The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) is an independent Quaker trust which makes grants to organisations and individuals working to produce positive social change through their charitable work. This support is provided, primarily, through funding applied for by applicants. Our mission is to support people who address the root causes of conflict and injustice. Every year JRCT makes more than 100 grants for all kinds of charitable work, from grassroots community groups to well- established charities working to build a peaceful and just world.
OUR FUTURE
Joseph Rowntree founded JRCT 120 years ago, and we continue to build on his legacy by supporting organisations and individuals working for a more just and equitable society. We want to ensure sustained and considered support for the people and organisations doing vital work in an increasingly complex and unequal world.
We have started a process of strategic planning for JRCT. We are developing a long-term vision that ensures JRCT’s continued impact and enables us to provide sustained support to organisations working to address the root causes of social injustice. Our strategy development will also consider how to address issues of historical legacy with the development of a plan to fulfil commitments to forms of reparation which further our charitable purposes. This process is expected to run from 2025 to 2027, effectively beginning the “decennial review” (a forward-looking process setting priorities for the next decade).
We also continue to develop our culture at JRCT: we are led by Quaker values and we want to ensure a genuinely collaborative, effective, supportive workplace for all our staff. This is an exciting time of change for our organisation, and an opportunity to directly help shape the future of JRCT to ensure we continue to be a catalyst for positive social change.