Free Funding Finder Trusts & Foundations Grant Funding Directory

Most grant funding directories are paid for, with annual costs of up to £400.  Funding Finder is not only completely free, it's very simple to use and also connects you to 100s of other free funding databases and online funding lists, making  searching even easier, with click through to a huge range of charitable trusts and foundations. 

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30+ Grant Funding Lists - Charity & Community Group Trusts & Foundations

Access the charitable trust & foundation grant funder lists from the income questionnaire statement on finding new funders.  It has FUNDER LISTS in the text, so you can't miss it. 

These lists are more focussed and have more detail than the Funder Research lists below; the number of funders in each is listed below.  Click on any funder's name to be taken to their website, to find out more and apply. 

Animals - 40+	LGBTQI+ - 20+
Armed Forces - 30+	Mental Health & Wellbeing - 50+
Capital (Buildings & Equipment) - 130+	Music & Musicians - 100+
Companies - 230+	Older People - 50+
Core (Running) Costs - 80+	Small Charities - 70
Crisis & Growth - 30	Social Enterprises - 120
Disability - 130	Social Welfare - 130+
Education - 90+	Sport & Leisure - 60
Environment & Horticulture - 110+	Start-ups & New Ideas - 30+
Feasibility Studies - 9	Supermarkets - 20+
Less popular Causes (including BAME) - 90+	Unregistered Charities - 60+
Heritage & Churches - 180	Vehicles - 11
Health - 80+	Women & Girls - 80+
Hospices - 30+	Young People - 130
Help and Funding for IT and Tech - 30+	Young People - Music 30+
Individuals & Families - 50+

 

24 Charity Grant Funding Research Lists - Trusts & Foundations

It's better to start with the funder lists above, as Funder Research Lists contain less detail, but they do have substantially more grant makers.           

Accommodation & Housing - 200	Africa - 500	Africa (East) - 400
Animals - England & Wales - 240	Animals (International)	Arts, Culture, Heritage & Science - 440
Armed Forces - 100	Disability - 900	Economic & Community Development - 300
Education & Training - 1100	Environment, Conservation & Heritage - 400	Health & The Saving Of Lives - 800
Human Rights & Equality - 180	London - 220	Overseas Aid & Famine Relief - 900
Older People - 800	People of a Particular Ethnic Origin - 380	Recreation - 80
Relief Of Poverty - 800	Religious Activities - 520	Research Sponsors - 560
South East Asia - 370	Sport - 200	Young People - 1100

In light of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, a research funder list for this has been created.  

New Charity Grant Making Trusts & Foundation 2021

200 new grant making charities that registered with the Charity Commission Jan to Jun 2021.  You can find 30+ here, or download the full list from the income questionnaire. 

There are also lists for Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

General Charitable Purposes Grant Funder List - 2900+

Trusts and foundations that make grants for General Charitable Purposes, have no specific criteria for funding, so any charity can apply to them.  This list includes the UK location of each grant funder and, as with other research lists, details of their activities, website, e mail and phone number.

It can be used by small charities to find local general funders they may be unaware of and larger ones to create a mailing list of cold bids.

Download it from the income questionnaire statement on identifying and engaging new funders. It has FUNDER LISTS typed in the text of the statement, so you can't miss it.

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