Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world’s leading provider of news and information, is committed to empowering people in need around the world with trusted information and free legal assistance.

A registered charity in the United States and United Kingdom, the Foundation leverages the skills, values and expertise across Thomson Reuters to promote the rule of law, save lives in disasters and improve standards of journalism.

Our initiatives stand for better governance, greater transparency, more effective humanitarian relief and a robust global press. They are a call to action by our employees and partners. They are the embodiment of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias.

The services on Trust.org, the Foundation’s portal site, build on the humanitarian-information initiatives and journalism-training programmes of the Reuters Foundation, established in 1982. Following the acquisition of Reuters by Thomson Corp in 2008, the Foundation was expanded to embrace the broader scope of the company.

Thomson Reuters tradition, resources and network:

• 53,000 employees worldwide
• World-leading legal business, including 1,200 in-house attorneys
• Westlaw, the legal research service of Thomson Reuters, has a solid history in supporting pro bono causes, donating over $20 million in 2009
• Long expertise in media, information and technology development
• Reuters News bureaux in 196 countries
• More than a century and a half of experience as a global news agency

Plus Foundation expertise:

• A long history of working with almost 500 NGOs through AlertNet, a hub for humanitarian issues
• An understanding of the challenges NGOs face and how they operate
• Journalism and media-development programmes that have trained 10,000 people worldwide

Thomson Reuters Foundation is not a grant-giving body and will not reply to unsolicited requests for funding.