Established by the first Lord Beaverbrook in 1954, the Beaverbrook Foundation is a London-based UK registered charity dedicated to supporting good causes. Over 870 charitable organisations have received a grant from the Foundation over the last 60 years.

The objects of the charity are to:

o Relieve sickness and provide support for those in poor health and old age.
o Promote education, including the provision of scholarship awards, maintenance allowances or grants.
 o Advance the education of the public regarding the first Lord Beaverbrook (Beaverbrook was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century).
o Advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public, and
o Further other charitable purposes.

The Foundation supports a variety of causes in the UK, including charitable appeals and preserving heritage properties. The Foundation has also been entrusted with various collections of political cartoons, political papers and artefacts. In addition, the Foundation has a track record of supporting the Arts.

The Foundation makes charitable donations to registered charities based on the following criteria:

o Donations can be made for capital expenditure, i.e. to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as buildings, fixtures and fittings, machinery, furniture and other equipment; for revenue/running costs; and for special projects.
o The Trustees will not normally consider grants to cover expenditure that has already been incurred or committed.
o The Trustees promote the concept of match funding, and may make a payment conditional upon the applicant obtaining the remaining funding from other sources.
o The Trustees are able to make grants to all faith organisations, and are not willing to discriminate against any charity due to its focus on race, nationality, sexual orientation or age, and
o Grants are made, at the discretion of the Trustees, for charitable purposes including those that would have reflected the interests of the first Lord Beaverbrook.

Further information, guidance and an application form can be found on the Foundation’s website.

Applications may be made at any time via the application form available on the Foundation's website.

Contact details for the Foundation are:

Ms J S Ford
Chief Executive
The Beaverbrook Foundation
19 Crown Passage
London
SW1Y 6PP
Email: jane(at)beaverbrookfoundation.org