Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grants to individuals
Discover 977 Charitable activities charities that specialise in grants to individuals. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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El Rio Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentGrants to individual people in need in the third world, or organisations on behalf of those individual people. The trustees will make grants to other charities and organisations which offer help to people in need
Mh Gemach
Charitable activities, Social welfareDisbursement of grants to individual beneficiaries for the purpose of relief of poverty
Bethany
Charitable activities, Social welfarePrevention or relief of poverty. Religious activities. Grants to individuals.
Thatchers Foundation
Charitable activitiesPayments of grants to individuals and organisations within the community.
The Mary Slater Charity
Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareMakes grants to individuals resident or organisations benefitting persons resident within 2 miles of Lichfield Cathedral who are sick and poor for convalescent holidays and for equipment relieving suffering etc
Cayr Charity
Charitable activities, HealthA Creative Health Charity focusing on health and wellbeing of the general public, through arts, culture and heritage or activities and to further or support the primary objects, through the provision of grants to individuals, organisations, or other charities.
The Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Support Group
Charitable activitiesThe charity promotes meetings for those with HSP to meet others. It gives grants to individuals to alleviate the effects of HSP. It supports research into the condition. It provides via its web site and Newsletters information about HSP and management of the condition.
The James Wise Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesUses investment income to make grants to individuals and organisations falling within the charities objects - such charitable purposes as the trustees think fit.
The Great Mission For Kenya
Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareThe GMK provides grants to individuals and organisations in Kenya to enable access to religious worship, health care, education and financial support to those who would not otherwise have access to the same due to their social or economic circumstances. The objects of GMK are the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the relief of sickness and the advancement of the Christian faith.
We Help Foundation
Charitable activities, Saving of livesTO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO REGISTERED, EXCEPTED AND EXEMPT CHARITIES. PROVIDING RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS OF NATURAL AND OTHER KIND OF DISASTERS. WE FOCUS ON WATER PROJECTS AND FOOD PROGRAMS.
The Wavendon Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationMakes grants to individuals (includes loans) and makes grants to organisations (incl schools and charities etc) normally in the performing arts.
Collins Educational Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesAims to help young people and children in their education and training by making grants to individuals
The Robert Clayton Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesGrants to individuals and organisations to provide for the elderly
Vaidichka BEIS Hamedrash
Charitable activities, ReligionMaintaining and managing a Synagogue as a place of worship, public prayer and religious study, and by providing forthe religious needs, spiritual education, pastoral needs and welfare of members of the community, and byproviding grants to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations.
The Bowen Foundation
Charitable activities, Environment, Social welfareProviding charitable activities such as pond digging and glade clearance. Advancement of education for the public benefit in nature conservation and protection of biological diversity.Providing grants to individuals / organisations in financial hardship in the Canterbury, Kent area.
The Darell-Brown, Robin Memorial Fund
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to individuals and organisations
The Worshipful Company Of Entrepreneurs Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Company of Entrepreneurs Trust is a grant-making body supporting education, training and opportunities in business and enterprise in the UK. It makes grants to individuals, charities, organisations and institutions to improve the provision of (and access to) business education and skills.It also supports entrepreneurs, former entrepreneurs and their dependents in financial hardship.
Scjm Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to individuals and organisations
Rainbow Mission Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity supports the work of the Gogo Trust in South Africa which cares for orphans and widows.The charity supports the work of Children Rescued in Burundi.The charity supports Christian work in several countries in Africa.The charity makes grants to individuals, especially to young people, with a heart to reach out to the poor and disadvantaged people of the world.
William Heather Will Trust
Charitable activitiesThe Trust makes grants to individuals or organisations for medical/health/sickness needs.
Pharaohs Dream Trust
Charitable activities, Education, Saving of lives, Social welfarePharaoh's Dream Trust, founded in 1996, makes hardship grants to individuals and to organisations having similar objects to its own. Over the past 8 years, the charity has provided support to a community in Kahawa West, Nairobi, Kenya, in respect of grants towards the refurbishment of premises used as a primary school, running costs and emergency relief (food and potable water).
The Relief Society For Poles Trust
Charitable activitiesTo sponsor, promote welfare of persons of Polish nationality or descent living in the United Kingdom. To make grants to individuals and organisations. To promote religious activities.
The Society For Theatre Research
Arts, Charitable activities, HeritageThe society serves those interested in the history and technique of British Theatre by arranging public lectures, by publishing books and a thrice-yearly journal ('Theatre Notebook') and by awarding research grants to individuals and institutions. It awards an annual theatre book prize and stages the Poel Event, an annual workshop promoting good stage speech, most recently at the National Theatre.
The Aldo Trust
Charitable activities, Crime and JusticeThe objects are to support and protect the mental and physical health of individuals who are or have been in detention pending trial or after conviction to assist in rehabilitation. Achieved by the making of block grants to other charities and voluntary bodies listed in the Hardman Trust's Prisoner Funder Directory which in turn make grants to individual applicants limited to £25 per person p.a
Think Charitable Foundation
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in particular but not exclusively by the provision of grants to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities are there in the UK?
There are 977 registered grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the grants-to-individuals 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 grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities?
Grants-to-individuals 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 grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities?
Across all grants-to-individuals 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 grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities?
Grants-to-individuals 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.