CMW Charitable Trust

The CMW Charitable Trust is a grant-making charity registered in England and Wales (Charity No. 1139092), led by trustees including chair Dorothy Anne Russell Macro and several Macro family members, reflecting a family-influenced legacy. Its core mission centers on supporting Christian activities that serve the whole community, guided by values of service, compassion, and public benefit. As a generalist funder with a faith-based ethos, it exclusively makes grants to individuals and organizations, focusing on broad charitable objects without a narrow niche, and maintains stable operations through trustee-led decisions.

It funds a wide spectrum of initiatives aligned with its objects, including education and training, advancing health or saving lives, poverty prevention and relief, overseas aid and famine relief, and religious activities. Beneficiaries encompass children and young people, elderly people, those with disabilities, other charities/voluntary bodies, and the general public, with support for projects, core costs, and general unrestricted grants that address social needs through Christian service values. Recent grants span grassroots to established organizations across England and Wales.

Eligible applicants are limited to UK-registered charities; there are no income thresholds, size restrictions, or geographic base requirements beyond a focus on England and Wales activities (open to any areas). Crucially, it accepts only invited applications—no unsolicited submissions, rolling basis, or public forms—with decisions made ad hoc at regular trustee meetings and no published deadlines.

Distinctive for its invitation-only model via trustee networks, the Trust avoids partisan politics, statutory bodies, or non-charitable purposes, differentiating itself through enduring, flexible support for diverse community-serving Christian initiatives without fixed grant ranges or exclusions on grant types.