Wates Foundation Collection
UK Philanthropy Archive
Wates Foundation Collection
About the collection
The collection is made up of:
- Grant files
- Photographs
- Newspaper clippings
- Publications
- Audiovisual materials
- Papers related to the history of the Wates Family and the Foundation
- Papers related to finance and governance
About the Wates Foundation
The Wates Foundation are an independent grant-making family trust, founded in 1966 by three brothers from a building family: Allan, Norman, and Ronald Wates.
As generalist grant-makers, the Foundation has funded projects relating to families and parenting, young people's education and employment, criminal justice and prison reform, housing and homelessness, women's rights and wellbeing, health and addiction, and migration and citizenship.
Today, the Foundation's six trustees are drawn equally from the three branches of the Wates Family. Each of the three families has its own grants committee, which usually meets once a year. The three family grants committees are named after their respective founder.