North East Charity Grants

The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust, established in 1989 and governed by Willan Trustee Limited, is a UK-based funder dedicated to alleviating social and...

The Ballinger Charitable Trust, founded in 1994 by the Ballinger family with deep personal ties to North East England, supports UK-registered charitie...

The Barbour Foundation is a family-rooted grantmaker dedicated to advancing social welfare, relieving poverty and hardship, and fostering community de...

The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington, established in 1424 under Mercers' Company trusteeship, embodies a historic legacy of poverty relief and oppor...

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

Community Forest Trust (CFT), established in 1998 as a registered charity and non-profit company, serves as the backbone organization for England's 15...

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...

The Duke of Northumberland's Charity, registered under number 278584 and overseen by the Duke of Northumberland, is an estate-rooted philanthropic tru...

The E C Graham Belford Charitable Settlement is a grant-making trust dedicated to bolstering smaller grassroots charities through flexible support tha...

Empower Community Foundation drives the transition to sustainable, low-carbon, resilient local economies by channeling surpluses from community-owned ...

The Finn Family Fund is a UK-registered charitable trust established in July 2007 by Leo Finn, bolstered by a matching grant from the Northern Rock Fo...

Firstport for Social Entrepreneurs Limited is Scotland's dedicated development agency empowering individuals to launch start-up social enterprises tac...

The Gillian Dickinson Trust champions excellence in arts for young people and those excluded by disability or social circumstance, embodying founder-i...

The Greggs Foundation, established in 1987 by Ian Gregg, drives a mission to build stronger, healthier communities by tackling poverty, social inequal...

Hadrian Trust, an independent charitable grant-maker founded in 1972, focuses on improving lives in England's North East, specifically Tyne and Wear, ...

The Hays Travel Foundation, established in 2015 by Dame Irene Hays and the late John Hays—founders of Hays Travel—aims to create measurable positive c...

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...

The JGW Patterson Foundation, established in 2002 by Newcastle native and philanthropist John Patterson, supports research, equipment provision, and c...

The Jill and Norman Franklin Trust, founded by academic publisher Norman Franklin in memory of his wife Jill, an architectural historian, is an indepe...

Lady Elizabeth Hastings' Estate Charity, established through the 1739 legacy of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, embodies enlightened Christian philanthropy d...

The LGA Foundation is a family charitable trust with a mission to enhance health and wellbeing while tackling disadvantage among young people in North...

The Mercers’ Charitable Foundation, established in 1983 as the principal grant-making trust of The Mercers’ Company—London’s premier livery company fo...

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity drives world-class compassionate care by enhancing health and wellbeing for patients, staff, and North East ...

Northern Powergrid Foundation champions energy resilience and social equity for communities ravaged by extreme weather, with a mission rooted in preve...

Northumbria Historic Churches Trust champions the stewardship and preservation of historic Christian churches as enduring community assets, ensuring t...

The PFC Trust is a grant-making charity founded by Patrick and Frances Connolly to give back to Hartlepool and North East England, where they lived fo...

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, a Scottish-registered charity and company limited by guarantee funded exclusively by People’s Postcode Lottery proceeds,...

The R W Mann Trust is an endowed grant-making charity registered in 2003, recently strengthened by absorbing the Victor Mann Trust Fund in 2023, dedic...

The Reece Foundation, established in 2007 by engineer Dr Alan Reece, drives economic regeneration and social mobility in regions facing industrial dec...

The Rothley Trust is a grant-making charity established in 1959 to deliver small grants advancing charitable work among disadvantaged communities in t...

The Shears Foundation, a family-led charitable foundation established in 1994 by Trevor and Lyn Shears from proceeds of the Go-Ahead transport group f...

SHINE: Support and Help in Education is a grant-making charity devoted to eradicating educational disadvantage for children from low-income background...

The Sir Graham Wylie Foundation embodies a personal philanthropic vision to empower underprivileged and vulnerable children and young people through i...

The Sir James Knott Trust, established in 1924 by Tyneside shipowner Sir James Knott following the loss of his sons in World War I, is a cornerstone p...

The Sir John Priestman Charity Trust, established in 1931 by a Christian philanthropist, upholds a founding mission to sustain Church of England infra...

Smallwood Trust, established in 1886 as a pioneer in addressing women's poverty, is a specialist UK funder dedicated to enabling women’s financial res...

Teesside Charity, formerly the Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation, was established in 2011 by local civic leaders to enhance quality ...

The Durham Masonic Benevolent Fund is a longstanding Masonic charitable trust dedicated to relieving poverty and distress among Freemasons, their depe...

The W A Handley Charity Trust, established in 1964 and based in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a longstanding generalist grant-making trust with a substantia...

The Wellbank Foundation is a small, family-run grant-making charity established in 2020 by the Robson family, with trustees from the family guiding it...

The William Leech Charity, established in 1972 by North East housebuilder and philanthropist Sir William Leech, is an independent grant- and loan-maki...

The Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) Charitable Incorporated Organisation, known as the Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation (charity 1172569), was established ...