Wales159+ Funders

Wales Charity Grants

Find grants for Welsh charities including organisations in Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, North Wales, and across all Welsh regions.

Wales operates within a distinct regulatory and policy environment that charities seeking funding here must understand. The Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) serves as the national coordinating body for the voluntary sector, providing guidance, training, and acting as a gateway to several funding programmes including those distributed on behalf of the Welsh Government and the National Lottery Community Fund in Wales. Charities new to the Welsh funding landscape should consider WCVA an essential starting point. Bilingual and Welsh language requirements are a significant consideration for funders operating in Wales. Many Welsh funders expect applicants to demonstrate awareness of Welsh language policy and to offer services bilingually where appropriate, particularly in predominantly Welsh-speaking communities in North and West Wales. The Senedd's policy priorities also shape funding availability, with Welsh Government-aligned funders increasingly focusing on the Well-being of Future Generations Act goals and the specific anti-poverty strategies that differ from those in England. The South Wales Valleys remain one of the most deprived areas in the UK, with former mining communities experiencing persistent challenges around health, employment, and educational attainment. Community Foundation Wales provides a vital funding channel for grassroots organisations working in these and other disadvantaged communities. Cardiff and Swansea have more developed voluntary sectors with greater access to national UK-wide funders, but organisations outside the main cities often find the funding landscape more sparse. Charities operating in Wales should be aware that many England-focused funders do not extend their programmes across the border, making it important to identify trusts that specifically include Wales in their geographic criteria. The distinct regulatory environment also means Welsh charities must engage with the Charity Commission for England and Wales while navigating Welsh Government priorities.

Funders in Wales

159 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

Adlard Family Charitable Foundation

Open

The Adlard Family Charitable Foundation, established in November 2015 and registered with the Charity Commission, is a family-led philanthropy governe...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £40,000

Alison Hillman Charitable Trust

Open

The Alison Hillman Charitable Trust, established by trust deed on 19 July 1994, is a UK-based funder governed by a small board of long-serving trustee...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund

Open

The Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund, established in 1989 by Mary Northcote in memory of her governess Angela Gallagher, is an unincorporated trust dedi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Annandale Charitable Trust

Open

The Annandale Charitable Trust, established in 1995 by the late Mrs Blofeld as an unincorporated discretionary grant-making charity, advances general ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Anthem. Music Fund Wales

Open

Anthem. Music Fund Wales, established in 2020 by the Welsh Government and Arts Council of Wales, is a pioneering endowment designed to transform acces...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Archie Sherman Charitable Trust

Open

The Archie Sherman Charitable Trust, established in 1968, embodies founder Archie Sherman's vision of bolstering Jewish welfare, Holocaust remembrance...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £20,000

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

Arts Council of Wales | Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru

Open

Arts Council of Wales (Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru), established by Royal Charter in 1994, is the principal national agency championing the arts across W...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £200,000

Ashla Charitable Trust

Open

The Ashla Charitable Trust is a family-based grant-making charity dedicated to advancing arts, humanitarian aid, education, and women's rights through...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Ashley Family Foundation

Open

The Ashley Family Foundation, established in 1986 by Sir Bernard and Laura Ashley, embodies a mission to harness creative enterprise for community ben...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

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

Backstage Trust

Open

Backstage Trust is an independent grant-making trust established in 2012 with a mission to champion live performing arts and music, enabling them to f...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

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

Bma Foundation

Open

The BMA Foundation, the world's oldest medical organization awarding grants since 1839 and unified as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in 2020, ...

Grant Range
£65,000 - £65,000

Bna Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Open

BNA Charitable Incorporated Organisation, founded in 2019 and based in Lincoln, is an independent grant-making charity committed to strengthening UK c...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation

Open

The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation, established in 1985 by Evelyn Karloff in memory of the iconic actor Boris Karloff, is a UK grant-making trust...

Grant Range
£500 - £7,000

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

Brace

Open

BRACE Alzheimer’s Research, founded in 1987 in Bristol by families affected by dementia, is an independent charity dedicated to defeating dementia thr...

Grant Range
Up to £110,000

Brewers' Company General Charitable Trust

Open

The Brewers' Company General Charitable Trust (BCGCT), administered by the historic Brewers’ Company—dating to the 13th century with a Royal Charter f...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

British Film Institute

Open

The British Film Institute, established by Royal Charter in 1933, leads UK efforts to advance film, television, and moving image culture through prese...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Cadogan Charity

Open

The Cadogan Charity, established in 1966 by the Cadogan family with roots in the Earls Cadogan's estate wealth, is a UK grant-making trust chaired by ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch

Open

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK Branch, established in 1956 from the bequest of Armenian oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian, is a London-based arm ...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £600,000

Cardiff YMCA (1910) Trust

Open

Cardiff YMCA (1910) Trust, established in 1910 to support Cardiff YMCA's charitable work in South Wales, is a grant-making trust dedicated to fosterin...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Cayo Foundation

Open

The Cayo Foundation is a UK-based discretionary grant-making trust established on 29 November 1999, dedicated to benefiting registered charities under...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Celia Blakey Charitable Trust

Open

The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust, established in 1971 by philanthropist Celia Sainsbury (later Blakey) and registered in 1972, is a discretionary gra...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Chapman Charitable Trust

Open

The Chapman Charitable Trust, established in 1963 by Marjorie Chapman and her family—who continue as trustees—supports UK-registered charities tacklin...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

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

Cla Charitable Trust

Open

The CLA Charitable Trust, established in 1980 by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), promotes education about the countryside—especially ...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £5,000

Clara E Burgess Charity

Open

The Clara E Burgess Charity, established in 1998 under the will of Douglas Burgess, is a UK-registered trust dedicated to relieving children and young...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

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

Colwinston Charitable Trust

Open

The Colwinston Charitable Trust, established in 1995 by Mathew Prichard CBE, sustains and supports high-quality artistic activities that enrich UK cul...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

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

Corton Hill Trust

Open

The Corton Hill Trust is an independent grant-making charity established in December 2019, dedicated to advancing general charitable purposes by enhan...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

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

Dame Violet Wills Will Trust

Open

The Dame Violet Wills Will Trust, established through the philanthropy of Dame Violet Wills, pursues a mission of generalist grant-giving to enable di...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

De Brye Charitable Trust

Open

The De Brye Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making charity with a mission to advance health, disability support, and welfare for those facing...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

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

Drapers Charitable Fund

Open

The Drapers Charitable Fund, administered by the historic Worshipful Company of Drapers founded in 1364 by woollen cloth merchants, upholds a mission ...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

Duke of Cornwall's Charitable Foundation

Open

The Duke of Cornwall's Charitable Foundation embodies royal stewardship values rooted in the Duchy of Cornwall's legacy, with a mission to deliver tan...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £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

England and Wales Cricket Trust

Open

The England and Wales Cricket Trust (EWCT), a registered charity (no. 1112540), promotes community participation in cricket as a means of healthy recr...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £50,000

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