Jecda Foundation

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Typical grants: £70,000 – £75,000
Applications: Existing partners only
Decisions: As needed

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About Jecda Foundation

The Jecda Foundation is a UK-registered charitable foundation established in 2006. Governed by a board of trustees primarily from the Freud family and chaired by Lord David Freud, its mission centres on tackling social disadvantage among young people through innovative intergenerational mentoring. The foundation favours strategic, multi-year funding that seeds, refines, and durably underwrites a single high-impact intervention, leveraging family convening power for scalable social change. Its approach is one of high-engagement philanthropy, concentrating all resources on one proven model rather than a broad portfolio.

What Jecda Foundation funds

The Jecda Foundation funds the Grandmentors programme, delivered and sustained by Volunteering Matters. This programme pairs vulnerable teenagers—especially care leavers—with retired mentors for life skills and emotional support, aiding their transition to adulthood. The work is focused on urban areas across England, with no specified geographic mandates beyond programme sites, though the foundation's objects allow worldwide scope. Despite broad charitable objects such as poverty relief, advancing education and health, environmental protection, and public benefit, in practice all funding is directed to this single intergenerational mentoring initiative.

Who can apply

The Jecda Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications. It operates by invitation only, funding a pre-selected partner organisation, Volunteering Matters, to deliver the Grandmentors programme. There are no specified entity types, income limits, or geographic mandates beyond the programme sites in urban England, though the foundation's objects allow worldwide scope. The focus is on at-risk youth, particularly care leavers.

What Jecda Foundation doesn't fund

The foundation does not fund core costs, capital projects, emergency aid, or general charitable appeals. It avoids broad portfolios, concentrating exclusively on one programme. Unsolicited applications are not accepted.

How they like to fund

Grants are strategic and multi-year, focused on a single high-impact intervention. The foundation funds the Grandmentors programme through a pre-selected partner, Volunteering Matters. It does not accept unsolicited approaches, operating by invitation only. Funding is concentrated on one proven model rather than a diversified portfolio.

How much does Jecda Foundation give?

£70,000 – £75,000

Typical published range. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you would clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is the free fit check.

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Focus areas

Children & youth

How to apply to Jecda Foundation

Jecda Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications. Funding is by invitation.

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Jecda Foundation provide?

Jecda Foundation typically provides grants of £70,000 - £75,000.

Where does Jecda Foundation fund charities?

Jecda Foundation funds charities operating in the UK.

Does Jecda Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Jecda Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications.

How do I apply for funding from Jecda Foundation?

Jecda Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications. Funding is by invitation. A fit check still tells you whether your work aligns with their published remit.