- Form
- public stock (Sainsbury's shares) and cash
- Status
- paid
- Channel
- own foundation
- Recipient
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- Date
- from 1967
- Original amount
- over £1bn
What it means: Given into his own foundation, which then funds charities.
Given into his own foundation, which then funds charities.
Key facts
Documented record (USD)
~$1.3B+
Given to his Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Scope
Foundation grants paid cumulative
Period
from 1967
As of
Unknown
Attribution
Channel: own foundation. Recipient: Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
Original currency
over £1bn (GBP)
~ USD approximation of over £1bn (GBP) at an approximate reference rate. Conversion to confirm. One or more sources on this profile are secondary (marked below) and queued for a better source.
Net worth
Unknown — not yet documented
Giving share
Unknown — not yet documented
No compatible net-worth observation in this preview.
Annual giving
Unknown — not yet documented
No current-year paid total verified.
Private impact
Unknown — not yet documented
Unknown is not zero.
How they give
The math
Every number is footnoted. Where we did the arithmetic, the note shows it.
- Documented figure
- ~$1.3B+[1][2]Given to his Gatsby Charitable Foundation Original: over £1bn; USD conversion approximate, to confirm.
- Paid vs pledged
- Paid[1]As reported by the cited sources. A pledge is not proof of payment.
- Foundation pass-through vs. reaching charities
- Goes through their own vehicle first[1]Money placed in a foundation, DAF or LLC they control reaches charities later, as grants.
- % of net worth
- Not yet researchedUnknown is not zero.
The gift
Giving timeline
Dated facts present in this record, each tied to a numbered citation.
Notable gifts / records
~$1.3B+ [1]
Given to his Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Scope: Foundation grants paid cumulative. Period: from 1967. As of: Unknown.
Sources
- [1] S01 Fifty years of spending for social progress - Centre for Mental Health Centre for Mental Health · 2017-12-01 · checked 2026-10-11 “… went public in 1973, Gatsby suddenly had serious money to spend on charitable causes. Sainsbury has since given over £1bn to Gatsby, making him Britain’s most generous living private donor. Preoccupied with his role in running the …” Page states the figure used here (over £1bn). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name).
- [2] S02 David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville - Wikipedia Wikipedia · 2004-01-01 · checked 2026-10-11 “… trust, to be administered by lawyer Judith Portrait. When David Sainsbury announced his intention to give away £1 billion to charity in 2005, his 23% stake was sold down, eventually to 12.9% by early 2007. His beneficial holding became …” Page states the figure used here (over £1bn). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name). Source check: secondary. Queued for a better primary or independent source.
Identity and updates
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