Leaving a legacy
By leaving a gift to The King's Fund in your will, you can help the Fund's work to continue to change and improve health care in England.
How legacies have made a difference to The King's Fund
We are fortunate to have received many generous legacies over the years, and these gifts have helped to ensure our finances are secure. This in turn ensures that we can remain an independent voice in health care.
When the Fund was originally formed in 1897, legacies helped it to make grants to hospitals across London. Legacies from Sir Thomas Sutherland, founder of P&O; Lord Mount Stephen, pioneer of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and Lord Revelstoke, former treasurer of the Fund, were able to help see the Fund through tough financial times in the 1920s and 1930s.
Throughout the years, generous supporters have made the decision to be part of the future of health care by remembering the Fund and leaving gifts – big or small – in their wills. These valued friends have ensured the Fund leaves its own legacy on health care.
Why leave a legacy to The King's Fund?
The Fund continues to leaves it mark on the English health care system, more recently with projects including the Wanless Review into social care funding, or our Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.
The King's Fund is able to investigate and disseminate useful knowledge and information because of its independence and healthy ambition to create ideas that change health care. This independence and ambition rests on its financial stability, which in turn is a product of the many generous gifts, including legacies, of the past. By considering The King's Fund in your will, you can help maintain that independence and ambition for change.
