Marmot Charitable Trust
Could Marmot Charitable Trust fund your project? Check fit free. Draft if yes — or shortlist better matches.
- Typical grants
- £250 – £25,000
- Applications
- Accepted
- How to apply
- Postal application
- Decisions
- Bi annually
Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.
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register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.ukAbout Marmot Charitable Trust
The Marmot Charitable Trust advances systemic environmental sustainability and international peace-building through discretionary grant-making. Established with a broad charitable remit, it evolved to prioritise transformative interventions for a sustainable future and secure world order. Its philosophy favours high-trust partnerships with aligned organisations pursuing evidence-based systemic shifts, capacity building for advocacy, and unrestricted support for bold peace and green movements committed to long-term global resilience. The trust is rooted in values of environmental responsibility, global stewardship, planetary health, and conflict prevention, and it supports macro-level strategies such as advocacy and research over localised services.
What Marmot Charitable Trust funds
The trust funds environmental initiatives tackling climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, renewable energy transitions, green infrastructure advocacy, pollution reduction, ecosystem restoration, and circular economy models. These are pursued through campaigning, public education, policy research, grassroots mobilisation, and direct action. In peace and security, they support nuclear disarmament campaigns, non-proliferation advocacy, conflict resolution programmes, peace education, international diplomacy efforts, arms control initiatives, and security sector reform. The trust focuses on systemic change at national and international levels, supporting advocacy-driven interventions and research for policy influence. Its area of benefit is worldwide, and it operates throughout England and Wales.
Who can apply
The trust funds registered charities only, and welcomes unsolicited applications. They prefer lean, innovative organisations with transparent impact measurement and no paid staff overhead. The trust seeks aligned partners working on environmental sustainability or peace-building, and values evidence-based global advocacy. There is no religious restriction on applicants. Beneficiaries are not specified, but the trust focuses on systemic change rather than direct service delivery.
What Marmot Charitable Trust doesn't fund
The trust does not fund local service delivery, individual beneficiary aid, or non-systemic projects lacking broad impact potential. They focus on macro-level strategies and advocacy, so projects that are purely local or non-systemic are excluded. They also exclude projects that do not align with their theory of change emphasising high-impact, systemic interventions.
How they like to fund
The trust provides unrestricted grants, often as one-off high-leverage interventions, through discretionary grant-making. They prefer to build high-trust partnerships with aligned organisations and welcome unsolicited applications. The trust emphasises urgent, high-leverage funding over perpetual support, and values transparent impact measurement.
How much does Marmot Charitable Trust give?
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.
When to apply, and how long their decisions take.
Income, location, legal structure and exactly who they fund — matched to your charity.
Good to know
How to apply to Marmot Charitable Trust
Marmot Charitable Trust takes applications via postal application.
- Decisions are typically bi annually.
- Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.
How it works
- 1Describe your project. Once — used for this funder and others.
- 2See if this could be a fit. Honest check on cause, place, size, and rules.
- 3Draft if yes. From your real data — or move on if not.
See if Marmot Charitable Trust could be a fit. Draft if yes.
Marmot Charitable Trust on the charity register
Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as MARMOT CHARITABLE TRUST, charity number 1106619.
Frequently asked questions
How much funding does Marmot Charitable Trust provide?
Marmot Charitable Trust typically provides grants of £250 - £25,000.
Where does Marmot Charitable Trust fund charities?
Marmot Charitable Trust funds charities operating in the UK.
Does Marmot Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Marmot Charitable Trust accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.
How do I apply for funding from Marmot Charitable Trust?
Marmot Charitable Trust takes applications via postal application. Decisions are typically bi annually.
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