Shirley Foundation
The Shirley Foundation, based in the United Kingdom, was established in 1996 by Dame Stephanie Shirley CH, who gave a substantial endowment to establish a charitable trust fund. The foundation ranked in the top 50 of grant giving foundations in the UK and was 'spent out' in 2018.
Major awards have been given as follows: £15m has been given to the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and the Oxford Internet Institute. Over £50m has been given for autism spectrum disorders. including setting up three charities: founded in 1994 ; founded in 1999 and Autistica founded in 2004 which together employ over 1,000 staff. The foundation also founded the Autism Cymru charity ; the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism ; the National Autism Project ; the ; and supported the ; ; The and many others.
