Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist) Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist) Joseph Rowntree (24 May 1836 – 24 February 1925) was an English Quaker philanthropist and businessman from York. Rowntree is perhaps best known for being a champion of social reform, partner and friend of Charles Booth, and his time as a chocolatier at family business "Rowntree's", one of the most important in Britain. Even as a powerful businessman, he was deeply interested in improving the quality of life of his employees; this led to him becoming a philanthropist, pursuing many charitable causes. In 1904 he created three trusts, the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust (JRVT) which was originally
Rescue Chocolate Rescue Chocolate Rescue Chocolate is a business that sells Chocolate and donates a its proceeds to non-profit animal rescue organizations. It is a social enterprise business following a similar business model to "Endangered Species Chocolate" and "Newman's Own". The product line consists of various flavors of dark chocolate bars which are vegan, kosher/parve, and packaged in eco-friendly materials. The company, based in Brooklyn, New York, was founded by a former professional ballet dancer and Pilates instructor, Sarah Gross. It began operations in January 2010. Because of a catastrophic Haiti earthquake during the same month, the company’s first beneficiary organization was