The Thomson Reuters Foundation is the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Established in 1983 and headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, the Foundation is an independent charity registered in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It also maintains regional hubs in New York City and Nairobi, Kenya. The Foundation operates at the intersection of media, law, and responsible business, leveraging the skills, values, and expertise of its parent company to serve the public interest on a global scale.

The Foundation’s mission is to strengthen free, fair, and informed societies. It pursues this through three core focus areas: bolstering the resilience of independent media, strengthening access to the law, and fostering responsible business practices. Its work spans journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, all aimed at driving systemic change that benefits communities and people around the world.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation operates as an independent charity, governed separately from its parent company, Thomson Reuters. It is registered as a charity in both the UK and the USA. The Foundation is led by CEO Antonio Zappulla, who has held the role since 2016. With its headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, and additional regional hubs in New York City and Nairobi, the Foundation has a broad global footprint from which it delivers its programmes and services.

The Foundation’s flagship programmes include TrustLaw, the world’s largest global pro bono network (created in 2010), which connects law firms and corporate legal teams with NGOs and social enterprises to provide free legal support and resources. The Workforce Disclosure Initiative (WDI), transferred to the Foundation in 2024, collates voluntarily disclosed corporate data on workforce issues across operations and supply chains to inform decision-making by companies and investors. The Trust Conference (formerly Trust Women) is the Foundation’s annual global forum convening experts, innovators, and activists on topics spanning press freedom, democracy, shrinking civic space, and responsible economies. The Foundation also funds the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, which supports international comparative journalism research and an annual Journalist Fellowship Programme. A dedicated Legal Service for Independent Media provides tailored legal support to journalists, newsrooms, and media freedom organisations to help counter legal threats and strengthen their resilience.