The Karuna Trust

Activities & Mission

Karuna works alongside the most excluded people in South Asia, overcoming discrimination with locally-led education, gender equality and sustainable livelihood projects.

Grants

The Karuna Trust is a grant-making charity: making grants is its main activity.

Gives grants to

organisations

Grants paid (2026)

£896,241

Who it helps

children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities or voluntary bodies, other defined groups and the general public

What it supports

general charitable purposes, education and training, the advancement of health or the saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid or famine relief, religious activities, the environment, conservation, or heritage, economic or community development and employment, human rights, religious or racial harmony, equality, or diversity and other charitable purposes

As recorded with the Charity Commission. To ask about applying, use the contact details and check the trustees and latest accounts below.

Areas of Operation

Where this charity is registered to operate, as self-declared to the Charity Commission. These are regulatory classifications, not a list of active programmes, and don't necessarily indicate fundraising activity in each location.

Financial Information