J and S Foundation

The J and S Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales (number 1055135), established on 7 May 1996, dedicated to advancing religious education, relieving poverty, and promoting religious research. Rooted in a commitment to deepen understanding of religious principles while providing practical community support, it operates with a tightly focused mission under trustee oversight, emphasizing measurable impact through faith-informed initiatives rather than broad philanthropy. Its values prioritize public benefit, stewardship, and alignment with charitable objects, distinguishing it as a specialist funder in the UK landscape for faith-based learning, scholarship, and welfare.

It funds projects, programmes, and organisations that directly advance its three pillars: religious education programmes, poverty relief efforts with a moral or religious dimension, and rigorous religious research endeavours. Support targets charities delivering tangible benefits in faith-based education, academic contributions to religious studies, and hardship alleviation, with grants typically covering activity or programme costs rather than core funding or capital projects.

Eligible applicants are strictly UK-registered charities operating within the UK (primarily England and Wales), with no specified income thresholds, size preferences, or religious restrictions—though alignment with the foundation's religious and social welfare focus is essential. Unsolicited applications are not accepted; funding occurs invite-only at trustee discretion, with no public guidelines, deadlines, forms, or fixed rounds—grants are awarded adhoc to trustee-identified recipients.

Distinctive for its unwavering religion-centric scope, the foundation avoids generalist causes, international work, or unrestricted support, making it ideal for faith organisations, religious institutions, and projects at the religion-social welfare nexus seeking purposeful, impact-driven grants without open competition.