable organization) located in Perumpilavu, Thrissur district, Kerala, India.

Bangaru Adigalar

Bangaru Adigalar founded the Adiparasakthi Charitable Medical Educational and Charitable Trust (ACMEC) in 1978.

Blind in Business

Blind in Business was established as a charitable trust with the backing of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and with several high profile supporters serving as its trustees, including Bank of England associate director Pen Kent, Standard Chartered chairman Rodney Galpin and Conservative MP Emma Nicholson.

Burngreave Messenger

Its main funders have been Burngreave New Deal for Communities (a ten-year regeneration programme funded by the government) and the Tudor Trust Charitable Trust, as well as from the Community Media Association, Yorkshire Forward and the National Lottery.

By Jupiter

Ian Marshall Fisher's Discovering Lost Musicals Charitable Trust presented a concert staging at Barbican Cinema 1 in May 1992, with Louise Gold as Hippolyta and Jon Glover as Sapiens.

Cape Cornwall Secondary School

In 2012, Cape Cornwall School received funding from The Belling Foundation, a charitable trust from the electronics firm Belling, to improve their ICT suits.

Carole Bamford

In India, the Lady Bamford Charitable Trust formed in 2000, has built schools and communities around JCB factories in Delhi, Ballabgarh, Ladiapur and Ambi.

Crieff

Both the library and chapel are open to the public: the library is run by a charitable trust, the chapel is in the care of Historic Scotland.

Exbury

When Edmund died in 2009, his brother Leopold David de Rothschild took over, creating a Charitable Trust to secure the financial future of the gardens.

Foundation for New Era Philanthropy

Bennett's particular scam collapsed because of an investigation headed by Mary Beth Osborn, head of the Charitable Trust Section of the Pennsylvania attorney general's office.

Foundation for Self Sufficiency in Central America

FSSCA builds relationships between the Coordinadora and international organizations such as USAID, the US Embassy, the American Jewish World Service, the Overbrook Foundation, the Shefa Fund, the Communitas Charitable Trust.

Gareth McLearnon

McLearnon is a recipient of the 2003 Ian Fleming Charitable Trust Music Education Award, a Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award and was awarded full scholarships to attend Sir James Galways Masterclasses in Italy (2003) and Switzerland (2004) McLearnon has given recitals all over the U.K. and Europe for the Ireland Funds, Invest Northern Ireland, and the Concordia Foundation, and is currently a Making Music Recommended Artist for 2006.

Ghillean Prance

He is actively involved on environmental issues, a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust, and a Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust.

Herbert Whitley

2003 - August 14 - Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust purchased Newquay Zoo to operate as part of the charitable trust with Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts.

Kathelin Gray

Gray co-founded the October Gallery in 1978, a charitable trust centred on an avant-garde, multicultural art gallery in Bloomsbury, London.

Lalgarh Palace

In 1972, Karni Singh, M.P., the Maharaja of Bikaner, established the Ganga Singhji Charitable Trust.

Landau Forte Academy, Tamworth

Landau Forte College - an 11-19 academy in Derby, also owned and operated by the Landau Forte Charitable Trust

Letcombe Brook

The Letcombe Brook Charitable Trust was established as a memorial to the poet Sir John Betjeman, who lived in the area for many years.

Linkenholt

Herbert Blagrave bought the estate in 1964 and it passed to the trustees of the Herbert and Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust on his death in 1981.

Mar Geevarghese Dionysious Memorial Hospital

Mar Geevarghese Dionysious Memorial Hospital (MGDM) is a hospital established in 1964 in Kangazha under the Manohar Hill Charitable Trust.

National Firefighters Memorial

The Princess Royal, patron of the Firefighters' Memorial Charitable Trust, attended a service and ceremony of re-dedication on 16 September 2003.

Naturesave Insurance

Influenced and inspired by Anita Roddick, the founder of the Body Shop, the company, and the charitable trust (The Naturesave Trust) were set up by ex-Lloyd’s insurance broker Matthew Criddle, on the premise that probabilistic assessments of the future would become harder to establish as global warming and climate change directly affect the insurance industry’s ability to meet climate related insurance losses.

Olive Shapley

In the mid-1960s her Manchester home became a refuge (as a charitable trust) for single mothers and later, in the late 1970s, for the Vietnamese boat people.

PIW

Public Interest Watch, a US group that claims to fight charitable trust abuse

Richard A. Barone

The Brentwood Foundation, now part of the Cleveland Clinic Health Organization, was established in 1994 as a charitable trust dedicated to the promotion and advancement of medical education, clinical research, and community initiatives that impact health and wellness in the field of osteopathic medicine.

Statue of Sekhmet

The acquisition of this piece of Egyptian art was made possible by the support of the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust, and is now one of the museum’s iconic objects.

Weston family

79.2% of this company belongs to a charitable trust called the Garfield Weston Foundation, with the balance owned personally by family members.