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The Pilgrim Trust is an independent charitable grant-making trust in the United Kingdom. The Trust's aims are to improve the life chances of the most vulnerable and preserve the best of the past for the public to enjoy.[1] The Trust awards approximately £3 million worth of grants each year to charities which are working to preserve the UK’s heritage and social change.[2] It is based in London and is a registered charity (no. 206603) under English law.[3]
It was founded in 1930 with a two million pound endowment by Edward Harkness, an American philanthropist. The trust's inaugural board were Stanley Baldwin, Sir James Irvine, Sir Josiah Stamp, John Buchan and Hugh Macmillan;[4] its first secretary was former civil servant, Thomas Jones.[5]
- ^ "Pilgrim Trust - Grant-making across the UK". Pilgrim Trust. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum website, Funding section, The Pilgrim Trust
- ^ "The Pilgrim Trust, registered charity no. 206602". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ H.P. Macmillan, A Man of Law's Tale, London: MacMillan and Co., 1952, p.282
- ^ H.P. Macmillan, A Man of Law's Tale, London: MacMillan and Co., 1952, p.284