Draft:Huo Family Foundation

The Huo Family Foundation is a grant-giving foundation based in London. The Foundation was created in 2009 and since its inception has pledged over $70 million to projects in the UK, United States, and China.

Core areas of interest

 * Education
 * Arts
 * Scientific Research

Education
The Foundation supports educational institutions and students in the UK, US and China through research initiatives, scholarships, and teaching programmes including Teach First and Teach For All. The focus of its support is academic research centres working on scientific advancement and the public good. Some of these initiatives include Columbia University’s World Projects.

Arts
The Foundation supports museums, galleries and centres for the performing arts in London and New York, with the aim to make art more accessible and promote new talent and programmes that serve their communities. To date, it has supported exhibitions, productions, and concerts at the Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Courtauld Gallery, Donmar Warehouse, Fitzwilliam Museum, London Symphony Orchestra, National Theatre, Natural History Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Opera House, Science Museum, Tate Galleries, and The Old Vic.

Scientific research
The Foundation has given to projects and institutions conducting research on mental health and wellbeing. A current area of focus is the impact of digital technology on adolescent brain development, with gifts made to the Oxford Internet Institute.

During the pandemic, the Foundation funded research relating to Covid-19 immunology and testing at some of the UK’s leading universities, including the Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) programme at Imperial College London.