PETER BENNETT FOUNDATION
IDEAS.
INNOVATION.
IMPACT.
ABOUT US
The Peter Bennett Foundation was established in 2012 as a charitable trust with the objective of improving the quality of life. We were born from a desire to create a true legacy of positive change for our communities all over the world. By supporting ideas and innovation, we aim to deliver impact to our people and to our planet. We believe that what we do is important and worthwhile. We work with passion and integrity.
We are not conventional in our philanthropic approach – we seek to redefine modern philanthropy by bringing our expertise from the commercial and financial sectors to maximize the impact of our charitable projects, without ever compromising our values and ethics.
Collaboration is key to what we do. In our process of philanthropic giving, we build strong relationships, nurture constructive consensus and weave together the demands of different stakeholders. We have forged close relationships with NGOs, government bodies, academic institutions and other foundations as we work towards building a better future.
Our approach is unbiased, while our vision extends far and wide. We have the privilege of being able to think about change in a long-term context – results do not need to be immediate, but they do need to be impactful.
OUR MISSION
At the Peter Bennett Foundation, it is our mission to facilitate positive change for the benefit of communities all over the world. By nurturing ideas and innovation, we aim to deliver impact.
OUR CORE VALUES
We support ideas and innovation that deliver far-reaching impact in driving positive change and addressing the challenges we face as a society. We work with passion and integrity.
OUR RESEARCH FOCUS
In the course of our philanthropic endeavours, we have carved a specific niche in identifying and supporting key areas of research in some of the most globally esteemed institutions. By helping to effect financial independence for academic research in the form of long-term and endowed donations, we hope to overcome some of the structural challenges faced by research institutions and better equip them to focus on key societal issues for the benefit of our community at large.
"It’s perhaps why some of the more interesting institutes and labs attached to universities are the product of philanthropy, rather than the usual cycle of research council allocations. The Gatsby Unit at UCL, where Dennis Hassbis completed his PhD, was funded by David Sainsbury. The Peter Bennett Foundation funds institutes at Cambridge, Oxford and Sussex.”
Alex Chalmers, Chalmermagne