From its inception in 1919, up to the mid 1990s, the Trusts largely made grants in Bombay. Whilst the Trusts were largely known for making individual grants for education and medical relief, they also made institutional grants. Education, health and support for allied trusts were the mainstay of institutional grant making, with a few grants also being made for the promotion of arts and heritage, women’s development, rural development, etc. Compared to the grants made currently, these were at best modest in comparison.

One of the early ventures of the Trusts was the Sir Ratan Tata Industrial Institute, which gave work to needy women at a time when there was a dearth of openings for women in offices. In 1948, the Trusts contributed to the setting up of the National Metallurgical Laboratory at Jamshedpur, and to the establishment of the Tata Memorial Centre in the 1970s at Navsari, the birthplace of Jamsetji Tata.

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