Understanding

Positive change begins with the ability to understand the causes and effects of an issue. Pears Foundation is committed to promoting understanding through investment in education, research and policy work.

Engagement

Before we can make any impact on the issues we understand to be important, we have to plug in and switch on. If we’re to have the lasting effect we want to have on the world around us, we must make a commitment to act, and encourage the same in others. With a particular emphasis on young people, Pears Foundation is constantly exploring ways to get people engaged in active citizenship.

Wellbeing

Everyone has a right to a fulfilling life, whatever their circumstances. This is never more true than when they face adversity. From children growing up in difficult circumstances to families supporting loved ones in the late stages of life, their wellbeing is always of the utmost importance. Pears Foundation works with organisations deeply committed to improving and sustaining quality of life.

In Conversation With Trevor Pears

Because we invest our emotion and our interest in organisations we support, we build a real relationship, a proper, deep relationship that is forged over time around issues of mutual interest.
Trevor Pears CMG

We believe that thoughtful and effective philanthropy is about CREATING SPACES

PHYSICAL SPACE

Where our partners can meet and work

Our operating programme JHub runs a residency programme to support emerging organisations committed to social change. Read More

BENEFICIARY SPACE

High-quality facilities that our partners’ beneficiaries and the general public can use and enjoy

The Pears Pavilion at Coram provided a new home for the charity’s adoption support and creative therapies services. Read More

FINANCIAL SPACE

Freedom to operate through long-term core funding grants

We have been a core funder of AfriKids for over 12 years, enabling it to grow from £50k to £2 million and thrive in an uncertain financial climate. Read More

SPACE FOR IDEAS

Space for ideas to evolve through funding innovative projects and pilot programmes

The Pears Project is enabling the Scout Association to pilot an innovative model of volunteer recruitment to increase opportunities for young people. Read More

SPACE TO EXPLORE

Space for new thinking and research

The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education has conducted the world's first large-scale research study investigating what young people know about the Holocaust. Read More

SPACE TO STUDY

Harnessing the power of higher education to change the world

The Pears Scholarship initiative is providing skills and training to equip the next generation of public health leaders in Africa. Read More

SPACE TO CONNECT

Space for organisations and individuals to come together around the causes they care about

We helped to set up UK Task Force on issues relating to Arab citizens of Israel, which has built a coalition of over 35 organisations across the spectrum of the Jewish community. Read More

SAFE SPACE

Space to explore some of the most difficult and controversial issues facing society today

The Linking Network helps schools and teachers to engage with and explore issues of identity and diversity. Read More

Our philosophy is: COMMIT, LEARN, REFINE

For us, ‘commitment’ comes first. You’ve got to decide you want to get more involved - that you’re going to make a commitment of time as well as money; a commitment to going on a journey with a project or charity. Once you do that, the learning comes. My learning, and our team’s learning, is refined on a daily and weekly basis in terms of how we operate, who we work with and what we do - it’s a continual, evolving process.
Trevor Pears CMG

WE HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 250 PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

Over 65 of these partners received funding for five years or more - that's more than 25%


Pears Scholars, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Pears Scholars Programme enables students from the developing world to develop the skills and experience to combat their own country's challenges.

Scout Association

The Scouts offer children and young adults an opportunity to enjoy exciting experiences, learn new skills and develop their team-working and leadership abilities.

UCL Centre for Holocaust Education

Learning about the events and legacy of the Holocaust is crucial to understanding the modern world and our place within it.

3FF

3FF (Three Faiths Forum) works to build a better connected and more cohesive society, where people of different faiths, beliefs and cultures have strong, productive and positive relations.

AJEEC-NISPED

The Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation – Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development is dedicated to strengthening active citizenship in Israel.

Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent

Pears Foundation has provided a grant of £150,000 to establish UK’s first dedicated university teaching post in the field of philanthropy.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) gives millions of young people in Britain support and encouragement as they seek to improve their own lives.

First Give

Pears Foundation is a founding funder of First Give, an organisation that contributes to building a culture of giving in the UK.

Foodbank Network

The Trussell Trust operates the largest network of UK foodbanks, which provide a minimum of three days emergency food and support to people experiencing crisis.

Imperial War Museums

Imperial War Museums tells the story of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the First World War.

JHub

JHub is the Foundation’s only operating programme and embodies the Foundation’s commitment to Jewish identity as a force for driving positive social change.

OLAM

A collaborative venture and shared platform to promote global Jewish service.

Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

A centre of innovative research and teaching contributing to discussion and public policy formation on antisemitism and racial intolerance.

Pears Program for Global Innovation, Tel Aviv University

The Pears Program for Global Innovation works to increase Israel’s contribution to international development through technology-based solutions.

Place2Be

A national children's charity providing counselling for children in schools.

RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning

The RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning supports children and young people who have learning difficulties and disabilities and who are blind or partially sighted.

Tevel b’Tzedek

Pears Foundation is dedicated to enabling a new generation of Jewish activists to contribute their time, energy and expertise to make a meaningful impact.

UK Task Force on issues relating to Arab citizens of Israel

The UK Task Force seeks to deepen UK Jewish understanding of issues relating to Israel’s Arab citizens, many of whom face discrimination and hardship.

AfriKids

AfriKids is a child rights and community development organisation working in northern Ghana to alleviate child suffering and poverty.

Pennies Foundation

The technology sector has huge potential to contribute to charitable causes. From online fundraising to smartphones, technology is being harnessed in new and innovative ways including micro-donations.

Ambitious about Autism

Ambitious about Autism is the national charity for children and young people with autism. Their mission is to make the ordinary possible for children and young with autism.

Integrated Education Fund

The Integrated Education Fund (IEF) is an independent charity supporting the growth of integrated education in Northern Ireland.

Girlguiding UK

Girlguiding is the UK’s leading charity for girls and young women, with over half a million members aged 5-25 and around 100,000 volunteers.

Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand aims to transform Israeli society through its growing network of bilingual schools which educate Jewish and Arab children together in the same classroom.

BeyondMe

BeyondMe provides a platform for young professionals to understand and engage with the charity sector and give their time and skills as well as their money.

Marie Curie

Marie Curie supports supports people and their families living with terminal illness.

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families works to improve the lives of thousands of children and young people with mental health problems.

National Holocaust Centre and Museum

The National Holocaust Centre and Museum is both a permanent memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and a learning centre, offering understanding of the causes and events through age appropriate exh

Maslaha

Maslaha aims to change and challenge the conditions that create social inequalities for Muslim communities, combining creativity with practical work and strategic thinking.

Coram

Coram works across a wide range of children’s social care services, from adoption and fostering to legal support and from advocacy to life education.

Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust

The Trust’s mission is to enrich the lives of people from all backgrounds within the Commonwealth by working towards eliminating avoidable blindness and empowering a new generation of young leaders.

The #iwill Fund

Pear Foundation is now partnering with the #iwill Fund, a £40 million join commitment of seed funding established by Government and Big Lottery Fund in 2016.

Carers Trust

Carers Trust works to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenge of caring, unpaid, for a family member who is ill, frail, disabled, or has mental health or addicti

Our Expenditure

£7,712,757

£7.7m

2011

£8,648,238

£8.6m

2012

£10,788,514

£10.8m

2013

£12,751,338

£12.8m

2014

£17,144,381

£17.1m

2015

Here are just some of the causes in which the foundation invests

£11.7m

In Holocaust
Education

£19.3m

In Universities
and Higher Education

£12.6m

In International
Development

£4.6m

In Youth
Social Action

£18.6m

In Young People

£10.2m

In Special Educational
Needs and Disability

£1.8m

In Palliative Care

£2.1m

In Research