Poverty & DeprivationWales54 Funders

Poverty & Deprivation Grants in Wales

Browse 54 funders supporting poverty & deprivation charities in Wales.

Wales charities working in poverty & deprivation can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. With 54 funders currently listed, Wales has strong coverage for poverty & deprivation projects. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Poverty & Deprivation grants directory and the Wales regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to poverty & deprivation funders
Ground your poverty-related application in robust deprivation data. Reference your area's Index of Multiple Deprivation ranking, specific domains of deprivation relevant to your work, and current cost-of-living evidence such as fuel poverty rates, free school meal eligibility, or Universal Credit claimant counts. Funders want to see that you understand the structural drivers of poverty in your community, not just its symptoms. Frame your outcomes around financial resilience — increased savings, reduced debt, improved benefit uptake, sustained employment — rather than only counting the number of food parcels or crisis payments distributed. Use dignity-centred language throughout your application: describe people experiencing poverty as active agents seeking solutions, not passive recipients of charity. This signals alignment with contemporary thinking in the sector. Demonstrate how your project combines direct provision for immediate needs with systemic change work — advice services, policy advocacy, or community organising — that addresses root causes. If you operate a crisis service, explain your approach to moving people from crisis response to longer-term stability. Show partnerships with welfare rights organisations, credit unions, housing providers, and employment services that create comprehensive support pathways rather than isolated interventions.

Poverty & Deprivation Funders in Wales

54 funders found

1485 Charitable Trust

The 1485 Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making Christian trust established in 2017 by members of the Giedroyc and Parham families. Its core ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

1st the Queen's Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust

The 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust, established in 1977 under a Royal Charter, serves as the central benevolent fund for The Queen's ...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Addington Fund

Open

The Addington Fund is an independent UK charity established in 2001 in response to the classical swine fever and foot-and-mouth outbreaks, dedicated t...

Grant Range
Up to £3,000

Ardwick Trust

Open

The Ardwick Trust is an independent grant-making charity registered since 1974, dedicated to distributing modest grants to UK charities at the trustee...

Grant Range
Up to £500

Artists' General Benevolent Institution

Open

The Artists' General Benevolent Institution (AGBI), founded in 1814 by J.M.W. Turner and granted Royal Charter in 1842, is the UK's oldest artist-led ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Austin Bailey Foundation

Open

The Austin Bailey Foundation, established in 1984 by Keith Cyril Austin Bailey—a Swansea native shaped by his Christian upbringing and World War II ex...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Barristers' Benevolent Association

Open

The Barristers' Benevolent Association (BBA), founded in 1873, serves as a vital safety net for practising and former barristers, judges, and their fa...

Grant Range
£250 - £15,000

Beeching Trust

Open

The Beeching Trust is an Oxfordshire-based grant-making charity with a mission to enrich society through support for arts and heritage, education, env...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Bouttell Bequest

Open

The Bouttell Bequest is a legacy-driven charitable trust with a mission to alleviate hardship and promote wellbeing for vulnerable individuals through...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Charity of Stella Symons

Open

The Charity of Stella Symons, established in 1968 by deed of settlement and registered in 1969, is a generalist grant-making trust dedicated to suppor...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Charles Plater Trust

Open

The Charles Plater Trust, an independent Catholic grant-making charity established in 2006 as the successor to Plater College in Oxford, advances Fr C...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £60,000

Civic Power Fund

Open

The Civic Power Fund, launched in 2022 as the UK's first pooled donor fund for grassroots community organising, unites progressive trusts like Unbound...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £20,000

Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation 2014

Open

Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation 2014 serves as trustee for CISWO, a national charity dedicated to advancing health, relieving poverty and ha...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Comic Relief

Open

Comic Relief, founded in 1985 by Richard Curtis, Sir Lenny Henry, and Jane Tewson in response to the Ethiopian famine, is a pioneering UK charity that...

Grant Range
£50,000 - £600,000

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire

Open

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire is an independent grantmaker dedicated to strengthening local communities through targeted phila...

Grant Range
£500 - £20,000

Community Foundation in Wales

Open

Community Foundation Wales, established in November 1998 as a registered charity and company, drives philanthropy to strengthen Welsh communities by c...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,000

Csis Charity Fund

Open

The CSIS Charity Fund is an independent UK charity, operating for over a century and formally established as a charitable company in 2008, dedicated t...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £75,000

Dischma Charitable Trust

Open

The Dischma Charitable Trust is a private, family-founded discretionary grantmaking charity registered in England and Wales since 1999, governed by se...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

E H Smith Charitable Trust

Open

The E H Smith Charitable Trust, family-founded in 1944, embodies community responsibility by reinvesting business profits to uplift local communities ...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Groundwork UK

Open

Groundwork UK, established in 1981 from the Countryside Commission’s Operation Groundwork, champions practical community action to alleviate poverty a...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Herefordshire Community Foundation

Open

Herefordshire Community Foundation (HCF), established in June 2002, is an independent grant-making charity dedicated to promoting charitable purposes ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Hobson Charity Limited

Open

Hobson Charity Limited, established in 1985 by the Hobson family with Lady Hobson OBE as long-serving Chair, is a family-governed grant-maker dedicate...

Grant Range
£500 - £100,000

Horners Charity Fund

Open

Horners Charity Fund, the principal charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Horners—one of London’s ancient livery companies—was formally register...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £4,000

Independent Age

Open

Independent Age, a UK charity founded over 150 years ago, is dedicated to eliminating financial hardship for older people, envisioning a society where...

Grant Range
£75,000 - £150,000

Innholders' Charitable Foundation

Open

The Innholders' Charitable Foundation, established in 2014 as the charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Innholders—a City of London Livery Compa...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Jewish Children's Holidays Fund

Open

The Jewish Children's Holidays Fund is a longstanding Jewish charity dedicated to ensuring every Jewish child, particularly those from low-income fami...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

John Beckwith Charitable Trust

Open

The John Beckwith Charitable Trust, established in 1987 by Sir John Beckwith, drives philanthropic excellence through grants advancing education, amat...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Lawrence Atwell's Charity (Skinners' Company)

Open

Lawrence Atwell's Charity, established in 1588 by Exeter Skinner Lawrence Atwell and administered by the Skinners' Company, is dedicated to freeing di...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Leigh on Sea Lions Club Charity Trust Fund

Open

Leigh on Sea Lions Club Charity Trust Fund embodies Lions International's ethos of selfless service, inclusivity, and volunteer empowerment, founded t...

Grant Range
£300 - £3,000

Linnet Trust

Open

The Linnet Trust drives systemic transformative change by empowering innovative charities tackling poverty-driven disadvantage through mental, physica...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £40,000

Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation

Open

The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation, established in 2008 by businessman Terry Bramall CBE and his wife Elizabeth with a £100 million endowment, is a ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £100,000

Mackay and Brewer Charitable Trust

Open

The Mackay and Brewer Charitable Trust is a legacy generalist grantmaker dedicated to perpetuating public benefit through flexible support for diverse...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Masonic Charitable Foundation

Open

The Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), established in 2016 as the national charity of Freemasonry under the United Grand Lodge of England, consolida...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £60,000

Monmouthshire County Council Welsh Church Act Fund

Open

The Monmouthshire County Council Welsh Church Act Fund, rooted in the 1914 Welsh Church Act, is a charitable trust managed by Monmouthshire County Cou...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Morrisons Foundation

Open

The Morrisons Foundation, established in 2015 by Wm Morrison Supermarkets Ltd, is a UK grant-maker dedicated to creating lasting positive change in co...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £10,000

North East Thames Quaker Trust

Open

The North East Thames Quaker Trust, established in 1966 as the Ratcliff and Barking Monthly Meeting Trust and Fund for the Poor, is a charitable funde...

Grant Range
Up to £2,000

Ogilvie Charities

Open

Ogilvie Charities is a longstanding UK funder rooted in Suffolk and Essex, now supporting communities across England and Wales, with a mission to assi...

Grant Range
£250 - £2,000

Patrick Rowland Foundation

Open

The Patrick Rowland Foundation, a UK-registered charity based in Chelmsford, Essex since 2011, supports general charitable purposes through flexible g...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Pierrepont Trust

Open

The Pierrepont Trust is an independent, generalist grant-making charity established in 1988 and based in Long Marston, North Yorkshire, with a trustee...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £10,000

Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain Trust Fund

Open

The Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain Trust Fund upholds a mission to provide charitable assistance to Poles worldwide, with priority ...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Popham Kidney Support

Open

Popham Kidney Support is a patient-rooted charity honoring the legacy of Paul Popham, championing optimism, resilience, and holistic well-being for th...

Grant Range
Up to £150

Postcode Community Trust

Open

Postcode Community Trust, an independent Scottish-registered charity (SC044772) founded in 2014 and funded solely by the People’s Postcode Lottery, em...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Rachel Charitable Trust

Open

The Rachel Charitable Trust, established in 1978 by the Noe family and registered as a UK grant-making charity (Charity Commission no. 276441), focuse...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £100,000

Rehoboth Trust

Open

Rehoboth Trust is a UK-registered charity established on 25 March 1985, originally overseeing a Christian residential home for the elderly in Newport,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Royal Warrant Holders' Charity

Open

The Royal Warrant Holders' Charity, established in 1897 and governed by a deed last amended in 2024, empowers Royal Warrant Holding companies and thei...

Grant Range
Up to £3,000

Siva Charitable Fund

Open

The Siva Charitable Fund, a UK grant-making charity established in 1974, advances education, relieves poverty, and promotes religious activities, with...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Social Investment Business Foundation

Open

The Social Investment Business Foundation, originally launched as the Adventure Capital Fund in 2002 by social sector partners and UK Government backi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust

Open

The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust is the UK-registered charitable arm of global law firm Squire Patton Boggs, established under previous names ...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

The Severn Trent Water Charitable Trust Fund

Open

The Severn Trent Water Charitable Trust Fund, established by Severn Trent Water Limited, champions social responsibility, fairness, and sustainability...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £200,000

Tony Rampton Trust

Open

The Tony Rampton Trust, founded in 1974 by philanthropist Anthony (Tony) Rampton OBE, former chairman of Freemans Plc, embodies compassionate employer...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

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Poverty & Deprivation Grants in Wales: FAQ

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