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 Hospital Saturday Fund
Charitable activities, HealthThe Charitable Company's principal activities are grant making to medical charities, hospices and hospitals and to individuals with health or disability problems. These donations and grants were made possible by the surplus profits of the Charitable Company's trading Company, HSF health plan, being gifted to The Hospital Saturday Fund.
The February Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe Foundation is an independent grant-making charity with broad-ranging charitable objectives.
This Day Foundation
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to organisations and individuals in the UK and over seas, in line with its grant making policy
Lighten Education Network
Arts, Charitable activitiesLightEn is a charitable organisation focused on raising collective consciousness and helping humanity embody the highest levels of love and wisdom we all hold at our core. We provide grants to educational centres, research projects, teachers, and thought leaders across more than 30 countries. We also provide curated educational content in the form of the Library of Light.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund
Charitable activitiesThe Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust makes grants to support the Armed Forces Community. The Covenant Fund is delivered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. It has £10M a year to fund projects that support the Armed Forces Community.
The Sigrid Rausing Trust
Charitable activities, SocietyThe Trust gives grants to support work on human rights and rule of law, open societies, and the environment. We support groups in a number of focus regions and countries internationally. We also make occasional gifts via our Chairs Gifts and Trustees Gifts programmes.
The Brookside Trust
Charitable activitiesChristian religious activities to other Christian Charities by making grants to these Christian organisations.
Goldman Sachs Gives (uk)
Charitable activitiesThe charity is a grant making charity, providing grants to a wide range of charitable projects in the UK and abroad, funded principally by donations made by affiliate and subsidiary companies of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc and by current and former senior employees of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, and its affiliates and subsidiaries.
The Borrow Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe Borrow Foundation is a grant making organisation, committed to the improvement of oral health, primarily in children, through the prevention of oral diseases. The work we support reaches many parts of the world, with the focus being firmly on population oral health and the need to reduce inequalities, within and between countries.
Al Philanthropies
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMaking grants to charitable organisations.
Rugby Football Foundation
Charitable activities, Leisure-provide grants and loans for capital improvements -provide and assist in the provision of money, materials or other help;-organise and assist in the provision of conferences, courses of instruction, exhibitions,lectures and other educational activities;-publish educational and instructional matter;-promote,encourage,carry out or commission research making the useful results available.
University College London Hospitals Charity
Charitable activities, Education, HealthAlthough our remit is NHS-wide, we primarily provide grants to UCL Hospitals. We aim to ensure that our grant-making activities promote innovation within the Hospitals and help them to operate more effectively. Our areas of support include equipment and infrastructure; staff and patient welfare and amenities and medical research.
The Risman Foundation
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, LeisureThe Risman Foundation is focused on grant-making and social investment in a variety of areas with emphases on social entrepreneurship, education, sporting endeavour, travel and humanity-related matters.
The King's Trust Group Company
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportPrince's Trust Group Company plays a vital role in encouraging a common sense of purpose and strategy across The Prince's Trust Group of charities by sharing best practice, raising funds, making charitable grants, demonstrating the Group's shared impact and managing shared risks in the UK and overseas.
Help For Heroes
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesWe work closely with the Armed Forces, other Service Charities and organisations to provide direct,practical support for our wounded, injured and sick via Help for Heroes Recovery Centres across the UK, grants to individuals, grants to other organisations and the Help for Heroes fellowships (the Band of Brothers and Band of Sisters).
Children With Cancer UK
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HealthOUR MAIN AIMS ARE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSES CHILDREN TO DEVELOP CANCER, TO DEVELOP IMPROVED TREATMENTS AND TO PROVIDE CARE FOR AFFECTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS THE TRUSTEES' POLICY TO MAXIMISE THE PROPORTION OF CHARITABLE OUTPUT THAT IS ACHIEVED THROUGH GRANT MAKING TO ORGANISATIONS. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE CHARITY WILL FOCUS ON REVENUE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH INTO CAUSES AND TREATMENT.
A W Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionProvides grants to institutions set up to support the needy and to those furthering the Orthodox Jewish Religion and Orthodox Jewish education.
The Veterans' Foundation
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportThe Veterans' Foundation raises funds and then provides grants to British armed forces charities, and associated charitable activities, who are actively helping veterans, and their dependants, who are in need.
The Bath And Wells Diocesan Board Of Finance
Charitable activities, ReligionTo promote and assist the work and purposes of the Church of England in the Diocese of Bath and Wells; to organise and provide funds in aid of the work and ministry of the church.
The Fidelity UK Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe Foundation makes grants to registered charities and organisations of charitable status for charitable purposes, as recognised by the law of England and Wales.
Barnabas Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare, SocietyThe charity receives donations which are then distributed by Barnabas Aid International to over 60 countries chiefly in Asia and Africa, making grants for relief and development of communities in need because of particular disadvantages. Grants are made in support of the objectives of advancing the Christian faith, the prevention or relief of suffering, poverty and to promote of human rights.
The Sir Sigmund Sternberg Charitable Foundation
Charitable activities, Religion, SocietyTo apply the trust fund and income thereof for general charitable purposes, in particular, by the making of grants to charitable institutions and the furtherance of interfaith activities to promote racial and religious harmony between the three abrahamic faiths (Christian, Jewish and Muslim), and the education in, and understanding of, their fundamental tenets and beliefs.
Morden College
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Housing, Religion, Social careSir John Morden's Charity: Provides living accommodation, including a Care Home and Sheltered accommodation, and financial assistance for older people. Ancillary services to support beneficiaries living in the charity's properties is also provided. Dame Susan Morden's Charity: Provides grants to further the work of the Church of England provided that parishes are within its area of benefit.
Sports Aid Trust
Charitable activities, Education, LeisureTo provide funds and to assist in the organisation and provision of facilities which will enable and encourage pupils at schools and universities to participate in physical recreation and sport.
The Dolphin Square Charitable Foundation
Charitable activities, HousingThe Foundation assists people, who live or work in Westminster and who are unable to access the housing market without assistance, by investing in social rented housing and affordable home ownership schemes. It does not make grants to individuals. It will however make grants to organisations, whose work assists its intended beneficiaries.
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.