Reuben Foundation
{{Short description|Private foundation in the United Kingdom}}
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| formation = {{start date and age|2002}}
| founder = David and Simon Reuben
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| registration_id = 1094130
| status = Registered
| purpose = Charitable
| headquarters = {{nowrap|Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank,}} London SW1P 4PQ
| location = London, United Kingdom
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| region = England; Wales; Israel; the United States; Canada; Greece
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| fields = Global healthcare and education
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| owner = Reuben Family
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| leader_title = Trustee
| leader_name = Lisa Reuben{{cite web|url=http://www.reubenbrothers.com/mayfairs-first-family/|title=Mayfair's First Family |work=Tatler |publisher=Reuben Brothers |date=October 2013 }}
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| revenue = {{GBP}}4.6 million{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/FinancialHistory.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1094130&SubsidiaryNumber=0 |title=Reuben Foundation: Financial history |publisher=Charity Commission for England and Wales |date=19 October 2016 |accessdate=13 March 2017}}
| revenue_year = 2015
| disbursements = {{GBP}}2 million (in 2015)
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| endowment = {{USD}}100 million (in 2002){{cite web |url=http://www.reubenfoundation.com/about/ |title=The Reuben Foundation: About |publisher=Reuben Foundation |date=2016 |accessdate=10 June 2016 }}
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The Reuben Foundation is a private foundation established in the United Kingdom created to channel the charitable giving of the Reuben family and David and Simon Reuben. It has a focus on healthcare and education. Formed in 2002 as the Reuben Brothers Foundation with an initial endowment of {{USD}}100 million, grants are made by invitation only and on the approval of the Trustees.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
The Reuben Foundation is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and operates in the United Kingdom, Canada, Israel, the United States and Greece.{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1094130&SubsidiaryNumber=0 |title=Reuben Foundation: Charity framework |publisher=Charity Commission for England and Wales |date=2016 |accessdate=13 March 2017}}
Education
=The Reuben Scholarship Programme=
In 2012 the Reuben Foundation launched the Reuben Scholarship Programme with a multimillion-pound endowment. The programme was formed to provide financial support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Reuben Scholarship Programme is in partnership with the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, UCL and Ark Schools.{{cite press release |title=Gift will support financially disadvantaged students |publisher=University of Cambridge |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/gift-will-support-financially-disadvantaged-students |location=London |date=15 December 2014 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}
===Other===
In 2013 the Reuben Foundation funded the establishment of The Reuben Business Faculty at Oxford Spires Academy.{{cite news |url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10804026.Billionaire_boss_opens_academy_business_centre/ |title=Billionaire boss opens academy business centre |work=Oxford Mail |location=Oxford |date=13 November 2013 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}
Health
=Great Ormond Street Hospital, London=
The Reuben Foundation founded a Centre for Paediatric Virology at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The centre works study viral infections, identify areas of critical patient need, and adopt the results of current virus research into clinical practice.{{cite web |work=Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health |publisher=UCL |title=Reuben's Centre for Paediatric Virology and Metagenomics |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/research/infection-immunity-inflammation/infection-inflammation-rheumatology/reubens-centre-paediatric-virology |location=London |date= |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.reubenfoundation.com/the-reuben-centre-for-paediatric-virology-and-metagenomics/ | title=The Reuben Centre for Paediatric Virology and Metagenomics | publisher=Reuben Foundation | date=2014 | accessdate=March 18, 2018}}{{cite press release |publisher=Great Ormond Street Hospital |title=The Prince of Wales visits Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children |url=http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/news/press-releases/2013-press-release-archive/prince-wales-visits-great-ormond-street-hospital-children |location=London |date=21 February 2013 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.reubenfoundation.com/childrens-cancer-centre-great-ormond-street-hospital/ | title=Reuben Foundation Children's Cancer Centre | publisher=Reuben Foundation | accessdate=March 18, 2018}}
=The Royal Marsden Hospital, London=
The Reuben Foundation Imaging Centre was officially opened in May 2015 by Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England.{{cite press release |publisher=The Royal Marsden |title=Reuben Foundation Imaging Centre officially opened |url=https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/news-and-events/news/reuben-foundation-imaging-centre-officially-opened |location=London |date=7 May 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}
=Other=
The Reuben Foundation provided funding for Jack Berry House in North Yorkshire, the IJF's second respite and rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys.{{Cite web|date=2017-03-07|title=The Injured Jockeys Fund {{!}} Newmarket {{!}} Oaksey House {{!}} Jack Berry House|url=http://www.injuredjockeys.co.uk/ijf-news.asp?$=219&o=1|access-date=2021-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123832/http://www.injuredjockeys.co.uk/ijf-news.asp?$=219&o=1|archive-date=2017-03-07}}
Community
=Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith=
The Reuben Foundation has provided the principal funding to construct The Reuben Foundation Wing at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.{{cite news |author=Mountford, Fiona |work=Evening Standard |title=The Lyric Hammersmith will rival South Bank after £20m revamp, says artistic director Sean Holmes |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/the-lyric-hammersmith-due-for-a-20m-revamp-to-rival-the-south-bank-10164465.html |date=9 April 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}
=BFI Reuben Library=
=Other=
In November 2016 the Reuben Foundation were the Headline Sponsor of the Centrepoint at the Palace Gala. Centrepoint provides temporary shelter, health and education for homeless young people. Debra Reuben, wife of David Reuben, is a Founder of the Centrepoint Circle Club.{{cite news |author=Nash, Fions |work=Hello Magazine |title=Prince William arrives at Centrepoint fundraiser, Phil Collins forced to pull out for health reasons |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2016111034542/prince-william-phil-collins-ill/ |date=10 November 2016 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}
The Reuben Foundation provided a contribution towards the Imperial War Museum's major exhibition, Truth and Memory.{{cite press release |publisher=Imperial War Museums |url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/files/press-release/IWML_Truth%20and%20Memory%202014_1.pdf |title=Truth and Memory: British Art of the First World War |date=16 July 2014 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}
In 2012 the Clinton Foundation held its first event in London, in collaboration with The Reuben Foundation.{{cite press release |title=A Night Out With The Millennium Network |publisher=Clinton Foundation |url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/get-involved/take-action/attend-an-event/night-out-millennium-network |date=22 May 2012 |accessdate=6 March 2017 }}
In 2011 the Reuben Foundation, in partnership with the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and under the strategic help of Michael Bloomberg, launched Team London, which gave voluntary sector grants. Within 12 months circa 19,000 volunteers from Team London had donated 250,000 hours of free time to help boost literacy, skills and green projects in the capital.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-18|title=Launch of Team London|url=http://www.ageuk.org.uk/london/news--campaigns/archive/launch-of-team-london/|access-date=2021-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318182736/http://www.ageuk.org.uk/london/news--campaigns/archive/launch-of-team-london/|archive-date=2018-03-18}}
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External links
- [http://www.reubenfoundation.com/ Reuben Foundation website]
Category:Foundations based in the United Kingdom
Category:2002 establishments in the United Kingdom