£28m of charitable spend supporting evidence-led research to improve people’s lives
The Nuffield Foundation today published its 2024 annual report, highlighting a charitable spend of £28.4m, one of our highest ever totals.
In these complex times, marked by political and economic uncertainty, fraying public services, and diminished trust in public institutions, evidence-led research is vital to inform policies that can tackle social challenges and advance people’s well-being.
Our latest report sets out how the Foundation directed funding to its expert centres – the Ada Lovelace Institute, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics – as well as a grant-holders across the UK.
It shows:
- Charitable expenditure of £28.4m
- £6.1m to support our expert centres
- Funding for around 200 active grants across 72 institutions in all four nations
- Nearly 30,000 attendees at 469 events led by the Foundation and centres, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers
The report includes updates on the Foundation’s major new research projects: Grown up? Journeys to adulthood which explores the complex lives of Generation Z; Public right to justice, which examines challenges facing the justice system in England and Wales; and the Racial Diversity UK fund, which aims to explore how patterns of racial diversity and disparity are developing and shaping the UK, and help map pathways to a racially just and inclusive society.
It also details the research and policy work of our centres, including the opportunities and risks of using AI in the public sector, the use of deprivation of liberty orders to restrict the freedom of young people in care, and exploring the public’s views on assisted dying, and lists examples of impact achieved by grant-holders.
Now, perhaps as much as ever, the work we fund and lead is needed to address the inequalities and insecurities that so many people face. As we look ahead, our focus is on developing an organisation that faces into the future, anticipates emerging challenges, and identifies the evidence that will help make people’s lives better.Gavin Kelly, Chief Executive
