Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grant making
Discover 8,265 Charitable activities charities that specialise in Grant making. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
The Ormiston Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesOrmiston Trust supports children and their families by way of grants to Ormiston organisations and the sponsorship of Multi Academy Trusts. Four core values underpin our work: Nurture; Empower; Innovate; and Impact.
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportThe Charity raises funds from a range of donors and makes grants to such exclusively charitable projects as the trustees may determine, both in the UK and abroad.
Ubs UK Donor-Advised Foundation
Charitable activitiesMAKING GRANTS TO UK CHARITIES
Garfield Weston Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, charitable grant-making foundation. Privately funded, it supports a wide range of charities across the UK. From small community groups to large national institutions, the Foundation aims to support organisations with effective solutions to helping those most in need. We accept applications all year round. See more at garfieldweston.org
Ako Foundation
Charitable activities, EnvironmentThe Foundation's main activity is to make grants to UK charities and for charitable purposes elsewhere in the world. The priority areas for its grants are initiatives and projects which improve education, promote the arts and combat the climate emergency. The Foundation does not seek applications for grants and will not make grants in response to unsolicited applications received.
The Master Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesGrant making trust.
Trinity College Cambridge
Arts, Charitable activities, Education, ReligionProvision, along with the University, of education of the highest standard for some 1100 undergraduate and graduate students; maintaining a Chapel, extensive Library, and substantial buildings; promoting research by its Fellows and students; and making grants to others with similar objects. Although situated in Cambridge, Trinity's members come from a very wide range of areas and backgrounds.
The Leverhulme Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe Trust provides scholarships and other similar support for education and research. by making grants across a broad range of schemes, by identifying individuals who can demonstrate high-quality scholarship, originality, and excellence, in their chosen research proposal.
The Greencliffe Foundation LTD
Charitable activitiesThe Foundation is a grant making foundation with the objective of promoting such purposes as are exclusively charitable in accordance with the laws of England & Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine. The Foundation primary focus is in India.
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Charitable activitiesMAKE CHARITABLE GRANTS
Npt Transatlantic Limited
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportThe Trust's objective is to raise funds from a broad range of donors and make grants to Registered Charities concerned with the advancement of such exclusively charitable objects as the Trustees shall from time to time determine.
Marlborough College
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationMarlborough College is incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as an education charity. The College provides education for boys and girls for the ages 13-18. The number of pupils in the College averaged 924 of whom 888 were boarders and 36 were day pupils. Under its grant making policy the total number of pupils receiving fee assistance in the academic year 2014/15 was 119.
Reuben Foundation
Charitable activitiesGrant making for the benefit of institutions and individuals
The Church Of England Pensions Board
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Housing, Professions, ReligionProvides the best possible support and care, within available resources, to those who have retired from stipendiary and lay ministry within the Church of England, and to their dependants, through the provision of retirement and supported housing, and through discretionary grants to ensure beneficiaries have a minimum income standard.
The London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, LeisureLondon Marathon Foundation, the operating name of The London Marathon Charitable Trust, aims to inspire physical activity. It does so by awarding grants to help make available facilities and opportunities and by direct delivery to help the least active children, young people and adults from underserved communities get active.
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
Charitable activitiesThe Arts Council of Wales is responsible for developing and funding the arts in Wales for the benefit of people throughout Wales. We formulate arts strategies, undertake research, and provide recurrent and one-off grants to organisations and individuals. We also manage a range of non-grant activities and services, often in partnership with local authorities and others.
The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation
Charitable activities, ReligionThe charity funds projects run by registered charities in England, Wales, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland. The charity aims to change the lives of people most in need through its grants, as well as supporting the Roman Catholic Church and its associated registered charities. The Foundation makes grants from its three funds, The British Church Fund, The General Fund and The Irish Church Fund.
Motability
Charitable activities, Social welfareHelps disabled people to make journeys by providing access to transport, and working to make transport more accessible. Oversees Motability Operations to deliver the Motability Scheme and provides grants to Scheme customers. Provides transport-related grants to charities and organisations. Carries out research and innovation to make transport more accessible now and in the longer-term.
The Education Endowment Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationThe advancement of education for the benefit of the public by a) making grants to schools other not for profit organisations to fund projects which seek to address low educational attainment; and b) supporting and disseminating the results of research in to ways to mitigate the factors that cause or contribute to, and successful strategies for dealing with, low educational attainment.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe foundation supports work in the UK and India. Its focus is on helping people to overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity so that they can realise their potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives. It has a particular interest in supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts. It operates through grant making and related charitable activities.
Breakthrough Foundation
Charitable activities, ResearchThe provision of grants to the US charities, Breakthrough Prize Foundation and Breakthrough Prize in Life Science Foundation, having primarily scientific and educational objects, in the USA, UK and Israel.
King Edward Vii's Hospital (sister Agnes)
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HealthKing Edward VII (Sister Agnes) Charity is a Royal Charter Charity established in 1899 to support Armed Forces service personnel, veterans and their families who require medical treatment through the provision of grants for specific healthcare needs.
Human Capability Foundation
Charitable activitiesHCF is a grant-making charity that makes grants to organisations predominantly in India.
Family Action
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HealthTo preserve and protect the good health (in particular the mental health) of children and families, other individuals and groups within the community and to provide services, advice and grants to children, adults and families.
Army Benevolent Fund
Armed forces, Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity's Objectives are to benefit persons who are serving or who have served in the British Army, or their dependants, in any charitable way by the provision of grants, loans, gifts, pensions or otherwise.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many Grant making charitable activities charities are there in the UK?
There are 8,265 registered Grant making charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the Grant making charitable activities charities by income?
Lloyd's Register Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£691.7m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of Grant making charitable activities charities?
Grant making charitable activities charities reported a combined annual income of £17.8bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for Grant making charitable activities charities?
Across all Grant making charitable activities charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 85.8%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of Grant making charitable activities charities?
Grant making charitable activities charities have an average annual income of £1.1m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.