Other Funding Sources

Below are suggestions for some good databases which list grant giving trusts and foundations to help your charity with its fundraising.

Funds Online
dsc.org.uk/funding-websites
This is run by the Directory of Social Change and lists 4,500 grant making organisations. This is a subscription service and organisations can elect to pay for access to the site for just a week or for a year.

Community Foundations
ukcommunityfoundations.org
This is a membership organisation of 47 community foundations working across the UK. Charities can find their local community foundation from this main site and each local website has its own directory of grant giving trusts and foundations.

My Funding Central
myfundingcentral.co.uk
This is a funding database that is free to charities with an annual income of under £30,000 and thereafter, annual subscription starts at £30 per annum. Organisations must have an annual income of below £1m.

Grantway
grantway.com
Grantway is a free to use grant portal for individuals and organisations to find available and appropriate funding locally, regionally and internationally.

Village Halls Small Grants Fund
acre.org.uk/village-halls-small-grants-fund
A £3 million grant fund announced by government in May 2022. The fund awards grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 to support smaller capital projects in village halls such as boiler replacements, insulation, toilet upgrades and new kitchens. The fund is expected to stay open until December 2024.

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