Education Charities That specialise in Higher education
Discover 579 Education charities that specialise in higher education. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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The Isaac Newton University Lodge Benevolent Fund
Education, Social welfareSupports diverse activities
Dr Thomlinson's School
EducationBursaries are available to students resident within the Parishes of Cartington, Hepple, Hesleyhurst, Rothbury, Snitter, Thropton and Tosson and the parts of the Parishes of Brinkburn, Hollinghill and Netherton that lie within the Ancient Parish of Rothbury.Applicants should be from 18 years to under the age of 25 (at 1st October of the current year) and pursuing a course of Higher Education.
Feckenham Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, EducationGrants awarded to undergraduates and students at Universities and Colleges and Apprentices for tools. Beneficiaries must not have attained the age of 25 and they, or their parents, must reside in the Borough of Redditch, with a preference as to four-fifths of the income for such persons who, or whose parents, reside in the Ancient Parish of Feckenham.
Frogmoor Foundation
EducationThe charity helps with full-time courses of further and Higher education ,research and travel scholarships and bursaries for local applicants between the ages of 16 and 25
Edward Fisher Travelling Studentship (icw Huddersfield Technical Col)
EducationGrants for educational travel to students studying at Kirklees college or Huddersfield University
The Jackson Scholarships
EducationTo provide financial support to higher education students resident in the parish of Croston St Michael.
The Flinders Petrie Scholarship Icw University College London
Education, HeritageSupports Archaeology undergraduates by way of scholarship
The Iris Truscott Trust
Arts, EducationTo grant awards to students wishing to progress from the Royal Academy of Dance's professional award - Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies - to a HE level 2 or 3 teaching qualification validated by the University of Surrey, or the LRAD programme, both delivered by the Academy.
Theobald's Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationGrants to students living in Needham Market or Barking (Suffolk) in Higher Education
The Harlow Campus Of Memorial University Of Newfoundland Scholarship And Bursary Trust
EducationThe advancement of education by the provision of scholarships and bursaries to enable eligible students of the Memorial University of Newfoundland who wish to study in the United Kingdom whilst living at the Harlow Campus and also of men and women who live, study or work in Harlow, irrespective of age, who wish to pursue a course of studies in Newfoundland.
The T D Lewis Scholarship
EducationThe provision of scholarships to students of the University of Northampton
St Edmund Hall Association
EducationThe Association's main purpose is to act as a friend raising forum for former members of St Edmund Hall Oxford University. It's members also seeks to provide advice to current students as well as provide financial assistance to worthwhile projects connected to St Edmund Hall for the benefit of the college and its students
The Olford Bequest
Beneficiary group, EducationProvides funds for young people going to University or FE College
Town Lands
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationThe Trust makes of grants to individuals or groups for instance via Christmas fuel or grocery vouchers to old age pensioners living alone in the parish and a grant to the village Over 70s Dinner Fund. Its Apprenticeship Fund helps young people with expenses incurred on further or higher education, apprenticeships or training courses.
William Frampton's Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationGrants to individuals for further or higher education.
The Leicestershire Neurological Trust
Education, Health, ResearchThe Leicestershire Neurological Trust provides funds for individuals within the university hospitals of Leicester to pursue individual educational and research activity in the area of neurological disease. It also funds equipment to enable individuals to pursue these activities.
The Rolleston United Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationGrants to young people of parishes of Rolleston and Anslow who are leaving school and entering higher education or some form of training.
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
Dorothy Mandall Strong Memorial Scholarship Fund
EducationIncome to be distributed to the Board of Trustees of the John Ruskin School for the purpose of assisting worthy and needy students to continue their education in Institutions of Higher Education.
Young's Endowed School
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationPROVISION OF GRANTS TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO ENABLE PURCHASE OF TOOLS OR LEARNING MATERIALSFUNDING OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY VA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Parochial Charities
Charitable activities, Education, HealthDistributes money to needy persons in West and East Hanney and Lyford. Helps with the purchase of equipment, e.g.wheelchairs, stair lifts, to needy persons within the three parishes. Assists with payments of hospital transport and grants to assist under 25's in higher education. Grants are only available to residents of East Hanney, West Hanney and Lyford.
Friends Of The Bodleian
Arts, Associations, Education, HeritageAcquiring by gift, purchase or otherwise, and present to the Bodleian Library rare printed books and manuscripts as well as other items of literary, musical, historical or artistic interest, assisting the library in the purchase of any such material and its preservation; promoting and supporting the library in its aim to fulfil the needs of the University of Oxford.
The Friends Of The University Of Buckingham
Associations, EducationThe objects of the Friends are to advance the Charitable Objectives of the University of Buckingham by providing support to the University either by agreed monetary donations and / or practical support.
The New College Development Fund
EducationThe Development Fund exists to support the activities of New College, Oxford, and beyond that such wider activities in the sphere of higher education and research as the Trustees may decide.
Richard Jones Charity
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationEducational grants are given to students at school, college and university to assist with course books and equipment who are resident in the villages of Chew Magna, Stanton Drew, Stanton Prior, Stowey Sutton and Newton St Loe. Small donations are given to those who are both elderly and in need at Christmas time.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many higher-education education charities are there in the UK?
There are 579 registered higher-education education charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the higher-education education charities by income?
United Learning LTD is the largest by latest reported annual income (£790.0m). 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 higher-education education charities?
Higher-education education charities reported a combined annual income of £19.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for higher-education education charities?
Across all higher-education education charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 91.7%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of higher-education education charities?
Higher-education education charities have an average annual income of £996k. 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.