Miva Foundation

Miva Foundation is a UK-registered grant-making charity (number 1201876), established by trust deed on 22 August 2022 by Michael and Valerie Twinning and formally registered with the Charity Commission in February 2023. With just two trustees, its core mission is to advance any charitable purposes under English and Welsh law through grants to other charities and voluntary bodies across England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Operating as a highly flexible generalist funder, it emphasizes broad trustee discretion without thematic, sectoral, demographic, or geographic preferences within the UK, prioritizing sustainable grantmaking by retaining substantial resources from donations and investments—evidenced by £700,877 income and £144,345 in grants for the year ending December 2024.

The foundation supports general charitable purposes exclusively, with no published priorities, programmes, beneficiary types, or patterns in past grants. It funds registered UK charities of any size for diverse activities, but lacks details on project, core, capital, or capacity-building support, maintaining full opacity on strategic focus or impact measurement.

Eligible applicants are strictly UK-registered charities based in the UK; no income thresholds, special criteria, or religious restrictions apply, though it does not support individuals or communities directly. Unsolicited applications are not accepted, as there is no published process, guidelines, deadlines, or decision cycles— all grants are awarded at the trustees' sole discretion without open calls or external submissions.

Distinctively opaque and trustee-driven, Miva stands out for its absence of branded initiatives, case studies, or exclusions beyond legal charitable bounds, differentiating it as a purely discretionary vehicle for general UK philanthropy rather than a targeted or proactive funder.