Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust

The Trust funds a broad array of causes, including health (disability, cancer, epilepsy, mental health), children's and youth services, Jewish community and heritage, education, hospices, anti-poverty, refugee and humanitarian aid, social justice, community integration, and anti-racism efforts. It supports work that benefits children, people with physical and learning disabilities, refugees, marginalized communities, and those in health or family crises. Geographically, the Trust focuses on England and Wales, though it occasionally supports international heritage or humanitarian work. The Trust typically provides unrestricted, multi-year core funding rather than short-term project support, favouring well-established charities with proven resilience and strategic capacity.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities, preferably well-established medium-to-large organizations with proven resilience and strategic capacity. The Trust prioritizes charities serving children, people with physical and learning disabilities, refugees, marginalized communities, and those in health or family crises. No strict income thresholds apply, but smaller or unproven entities are less likely to receive support. The Trust does not accept unsolicited applications; grants are awarded proactively via trustee discretion and personal networks.

The Trust does not accept unsolicited applications and does not fund short-term projects or competitive bids. It typically avoids supporting smaller or unproven entities, and does not fund outside donations or one-off project grants, instead focusing on unrestricted, multi-year core funding.

The Trust provides predominantly unrestricted, multi-year core funding rather than short-term project support. Grants are awarded proactively via trustee discretion and personal networks, with no public application process. The Trust favours well-established, medium-to-large UK-registered charities with proven resilience and strategic capacity, and its funding style emphasizes long-term organizational resilience and trust-based philanthropy.