Its mandate is to promote intercultural understanding by encouraging the study of comparative religion.
A Spalding Visiting Fellowship in Comparative Religion was established at Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1994.
[2] The Trust's website presents the scope of projects supported, and instructions for individuals applying for assistance.
[3] The Spalding Trust's chairs have included Sir Douglas Veale (1950-1953) and Thomas Knox-Shaw (1953-1971).
Grants from this fund, totalling approximately £2000 annually, are used to help women and children in the family's home county of Oxfordshire.