Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grants to organisations
Discover 7,341 Charitable activities charities that specialise in grants to organisations. 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.
Essex Community Foundation
Charitable activitiesEssex Community Foundation is an independent charitable trust. Founded in 1996, it has built an endowed fund of nearly £50 million, and has awarded over £47 million in grants to community-based voluntary groups in Essex, Southend and Thurrock.By acting as a broker the Foundation helps donors achieve their charitable objectives, and local voluntary groups secure funding for their work.
The National Gallery Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, HeritageThe objects of the Trust are the advancement of education and the charitable objects of the National Gallery. The Trust achieves this by making grants to organisations.
King Charles Iii Charitable Fund
Charitable activitiesThe purpose of King Charles III Charitable Fund is to apply available funds for the benefit of such charitable bodies or for other such charitable purposes as the trustees shall think fit. The Fund aims to provide benefit to communities in the UK and across the world, through grant giving as well as through initiatives run by the Fund from time to time.
The Tangerine Trust
Charitable activitiesGrant making
The Association Of Jewish Refugees (ajr)
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, ReligionTo provide support to Jewish Survivors of, and refugees from Holocaust era Nazi persecution. and their dependents who suffer from illness and frailty, to relieve their financial distress and provide grants to promote education about the Holocaust and related matters.
Norfolk Community Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationOUR CORE WORK IS TO MANAGE DONOR FUNDS FROM INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND TO PROVIDE SMALL LOCAL VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS WITH GRANTS, ADVICE, SIGNPOSTING, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT. ON A SMALLER SCALE WE ALSO MANAGE FUNDS THAT AWARD GRANTS TO SUPPORT BURSARIES AND APPRENTICESHIPS.
Operation Mobilisation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportAdvancement of Christian faith by equipping people for service in the UK and around the world.Support for UK personnel working with overseas partners to advance the Christian faith, relief work, education and advancement of health.Fundraising to provide grants to other overseas partners to promote the advancement of the Christian faith, relief work, education and advancement of health.
The Portal Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareGrants for education to financially disadvantaged young people under 25 years resident in London. Provision of scholarships and bursaries to individuals, and grants to education projects and activities run by schools and organisations.
Linacre College
Arts, Charitable activities, Education1. Administration of and monitoring the academic progress of Oxford university graduate students. 2. Provision of accommodation, library, study space and IT facilities for graduate students and a Common Room and dining hall for all College members.3. Provision of financial support to students, Junior Research Fellowships to early-career academics, and small grants to Fellows.
Aurum Kaleidoscope Foundation
Charitable activities, EnvironmentTo promote the advancement of environmental conservation, social welfare and education by providing grants to charities and other organisations and individuals. Funds are granted where rigorous research and analysis can be utilised to achieve proportionately greater impact.
The Martin Laing Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareThis is a grant-making trust offering financial support to other charities/voluntary organisations. Grants are made for a wide range of charitable purposes, but there is a particular interest in environmental & conservation projects & in supporting the elderly/infirm & their carers & disadvantaged young people. Projects in Norfolk & Malta may be of particular interest.
The Emmanuel Community Charitable Trust Limited
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to Christian organisations
Benesco Charity Limited
Charitable activitiesGenerating income from property and other investments in order to make grants to various registered charities including but not exclusively in the fields of medicine, education and welfare.
Ascb Charitable Fund
Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, LeisureThe ASCB meets its objectives by making an annual grant to the 45 sports associations/unions. Making grants from the Army Sports Lottery (ASL). Making grants to individual sportsmen/women. Making grants for garrison/units for sports facilities/infrastructure.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentGrant Making Organisation
The Steve Morgan Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareProviding charitable support in the form of grants to organisations in Merseyside, West Cheshire, North Wales and North Shropshire which specialise in assisting young people, the disabled, the homeless and the disadvantaged.
Hymns Ancient And Modern Limited
Arts, Charitable activities, EducationMakes grants to organisations (incl. schools, charities etc)
The Eighty Eight Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe objects of the charity are such exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion determine. The Charity is established for general charitable purposes and will operate as a grant making charity, supporting charitable projects, organisations and individuals with grants of varying sizes and durations.
Lucille Foundation
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfareThe Lucille Foundation is an independent grant-making charitable trust. We fund organisations in the developing world and the UK that promote community empowerment and fight poverty and environmental degradation. The Lucille Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications.
The Baring Foundation
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportTo improve the quality of life of people suffering disadvantage and discrimination. We aim to achieve this through making grants to strengthen voluntary sector organisations which serve them directly or indirectly and by the added value we bring to this.
Grantscape
Charitable activitiesGrantScape's main activity is grant-making from donations received from landfill operators under the Landfill Communities Fund. The charity also delivers grant and community benefit programmes in other sectors, such as wind and solar energy and provides grant administration services to other organisations.
The Mercers Charitable Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, ReligionGrant making programmes for:1. Young People and Education;2. Older People and Housing;3. Church and Communities.
North London Welfare And Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareRaising funds from public for the relief of financial hardship either generally or individually of people living primarily in North London by making grants of money for providing or paying for items services or facilities.The promotion of any other exclusively charitable objects such as the trustees see fit.
Sparquote Limited
Charitable activitiesThe Charity's principal activity throughout the year was the provision and distribution of donations and grants to charities.
The Greggs Foundation
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Greggs Foundation is a grant-making charity which aims to build stronger and healthier communities in the areas served by Greggs. We offer grant programmes which work to address three key challenges facing our local communities:Addressing issues of poverty and inequalityEnsuring food is at the heart of communitiesSupporting local community organisations to make a difference
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many grants-to-organisations charitable activities charities are there in the UK?
There are 7,341 registered grants-to-organisations 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-organisations 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-organisations charitable activities charities?
Grants-to-organisations 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-organisations charitable activities charities?
Across all grants-to-organisations 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-organisations charitable activities charities?
Grants-to-organisations 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.