Sigrid Rausing Trust

Who we are

The Sigrid Rausing Tust is a grant making foundation established in 1995. 

The Trust runs three grant-making programmes:

Human Rights and the Rule of Law

The broad themes of this programme are: human rights and the rule of law; justice and accountability for international crimes; memorialization and reparation for victims of human rights abuses; torture prevention and rehabilitation for victims of torture; and conditions in places of detention.

Open Societies

The broad theme of this programme are: freedom of expression and independent public interest media; freedom of association and civic participation; corruption and undue influence by governments, business and private actors; and cohesive communities and creative expression

Environment

The broad themes of this programme are: the regulation and reduction of harmful chemicals and pollution; protecting biodiversity in environmental planning; and regulating harmful impacts of business and development projects.

Other grant making

In addition our Chair’s Fund and Trustees Small Grants support the Trust’s wider philanthropic remit.