Jusaca Charitable Trust

The Jusaca Charitable Trust, founded by deed on 3 April 1992 by philanthropist Ralph Neville Emanuel, is a discretionary grant-making trust dedicated to public benefit through alleviating poverty, advancing health and education, supporting arts and research, promoting religious activities, and providing decent housing. Rooted in its founder's legacy of service, generosity, and consistency, it allocates at least 50% of grants to Jewish charities—those advancing Jewish people, communities, or heritage, including those benefiting non-Jews—while splitting the remainder equally between UK-based and overseas non-Jewish causes. Operating as an expendable endowment with no staff, it relies on investment income, donations, and legacies, managed collectively by trustees emphasizing prudent stewardship, flexibility, and responsiveness to emergencies.

The trust funds a broad array of generalist causes, including poverty relief, homelessness, mental health, social welfare, education, anti-slavery efforts, refugee aid, and humanitarian priorities, both domestically and internationally. Grant types encompass project funding, core costs, unrestricted support, capital grants, and organisational development. Recent beneficiaries include World Jewish Relief, Shelter, Anti-Slavery International, Refugee Action, and Practical Action, reflecting thematic breadth from Jewish heritage to global welfare.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities (with overseas equivalents aligning to objectives); no income thresholds, geographic bases, or size restrictions apply, favouring medium-sized organisations with strong governance. Applications are unsolicited via written letter (cover letter, registration, proposal, budget, accounts) on a rolling basis, with decisions at quarterly trustee meetings (exact dates undisclosed). Typical grants range £5,000–£50,000, clustering £10,000–£30,000. Distinctively, it has no website or fixed forms—guidance via Charity Commission—no explicit exclusions, and a commitment to Charity Commission public benefit standards sets it apart as founder-driven and highly flexible.