Rowntree trusts
The four Rowntree Trusts are funded from the legacies of the Quaker chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformers Joseph Rowntree and
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Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree. The trusts are based in the Rowntrees' home city of
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York, England. The trusts are:
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- the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, a Quaker philanthropic trust;
- the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which funds social policy research and development;
- the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, which forms part of the Foundation, and which owns and manages the model village of New Earswick, and a number of other housing schemes in the York area;
- the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, which is a political body promoting democratic reform and social justice within the UK.
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