Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a grant-giving charity based in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1958 by Canadian businessman W. Garfield Weston (1898–1978), who during his lifetime contributed to numerous humanitarian causes, both personally and through his companies. His philanthropic works continue through the Garfield Weston Foundation in London and the Weston Family Foundation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
| Formation | 1958 |
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| Founder | W. Garfield Weston |
| Type | Charitable organization |
| Purpose | Aiding charities directly delivering services and activities to those in need. |
| Headquarters | London |
Region | United Kingdom |
| Methods | Grantmaking |
| Fields | Arts, Community, Education, Environment, Faith, Health, Museums & Heritage, Welfare and Youth |
Key people | Guy Weston, Chairman of the Board of Trustees |
| Disbursements | ~£62 million annually |
| Endowment (2017) | £9.7 billion |
| Website | www.garfieldweston.org |
The Garfield Weston Foundation is one of the largest charitable foundations in the world, with assets of £9.7 billion at 5 April 2017, of which a majority was attributed to the foundation's majority holding in Wittington Investments.
Since Sir Guy Weston's appointment as chairman, the Garfield Weston Foundation has become the largest family grant-making foundation in the UK, with total grants exceeding £1 billion.