The Pears Foundation invests in five main areas. Click on the links to see some examples of our work :

Community & Young People

Shared Society: We aim to promote respect and understanding between people of different backgrounds and to enable individuals to participate in society based on a strong sense of personal identity and responsibility.

Faith and Social Justice: We aim to support faith communities to take a more central role in building a society based around the values of social justice

Empowering Vulnerable Groups: We aim to support vulnerable groups in society and enable them to campaign effectively on their own behalf.

Genocide Prevention

Holocaust Education: We aim to improve the quality and geographic reach of education about the Holocaust, including its causes, its effects, its place in history and its role in our understanding about ideas of citizenship.

Genocide Education and Campaigns: We aim to promote education about the causes and consequences of genocide and also support campaigns to prevent genocide today

International development

Rights-based Development: We aim to make a contribution to a rights-based approach to international development.

Faith-based Development: We aim to support Jewish engagement in international development and research about the contribution that faith communities can make

Promoting Israel’s Academic Expertise: We aim to support the application of Israel’s academic expertise to the challenges of the world.

Civil Society: We aim to support universal rights for all of Israel’s citizens.

Israeli Arabs: We aim to increase engagement and understanding about the issues facing Israel’s Arab citizens. 

Philanthropy

We aim to work with other philanthropic organisations committed to thinking about and advancing the role of philanthropy in society.