Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grant making
Discover 4,202 Charitable activities charities that specialise in Grant making. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust
Charitable activities, HeritageThe National Manuscripts Conservation Trust was set up in 1990 to provide financial assistance to owners and custodians in the UK in preserving the nation's written heritage. In addition to giving grants, we advise applicants on matters relating to potential applications, including specific preservation policies and strategies and to best practice in preservation.
Hackney Parochial Charities
Charitable activitiesGrant making
The Leslie Mary Carter Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesThe trust makes donations and grants to other Charities and sponsors research programmes as the trustees determine at their discretion.
The Bmta Trust
Charitable activitiesMaking of welfare grants to individuals, with a preference for individuals or their related dependents who are employed in the Motor Trade or Motor Industry.
H P Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfaregeneral charitable purposes, in particular the advancement of religion, relief of poverty, and other purposes recognised by English law as charitable. The trustees seek to direct grants towards the relief of poverty among orthodox Jewish communities and the advancement of the orthodox Jewish religion by way of grants to educational and community institutions, both in the UK and abroad.
The Red Socks Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportRaises funds from Country Fairs and makes grants to charities particularly those relating to children in East Anglia and Derbyshire where most of the funds are raised.
St Luke's College Foundation
Charitable activities, Education, ReligionMakes grants to individuals for university level studies in theology and religious education, and provides resources to universities for these subjects.
The Van Neste Foundation
Charitable activitiesMake grants to charitable bodies.
Delves Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesTo make charitable grants.
The Richard Lawes Foundation
Charitable activitiesWe are a grant making charity which supports appeals and not for profit organisations where donations will have a real and immediate impact. We prefer smaller charitable institutions and specialised or local branches of larger charitable institutions. However, at present unsolicited applications are not being considered.
The Vandervell Foundation
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, ResearchAwards grants to institutions, primarily in the fields of education, social welfare, medical care and research, environmental regeneration and the performing arts.
The Heinz, Anna And Carol Kroch Foundation
Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareWe are making grants to assist people suffering severe poverty and financial hardship who also have ongoing medical problems. We also assist people who have recently suffered domestic violence and the homeless.
The Sir John Sedley Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationTo provide funds for young people under 25 years on proven application for further education of an academic or vocational nature. Limited to Wymondham and peripheral parishes.
The Samuel Storey Family Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThis is a grant making charity that aim's to distribute approximately one year's income in the course of each financial year to registered charities.
The Bethany Project (tanzania) UK
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social careAs per existing Trust deed. Activity is now focussed on providing grants to run the Bethany Orphanage in Tanzania for the welfare of children who were once either orphaned, abandoned or abused and providing education where possible.
Before Trust
Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareGrantmaking for the relief of poverty, the advancement the Orthodox Jewish religion and education.
Sir Walter St.john's Educational Charity
Charitable activities, EducationGrants to individuals under the age of 25 for educational activity resident in the area of benefit, and for work of an educational nature done by organisations in the area.
St Faith's Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareTo relieve children and young people in the County of Surrey in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by such means as are chaitable in law and in particular to co-operate with or make grants to other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory or local authorities in Surrey, who are working towards the same objective.
Richard Henry Holmes Masonic Benevolent Fund
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareTO MAKE GRANTS TO FREEMASONS AND THIER DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN DISTRESS AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO MASONIC CHARITIES AND NON MASONIC CHARITIES WITHIN AND OUTWITH THE UK
Kollel Gur Trust
Charitable activitiesMaking grants to mature students studying at Kollel Gur.
The J G Graves Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesGrant making
The Lynn Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe Foundation makes grants across Sussex supporting many different charitable aims. We are looking to make unrestricted, multi year grants of up to £50,000 per annum that will make a significant difference to a charity. Applications are by invitation only.
The Sunderland And North Durham Royal Society For The Blind
Charitable activities, HealthTo provide grants, goods, services and advice to the visually impaired.
Edward Vinson 1957 Charity Settlement
Charitable activitiesMakes small grants to charities and community organisations, mainly in the locality of Faversham in Kent. Applications by email only to [email protected], and please do not apply if you are an organisation working nationally or outside of the Faversham ME13 area as we will be unable to support your cause, however worthy
Friends Of Bristol Eye Hospital
Associations, Charitable activities, HealthMaking grants to pay for medical equipment, patient comforts and staff resources, or the provision of other assistance, to improve the care and treatment of patients of the Bristol Eye Hospital.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many Grant making charitable activities charities are there in the UK?
There are 4,202 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?
Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). 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 £8.9bn 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 96.7%. 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 £1.4m. 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.