What Kusuma Trust Uk does

Kusuma Trust UK is a family-led philanthropic grant-making trust established in 2010, headquartered in London with a regional entity in Gibraltar and programme activity spanning India. It is constituted as a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity in England and Wales (company number 6753811, charity number 1126983); the Gibraltar entity is registered with the Gibraltar Charity Registry (number 196). The trust is governed by co-founder Anurag (an IIT Delhi alumnus) and Executive Trustee Soma, with no external institutional investors, PE/VC backing, or parent company.

The trust deploys capital through grants and partnerships rather than commercial products or services. Its portfolio spans grant programmes (Kusuma Trust Excellence Prize, Kusuma Young Achievers' Award, Kusuma Udayan Shalini Fellowship, Kusuma Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships), education programmes (Kusuma Schools Partnership Initiative, Secondary School Readiness Programme), funded facilities (Kusuma School of Biological Sciences at IIT Delhi established with a £2.8m grant, Kusuma Gallery at the V&A), and ad hoc partnership grants to UK, Gibraltar, and Indian institutions across education, healthcare, community, and environmental causes. Distribution is via direct grant-making based on alignment to stated values and mutual interests; reach is communicated through a WordPress website and Twitter/X accounts (@KusumaTrustUK, @KusumaGibraltar).

Since 2010 the trust reports £57.5 million+ in cumulative charitable spending across 535+ partnerships, reaching over 20 million beneficiaries. No revenue, endowment value, or annual income is disclosed; the entity does not sell products or services and operates on family-endowment capital. There is no proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or commercial product surface — the 'product' set consists entirely of grant instruments and funded facilities.

Name

Kusuma Trust Uk

Legal name

Kusuma Trust UK

Website

https://kusumatrust.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Kusuma Trust UK is a family-led philanthropic trust that has deployed over £57.5 million in grants to 535+ organisations across education, healthcare, community, and environmental causes in the UK, Gibraltar, and India since 2010.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Grant-Making / Charitable Foundations

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Philanthropic & Charitable Trust Services (FSAAANAI)

Keywords

• Philanthropic grant-making
• Charitable trust
• Education fellowships
• Community development grants
• Healthcare philanthropy

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Grant-Making: Kusuma Trust UK operates as a family-led charitable trust that makes philanthropic investments by giving grants to causes, organisations and people that are making a positive difference to society. They select partners based on shared values and mutual interests, creating access to opportunities, improving health and well-being, and investing in communities and environment. The trust has spent over £57.5 million in charitable giving since 2010.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kusuma Trust UK is a family-led charitable trust that makes philanthropic investments through grant programmes focused on opportunity, health, and the environment. The trust funds education access, scientific research, healthcare, and community development initiatives primarily in the UK and India, often through multi-year partnerships with nonprofit and public-sector organisations.

Product overview

Kusuma Trust UK is a family-led charitable trust that makes philanthropic investments through grant programs, not a commercial product company. Its offerings consist of educational grants and scholarships (Excellence Prize, Young Achievers' Award, Shalini Fellowship), professional development awards, funded facilities (Kusuma Gallery at V&A, School of Biological Sciences at IIT Delhi), and education programs (Schools Partnership Initiative, Resource Centres, Secondary School Readiness Programme). The trust also supports research projects and community initiatives across the UK, Gibraltar, and India, focusing on access to opportunity, health and wellbeing, and community and environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kusuma Trust Excellence Prize Award programme recognising excellence among individuals associated with Kusuma Trust UK's educational and community initiatives.
• Kusuma Trust Gibraltar Professional Development Awards Professional development award programme supporting individuals in Gibraltar.
• Kusuma Gallery at V&A Funded gallery space at the Victoria and Albert Museum supporting arts and cultural access.
• Kusuma Excellence Fellowships Fellowship programme supporting outstanding students and researchers associated with partner institutions.
• Kusuma Schools Partnership Initiative Partnership initiative working with schools to support educational outcomes and opportunity.
• Kusuma Resource Centres Resource centres established under the trust's community development programmes to support learning and community services.
• Kusuma School of Biological Sciences at IIT Delhi Funded School of Biological Sciences at IIT Delhi supporting higher education and scientific research in India.
• Secondary School Readiness Programme Programme supporting school readiness for secondary education among beneficiary communities.
• Kusuma Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships Fellowships recognising outstanding young faculty members at partner institutions.
• Kusuma Young Achievers' Award Award recognising young achievers within the trust's beneficiary communities.
• Kusuma Udayan Shalini Fellowship Fellowship programme supporting women and disadvantaged students through higher education.
• Kusuma Trust University Talks Talk series hosted at partner universities under the trust's educational outreach activities.
• Bridging Worlds Research Project Research project supported by the trust focusing on cross-border or interdisciplinary themes.

Quantifiable outcome

• £57.5 million+ charitable spending since 2010
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• British Educational Research AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with BERA on a grants programme to help improve the experience of neurodiverse pupils in mainstream schools. The Bridging Worlds research project funded by Kusuma Trust was awarded by BERA.
• Barts CharitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded the COVIDsortium research programme with doctors and researchers from Barts Health, University College London, and Queen Mary University London. Grant used to collect and analyse blood samples and health data from 500 frontline healthcare workers.
• Migration MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant of more than £45,000 to allow the Migration Museum to expand its reach to twice as many students each year and deliver training to 300 teachers on teaching about migration.
• Media TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded £50,000 to deliver a Creative Digital Media Programme to around 180 students at state schools within the West London Partnership.
• Migrants OrganisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant of £15,000 to fund a full-time case worker to support 70 refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan in temporary hotel accommodation.
• Indian Institute of Technology DelhicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2011 committed a grant of £2.8m to establish a new Kusuma School of Biological Sciences. Also funded Kusuma Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships scheme.
• Vigyan FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant of £111,659 over two years to improve schools by strengthening their School Management and Development Committees in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh.
• Centre for Youth and Social DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant of £70,757 to fund a project to improve quality of secondary education in Sambalpur, Odisha.
• Udayan CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded the Kusuma Udayan Shalini Fellowship between 2008 and 2014, helping 410 students complete Class 12 and enrol in higher education.
• Better Education Through Innovation FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded vocational and educational coaching project to improve employment prospects of children who don't finish school in Hardoi district, supporting 1,000 students a year.
• Pragathi Seva SamithicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with organisation based in Warangal to support 1,200 promising students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds through the Kusuma Young Achievers' Award.
• Tata Institute of Social SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGave £45,575 to TISS to develop the Saarathi training manual for child welfare workers, then £88,998 with UNICEF to roll out the manual.
• MV Foundation and Project 511coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant of £142,726 for Mobile Science Lab project bringing practical science education to schools in Hyderabad, reaching 25,754 students.
• International Institute for Population SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with IIPS in Mumbai to guide Kusuma Young Researchers Award Fellows in publishing research in peer-reviewed journals.
• VSO and British CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported Global Xchange programme between 2009/10 and 2010/11 with grants of £13,102 and £20,614 for international youth exchange.
• Global GenerationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported project to create a new green home for people, plants and animals in King's Cross, London. Recently celebrated the opening of the Story Garden.
• Quentin Blake Centre for IllustrationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered to ensure new home has beautiful and diverse green spaces for visitors, including an illustration garden with plants, play facilities, and outdoor classroom.
• Museum of London (London Museum)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded £80,000 to support 'My London Story' oral history project in 9 schools. Project won Museums+Heritage Award for Learning Programme of the Year in 2026.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF): UK-based, family-led philanthropic foundation focused on children's health, education, and climate. Comparable as a privately funded UK foundation with significant international grant-making in India and Africa.
• Garfield Weston Foundation: UK family-founded grant-making foundation distributing over £100m annually across education, health, community, and the arts. Comparable as a private family foundation with broad thematic focus and multi-generational capital base.
• Wellcome Trust: One of the UK's largest charitable foundations, funded by a bequest and focused on health, research, and education. Directly comparable to Kusuma as a UK-registered, privately endowed trust making strategic grants across multiple sectors.
• Leverhulme Trust: UK charitable trust established from the estate of William Lever, supporting research, education, and scholarships. Highly comparable as an endowed UK trust making long-horizon grants to universities and individuals.
• Tudor Trust: UK charitable trust supporting voluntary and community organisations working with people in poverty, disability, or disadvantage. Comparable as an independent endowed trust with similar UK community-focused grant-making.
• The Dulverton Trust: UK general-purpose grant-making foundation supporting education, youth, conservation, and social welfare. Comparable as an independent UK endowed foundation with broad thematic scope.
• Barts Charity: UK healthcare charity funding research, equipment, and patient care in the Barts Health NHS Trust network. Directly comparable as a Kusuma grant recipient operating as a UK charity making targeted healthcare grants.
• Oak Foundation: International family foundation with UK presence funding environment, education, child protection, and health. Comparable as a family-led, internationally-active grant-maker with a similar thematic mix to Kusuma.
• Bernard Sunley Foundation: UK family-founded grant-making charity supporting education, young people, the arts, and community projects. Comparable as a privately funded UK family foundation with similar thematic breadth.
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Independent UK foundation funded by an investment inheritance, focusing on the arts, children and young people, the environment, and social change. Comparable in funding model, scale, and portfolio breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/KusumaTrustUK
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Profiles2 records

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