The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation is a private, philanthropic foundation created in 2006 to provide a structure for Elizabeth and Rory’s ongoing philanthropy.
How We Act
The nature of the Foundation’s work is dynamic.
Key to all we do through the Foundation is partnership. We support organisations which we believe deliver impact, we prefer to stay involved for many years, and we seek to provide our partner organisations with as much value as we can.
In Rory and Elizabeth’s experience their contribution has been most useful where they are able to engage personally beyond the Foundation’s financial contribution and they have provided practical support, as long-term trustees and advisors, of many of the organisations they support.
"Universities are good at … large-scale, long-range work. We wanted to get to grips with one of the really big core issues in the world, and ended up in a discussion about poverty. It became a game-changing moment for us."
– Rory and Elizabeth Brooks
Our philanthropic journey
The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation was established in 2006. The timeline provides a snapshot of some key milestones – both as part of Foundation giving and other related projects in which Elizabeth and Rory are involved.