THE FULBRIGHT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 328571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education, for the benefit of the public, primarily by enabling citizens of the USA and of the UK to participate in educational exchanges between those two countries.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY: (1) ENABLING CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND DEPENDANT TERRITORIES NORMALLY RESIDENT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES TO ENGAGE IN PROGRAMMES OF STUDY TEACHING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RESPECTIVELY AND FOR THAT PURPOSE GRANTING OR FACILITATING THE GRANT OF STUDENTSHIPS FELLOWSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AWARDS. (2) ARRANGING AND/OR FACILITATING LEARNED COLLOQUIA ON SUBJECTS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST, SEMINARS AND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £86,199 fell below the stated policy target of £100,000, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. However, the charity holds significant cash assets of £548,805 and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2024 (received 31/07/2025, 1 day after the 30/07/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Rita Allen Foundation — “We are privileged to have been funded by the Rita Allen Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Wallit Foundation.” (source page)
• Carnegie Corporation of New York — “We are privileged to have been funded by the Rita Allen Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Wallit Foundation.” (source page)
• Wallit Foundation — “We are privileged to have been funded by the Rita Allen Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Wallit Foundation.” (source page)
• JetBlue — “As the largest US college fair in Europe, we’re grateful to our current sponsor Jet Blue for helping to make the event such a huge success .” (source page)
• Lois Roth Foundation — “Other signature events include our annual Fulbright Distinguished Lecture, presented in partnership with the University of Edinburgh , King …” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Fulbright Foundation (Trustee) Limited

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FUTURE.

• BRITISH FUTURE income £662k
• THE MACQUITTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £85k
• UK FUND FOR CHARITIES income £4.6m
• THE FROEBEL TRUST income £647k
• THE FOLLETT TRUST income £65k
• THE LOVINGTON FOUNDATION income £272k

Side by side with its peers

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