Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grant making
Discover 4,096 Charitable activities charities that specialise in Grant making. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Deritend Chapel Endowment
Charitable activities, ReligionTo provide grants from investment income (In total less than -£10000 per year) to further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin Birmingham or if not as above to extend to in the Diocese of Birmingham and subject thereto for the like purpose in the County of West Midlands.
Riccall Parochial Charities
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareThe charity has a disposable income of approximately -ú500 annually, which is available to make grants at Christmas to village residents. These charities were originally created to relieve the worst extremes of poverty by providing coal, bread, clothing or cash grants. Payments will not be made to anyone in full-time education or to anyone in full-time employment.
Kent Schools' Cricket Association
Charitable activities, Education, Leisure, Social welfareKSCA organises inter-school competitions; at present thirteen in number. The estimated number of participating students is in the region of 3000. KSCA also gives grants to individuals in the case of hardship and to organisations including Kent Cricket Board and schools for specific projects or equipment.
The Benevolent Fund Of Her Majesty's Inspectors Of Schools In England And Wales
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareProviding loans and grants to retired HMI and their deppendents at times of acute needProviding pastoral support, including advice, to retired HMI and their dependentsDeveloping an educational information, news and comment internal web siteWorking with London University Insitute of Education to establish an on-line archive giving insights into HMIs work
Henry Smith (worth Estate) Nutfield Share
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareMake grants to individuals on low income or suffering temporary financial hardship. Make grants to organisations providing services to children and the elderly in need.
The Children's Health Centre For South West London
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationThe charity makes grants to children living in the London Borough of Wandsworth who are in need of financial support due to health problems or other issues. Applications for grants must be made on behalf of the families by health professionals, social workers, schools, church ministers or other professionals.The charity also owns and leases property for use as a children's health centre.
Putney Relief Committee
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesHelps local people with monthly small grants to cover immediate needs. Most grants are given to the elderly or those in special need to help with general expenses, i.e heating and one off payments are made on an ad hoc basis for holidays and at Christmas time. We organise special community events for the needy, for example the Christmas party and use the grant to help with this.
Turner's Trust (beverley)
Charitable activities, Social welfare1. Reliefor persons who are domestic servants .... employed .... within the area of benefit..... .2. Income may be applied .... to the relief of persons resident in the area .... in need, hardship or distress.3. May relieve persons by: a. Making awards of money; b. Providing, or paying for goods, services or facilities .... . c. Making grants of money, etc..
Heywood Relief In Need Trust Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareRelieve persons resident in the area of the former Municipal Borough of Heywood who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by: 1. Making grants of money 2. Providing / paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress 3. Donations / subscriptions to institutions or organisations which provide services or facilities for such persons.
The Energy, Petroleum, Mineral And Natural Resources Law And Policy Education Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe trust provides grants, prizes and other funding to support the education of post-graduate students from around the world in subjects relating to energy, petroleum, mineral and natural resources law and policy, primarily at the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy.
Great Yeldham United Charities
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities, other charities or voluntary bodies, the general public, make grants to organisations, acts as an umbrella or resource body.
Coke's Educational Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationProvides grants for (i) support for education and training to young people in the parishes of Alkmonton, Hungry Bentley, Hollington, Longford & Rodsley who have completed their secondary education and who are going to university, college or starting a career and (ii) the purchase of educational materials, items or activities for the local school in these parishes
Bakehouse Or Shepherd's Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesEducation and training grants to young people under 25 years of age. They, or their parents, should be resident in the parish of Barford St Michael, or Barford St John, for at least three years.
The Adair Lodge Benevolent Fund
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareDonations from masonic members only. Grants to masonic and non-masonic charities also small grants to local deserving organisations [Aldeburgh & Saxmundham]
The Winchester Rural District Welfare Trust
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, HealthTo provide assistance, within the member villages,for those in need when help is not available from public funds.Types of help available:Grants to relieve distress, sickness or infirmity.Gifts in kind to help those in needTransport costs for those entering hospital and for visiting relatives.Help for students and those seeking employment.School extra-curricular activities.
The Charles Green Foundation
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, ReligionWe give grants to individuals raising money for charity, especially those who are giving their own time and effort.We also give directly to other charities.Our priorities are Cancer, Alzheimers, Great Ormond St, National Trust and other medical, jewish, educational, community and childrens' charities in the UK.
The Norman Evershed Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Saving of livesGrant making for the public benefit, mainly to causes known to the trustees in the fields of Christian work, disaster relief, developing countries, drug & alcohol abuse, cancer research, the mentally handicapped and young people undetaking educational expeditions.
Lady Bolles Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesTo make grants to individuals no more than 24 years of age at the first grant (but with power to continue the grants to 26 years) resident within the area of Wakefield Metropolitan Council where such individuals need grants for the payment of certain fees, outfits, travelling or maintenance expenses for their advancement in life or to enable them to earn their living.
Friends Of Abbeywood Community School Enrichment Fund
Associations, Charitable activities, EducationIt controls an enrichment fund and makes grants to Filton high School (the organisation/school) to support and increase opportunities for all the pupils in a variety of ways, supplementary to the provision of local education authority funding, where benefit is considered to be enriching.
The St Martin Benefice Trust
Charitable activities, Heritage, ReligionGrant making to fund the advancement of Christianity through all charitable means, including the improvement, restoration and repair of church buildings.
Went Tree Trust
Charitable activities, Heritage(a) Provision of grants to those people of Hastings who wish to emigrate to Commonwealth countries (the Emigration Fund)(b) Provision of grants for the purchase of artefacts for the Hastings Museum (the Museum Fund)
John Mayne
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationThe Trust makes grants to young people aged up to 25 who have attended John Mayne School in Biddenden, Kent, Grants are made to individuals, organisations or the School to assist with extra-curricular and welfare activities or initaitives.
St Leonards Hospital (otherwise Wormald's Almshouses)
Charitable activities, Health, HousingWe make grants to individuals in distress and in need and to organisations which operate within the boundaries of Horbury. Each request is individually assessed by the Trust.
Chessington Charities
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, ReligionWithin the parish of St Mary the Virgin Church, Chessington:Issues grants to those in need, for educational or training purposes. Issues one-off grants for those in specific need.Issues small Christmas grant to eligible elderly persons.
The Edward Jeggins Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionWe can make grants to Societies of the New Church in Great Britain which are affiliated to the General Conference of the New Church towards the cost of maintaining their religious activities, for example, by improving or renovating their premises.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many Grant making charitable activities charities are there in the UK?
There are 4,096 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 (£589.5m). 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 £8.2bn 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 100.0%. 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 £1.5m. 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.