Poverty & Deprivation1432+ Funders

Poverty & Deprivation Grants & Funding

There are 1432 UK funders offering grants for poverty & deprivation charities, with typical awards from £100 to £1,000,000.

Poverty relief is one of the oldest and most widely funded charitable purposes in the UK, with grant-makers supporting everything from emergency food and fuel provision to long-term systemic change. Funders in this space recognise that poverty intersects with almost every other social issue — health, education, housing, and opportunity. Many trusts prioritise organisations working in the most deprived areas, using indices of multiple deprivation to target resources. Grants support food banks, welfare advice services, debt counselling, crisis funds, and employability programmes. Larger foundations such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation focus on research and policy work to address the root causes of poverty, while community foundations and smaller trusts often support direct provision for people in financial hardship. The cost-of-living crisis since 2022 has prompted many funders to create dedicated emergency funds and increase their support for basic needs provision. Projects that build financial resilience — savings schemes, financial literacy, affordable credit — are increasingly valued.

Quick Stats

Total Funders
1432
Grant Range
£100 - £1,000,000
Open to Applications
40%

Poverty & Deprivation Funders

96 of 1432 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 193 of 1432 funders. 1239 not yet verified are listed below; 97 that don't fit were excluded.

Action Together CIO

Matching programme: Ashton Parish Church Charity Small Grants Programme

Action Together CIO, established in 2016 through the merger of Voluntary Action Oldham and Community and Voluntary Action Tameside, serves as the infr...

Grant Range
£500 - £25,000

Austin Bailey Foundation

Matching programme: Local Charities Grants

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

Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

Matching programme: Barbara Ward Children's Foundation Grants

The Barbara Ward Children's Foundation, established in December 2001 by Barbara Irene Ward, is a UK-registered grant-making charity dedicated to trans...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Baron Davenport's Charity

Matching programme: Twice Yearly Grants to Older Ladies

Baron Davenport's Charity, an endowed trust established in 1914 by the will of Baron Charles Davenport in Birmingham, is dedicated to alleviating acut...

Grant Range
£200 - £1,000

Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Grants Programme (Impact Grants)

The Barratt Redrow Foundation (formerly Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation), established in March 2020 as a Charitable Incorporated Organi...

Grant Range
£1,500 - £1,500

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation

Matching programme: London Luton Airport Operations Ltd (LLAOL) Community Trust Fund

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (BLCF), established in 1999 and registered as a charity in 2001 by founders Geoffrey Farr MBE DL, Sir Samu...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Bishop Radford Trust

Matching programme: Foundation Grants

The Bishop Radford Trust is a Christian grantmaking foundation established in 2006 by Suzannah O’Brien’s mother, rooted in the family’s legacy to bols...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Bolton Community and Voluntary Services

Matching programme: Bolton Housing Partnership Grants – Organisations

Bolton Community and Voluntary Services (Bolton CVS) is a registered charity and local infrastructure organisation dedicated to strengthening the volu...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: General Funds (applied via the general application form, not fund-specific)

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF), established in December 2003, is an independent local charity dedicated to enhancing quality of life across...

Grant Range
£1,500 - £10,000

Chalk Cliff Trust

Matching programme: Chalk Cliff Trust – Main Grant Programme

Chalk Cliff Trust is a family-led charitable foundation with a mission to advance grassroots charitable activity benefiting local communities through ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Chester Bluecoat Charity

Matching programme: Grants Programme

The Chester Bluecoat Charity is an historic grant-maker with roots over 800 years old, evolving through mergers since 1837 and rebranded in 2020 from ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Chrysalis Trust

Matching programme: Chrysalis Trust Grants

The Chrysalis Trust, a UK grant-making charity established in 2009 by the Evans family, tackles poverty, disability, and barriers to shelter, educatio...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Clarion Futures

Matching programme: Digital Grants Programme

Clarion Futures is the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, the UK's largest housing association, established as the successor to William S...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Cole Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Cole Charitable Trust grants

The Cole Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making trust dedicated to fostering positive change in local communities through support for small g...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £2,000

Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Brighter Futures

The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust, an independent grant-making charity founded in 1969 by Sir James Colyer-Fergusson, is dedicated to improving li...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £60,000

Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon

Matching programme: Community Grants

Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation, founded in 1975 as an independent charity (formerly Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon), tackles...

Grant Range
£750 - £5,000

Community Foundation in Wales

Matching programme: Fund for Wales

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

Community Foundation North East

Matching programme: General Application

Community Foundation North East, established in 1988 by local business and civic leaders in North East England, serves as the UK's largest community f...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

Cornwall Community Foundation

Matching programme: Single Homeless and Rough Sleeping Fund

Cornwall Community Foundation, established in 2003 as a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, is the sole community foundation serving ...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

County of Gloucestershire Community Foundation

Matching programme: GCF – Community Fund

Gloucestershire Community Foundation is a grant-making charity dedicated to reducing inequalities and enhancing quality of life for disadvantaged Glou...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Croydon Relief in Need Charity

Matching programme: Large Grant (Over £5,000)

Croydon Relief in Need Charity (CRiN), rooted in ancient endowments consolidated under Croydon Almshouse Charities Trustee Company Limited, is a local...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Cumbria Community Foundation

Matching programme: Cumbria Community Foundation Grants

Cumbria Community Foundation, established in 1999, is an independent UK community foundation dedicated to tackling poverty, enhancing quality of life,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Derbyshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: Foundation Derbyshire Grants

Foundation Derbyshire embodies a mission to enhance community life and combat disadvantage through empowering grassroots charities and voluntary group...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Dorset Community Foundation

Matching programme: EDC Project Fund for Strength & Sustainability

Dorset Community Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to improving lives and fostering thriving, united communities across Dorset by chan...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Essex Community Foundation

Matching programme: Essex Fund

Essex Community Foundation, established in 1996, is an independent charitable foundation dedicated to enhancing quality of life for Essex residents by...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £7,000

February Foundation

Matching programme: The February Foundation Main Grant Programme

The February Foundation, an independent UK grant-making charity established in 2006, supports registered charities to deliver practical social impact ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Forever Manchester

Matching programme: Bright Futures Fund

Forever Manchester is an independent charitable foundation dedicated to empowering grassroots community activity and building resilient neighbourhoods...

Grant Range
£500 - £1,500

Foundation Scotland

Matching programme: Women's Fund for Scotland

Foundation Scotland, Scotland's sole community foundation, drives a mission to empower communities by bridging innovative ideas with resources, foster...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £35,000

Frieda Scott Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grants

The Frieda Scott Charitable Trust is an independent grantmaker rooted in a family legacy of compassion, established to strengthen community life by ad...

Grant Range
Up to £20,000

Garfield Weston Foundation

Matching programme: Regular Grant

The Garfield Weston Foundation, family-founded in 1958, drives its mission to strengthen society through enduring philanthropic support for charities ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Guildford Poyle Charities

Matching programme: Grants to Organisations

Guildford Poyle Charities, established in 1628 by Henry Smith with subsequent mergers from local bequests, is a historic Guildford-based grantmaker de...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland

Matching programme: 40 INVEST

Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland, established over 40 years ago and funded entirely by Lloyds Banking Group profits as one of four autonomous H...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £45,000

Hammersmith United Charities

Matching programme: Community Grants

Hammersmith United Charities, an endowed local charity founded in 1618, focuses on relieving poverty and disadvantage among residents of the Hammersmi...

Grant Range
Up to £15,000

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation

Matching programme: Including Communities

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation drives positive social change by funding grassroots organizations and community groups tackling p...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Henry Smith Charity

Matching programme: Shout! Fund

The Henry Smith Foundation, formerly Henry Smith Charity and one of the UK's oldest independent grant-makers since 1628, channels the legacy of founde...

Grant Range
£500 - £250,000

Herefordshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: Community Chest Programme

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

Hertfordshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: HCF Foundation Grants

Hertfordshire Community Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to channeling local philanthropy into grassroots solutions that alleviate depri...

Grant Range
£240 - £10,000

Hilden Charitable Fund

Matching programme: UK Programmes

The Hilden Charitable Fund, an endowed grant-making foundation established in 1963 by Anthony and Joan Rampton, is rooted in a family ethos of social ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £7,000

Holywood Trust

Matching programme: Groups of Young People

The Holywood Trust, established in 1979 by an anonymous benefactor, is a grant-making charity dedicated to empowering young people aged 15-25 in Dumfr...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Housing Pathways Trust

Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

Housing Pathways Trust, a historic almshouse charity rooted in seventeenth-century principles, drives community transformation by enabling those in ne...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

J G Graves Charitable Trust

Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The J G Graves Charitable Trust, founded in 1930 by Sheffield businessman and philanthropist John George Graves, is a legacy-driven funder dedicated t...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

James Knott Family Foundation

Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

The James Knott Family Foundation, known as the Sir James Knott Trust, was established in 1924 by Tyneside shipowner Sir James Knott to honor his sons...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

John Ellerman Foundation

Matching programme: Main Grants programme (2025-2030 strategy)

The John Ellerman Foundation, established in 1971 by John Reeves Ellerman with wealth from shipping, brewing, and other industries—acknowledging its h...

Grant Range
Up to £180,000

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation

Matching programme: Making Local Life Better Fund

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to strengthening local communities by channeling phi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust

Matching programme: Pharmacy School Essentials Grant

The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust, established in 1925 by the 1st Viscount Leverhulme, is a UK-wide grant-maker rooted in the philanthropist's visi...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Lincolnshire Community Foundation CIO

Matching programme: Michael Cornish Core Grants Programme

Lincolnshire Community Foundation CIO, established in 2002, is an independent charity dedicated to tackling social inequalities and fostering thriving...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Liverpool Merchants' Guild

Matching programme: Liverpool Merchants' Guild Support

Liverpool Merchants' Guild upholds a historic mission of relieving poverty, hardship, and distress among older people through targeted financial suppo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £6,000

Localgiving Foundation

Matching programme: Magic Little Grants

Localgiving Foundation empowers UK local communities to thrive by bolstering small charities and grassroots community groups through technological inn...

Grant Range
£500 - £25,000

Locality (UK)

Matching programme: Locality Awards '24

Locality is a national network and registered UK charity founded in 1994 through the merger of two leading community support bodies, dedicated to empo...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £75,000

London Catalyst

Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

London Catalyst is an independent grantmaker rooted in a historic mission to combat the root causes and effects of poverty and ill health among London...

Grant Range
£6,000 - £10,000

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions about Poverty & Deprivation Grants

What grants are available for poverty & deprivation charities in the UK?

There are 1432+ UK funders offering grants for poverty & deprivation charities. These range from small community grants under £5,000 to large multi-year funding programmes exceeding £100,000. Use Fundermatcher to find the best match for your organisation.

How much funding can poverty & deprivation organisations get?

Grant amounts for poverty & deprivation charities vary widely depending on the funder and project. Typical grants range from £1,000 to over £100,000. Many funders offer multi-year funding for established organisations with a strong track record.

How do I apply for poverty & deprivation grants?

Start by identifying funders whose priorities align with your poverty & deprivation work. Fundermatcher matches your charity's profile against 1432+ funders to find the best fit. Our AI assistant can then help you draft compelling grant applications.

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