EXTRACT: Some claim total independence but more than half of corporate foundations source trustees from the founder company. Shell Foundation has a board of six trustees – three members from Shell, including its two most senior figures – and three external members.
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13 June 2007
· Northern Rock Foundation: income £32,784,000, grants total £27,106,728 (2006)
· Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales: income £23,636,000, grants total £23,245,000 (2005)
· Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland: income £8,000,000, grants total £7,000,000 (2005) (estimate)