Funding The foundation makes grants of £5m a year to about 180 different charities. The minimum grant is £10,000.
Funder There were two Sir John Ellermans. The first was an entrepreneur who made untold wealth largely through the shipping business, the second his son — a zoologist and philanthropist who quietly went about charitable work. He left his shares in the Ellerman Lines business to this trust.
Aim This is a generalist trust with a wide range of interests. Its main broad categories are health and disability, social welfare — with disadvantaged children and young people as one of three focus areas — and conservation.
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