Funding Update Archives

Type of Project: Overseas, the Trust supports international humanitarian aid including education and women’s rights.Location: UK & overseasEligibility: Applicants must be UK registered charities. Applications are accepted via the Ludlow Funding Enquiry Gateway where a specific proposal to this Trust can be made. General proposals to all Trusts managed by Ludlow can also be made Continue reading “Ashla Charitable Trust”

Type of Project: The Trust funds ‘General charitable purposes’ of UK registered charities, most of whom operate in the UK. It has also funded UK registered charities operating globally including Action Aid, Medical Aid for Palestinians, AMREF Health Africa amongst other INGOs in recent years.Location: UK & overseasEligibility: Applicants must be UK registered charities.Grant size: Continue reading “BDO Charitable Trust”

Type of Project: Access to justice, particularly for people trying to get support to meet their basic personal needs, or promote equality of opportunity, or promote a sustainable environment. Applications are particularly welcome from organisations whose focus is on supporting the needs of vulnerable persons such as prisoners, asylum seekers, people with mental health difficulties, Continue reading “Matrix Fund”

Type of Project: The Britford Bridge Trust is a charitable trust that donates funds to a number of UK registered organisations and charities primarily involved in the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; and the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage, or science.Location: Continue reading “Britford Bridge Trust”

Type of Project: The BBC provides the opportunity for charities to have an appeal broadcast on BBC Radio 4 or BBC One Lifeline to audiences across the UK. These access appeals demonstrate the range of work charities do to benefit people and our planet, both in the UK and internationally. If your work is international Continue reading “BBC Radio 4 Appeal”

Type of Project: Under our Marine programme, we support initiatives that work to halt and restore declining fish stocks by: Stopping destructive and illegal fishing and supporting sustainable and small-scale fisheries. Preference will be given to initiatives working to influence fisheries policy, projects that halt the decline of fish stocks that communities in the Global Continue reading “Waterloo Foundation – Marine”

Type of Project: Internationally, the Trust has two focus areas: 1) Deliver international or UK based wildlife & environmental conservation projects; 2) Deliver international reproductive health family planning projects which have a clear and intended impact on the environment and are delivered in Africa or Asia.Location: UK & overseasEligibility: Applicants must be organisations registered with Continue reading “Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust Medium Grant”

Type of Project: The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions, and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education. It is the first UNESCO Prize of this nature and is unique in showcasing successful projects that improve and promote the educational prospects of girls and women Continue reading “2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education”

Type of Project: The Docusign Foundation is proud to invest in the organizations and people driving positive change in our three priority areas: Environment & Sustainability, Data Privacy & Security, and the Future of Work.Location: Worldwide except North AmericaEligibility: We fund multi-organizational collaborations and partnerships. One-time grants require at least two organizations working together. Multi-year Continue reading “The Docusign Foundation”

Type of Project: Projects which provide for the basic needs of people living in the world’s least developed countries. Basic needs includes medical and health facilities, educational programmes and facilities, housing, water and sanitation provision and the means of sustaining a living, e.g. through agriculture, horticulture or through training in sustainable employment skills. The Commission Continue reading “Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission Single Year Grant Aid”

Type of Project: Youth and locally-led initiatives operating in areas identified assignificant by their local communities. We will consider any project for the Iris Prize which supports our core principles: championing the protection and restoration of nature and the rights of those working to defend it. We recognise that nature restoration takes various forms – Continue reading “The Iris Prize 2026”

Type of Project: A Swiss non-profit that funds projects which benefit biodiversity in a wild landscape. Projects must conserve, protect, enhance, restore, and/or reconnect habitats within a given landscape that are particularly important for the biodiversity there. EOCA will consider projects which provide social/development benefits, but the primary goal of the project must be to Continue reading “European Outdoor Conservation Association”

Type of project: To apply to the SJP Foundation, a pre-existing connection or affiliation with a member of the SJP community (e.g. employee, Partner, Adviser) is required. The Foundation funds small and medium size charities across the UK and overseas focussed on empowering people and communities by breaking barriers and unlocking potential. Funded programmes focus Continue reading “SJP Foundation Spring Grant Round”

Type of Project: Clean water and sanitation; Development of sustainable livelihoods in the context of environmental and wildlife conservation; Self sustainability through training in farming skills and income generation activities.Location: Commonwealth Countries of Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Continue reading “The Charles Hayward Foundation”

Type of Project: Projects which improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The Foundation will prioritise projects which have strong local involvement: links with local authorities, local associations and beneficiaries and those whose beneficiaries are mothers and children.Location: Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Continue reading “Fondation Mérieux’s Small Grants Programme”

Type of Project: $7.2bn of prizes available across 6 categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High Schools. Submissions should clearly demonstrate proven results and meet the Prize’s evaluation criteria of impact, innovation, and inspiration.Location: GlobalEligibility: Small and medium enterprises, nonprofit organisations, and high schools may apply.Grant size: Winners in each of the Continue reading “Zayed Sustainability Prize 2027”

Type of Project: The Prize aims to recognise outstanding contributions to: Protect, maintain, improve or understand an ecological or environmental condition; Discover, develop or improve sustainable sources of energy; Understand or improve planetary health and global solutions.Location: WorldwideEligibility: Individuals and institutions may apply.Grant size: $250,000 Deadline: 15 MayApply: Nominations — Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Type of Project: Honouring breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations that create meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people. The Prize aims to recognize exceptional inventors and researchers from global academic universities, research labs, and industry. The Prize recognizes breakthroughs across all fields of science, technology and engineering that have already delivered Continue reading “VinFuture Grand Prize”