Tabeel Trust

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Applications: By invitation only
Decisions: Rolling (no fixed deadline)

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About Tabeel Trust

Tabeel Trust is a UK-registered charity established in 1974, dedicated to supporting evangelical Christian activities through grants to organisations, projects, and initiatives. Its mission centres on promoting Christian belief, teaching, worship, and outreach, guided by a trustee-driven ethos that prioritises relational discernment over formal strategies, ensuring continuity in faith-based engagement. The Trust funds church-based activities, missionary work, religious education, and faith-linked community initiatives, targeting small-to-medium evangelical organisations such as churches, mission societies, and grassroots groups within trustee networks. Interventions emphasise direct spiritual advancement, with support provided to beneficiaries advancing evangelical values. Funding is strictly invite-only, operating via a highly personalised, relationship-led model that differentiates it from open-process funders.

What Tabeel Trust funds

Tabeel Trust funds evangelical Christian activities, including church-based work, missionary efforts, religious education, and faith-linked community initiatives. Support is directed towards projects and core costs that advance spiritual advancement and evangelical values. The Trust focuses on small-to-medium evangelical organisations, such as churches, mission societies, and grassroots groups, primarily within the UK and occasionally internationally, where trustees have established personal interests and connections.

Who can apply

Eligible entities include UK-registered evangelical Christian charities, with a preference for smaller, local-level groups. The Trust targets organisations such as churches, mission societies, and grassroots groups that align with trustee networks. There are no strict income thresholds or geographic restrictions, but funding is strictly invite-only, so unsolicited applications are not accepted.

What Tabeel Trust doesn't fund

Tabeel Trust excludes secular, non-evangelical, or unrelated causes. Funding is not available for organisations or activities that do not align with evangelical Christian values or the trustees' personal interests and connections.

How they like to fund

Tabeel Trust operates on a strictly invite-only basis, with funding decisions made through a highly personalised, relationship-led model. Grants are typically modest, likely in the low thousands of pounds, and support both project and core costs. The Trust does not accept unsolicited applications and works through trustee networks to identify and support beneficiaries.

How much does Tabeel Trust give?

Published grant sizes vary. A free fit check matches Tabeel Trust’s current criteria to your charity — so you know if it’s worth applying.

Deadlines & timelines

When to apply, and how long their decisions take.

Your specific fit

Income, location, legal structure and exactly who they fund — matched to your charity.

Good to know

FaithChristian only

Focus areas

Faith

How to apply to Tabeel Trust

Tabeel Trust does not accept unsolicited applications. Funding is by invitation.

A fit check still tells you whether your work aligns with their published remit.
If you cannot apply directly, shortlist open funders with a similar focus instead of writing into a closed door.
Decisions are typically rolling (no fixed deadline).

What you can do here

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Tabeel Trust provide?

Grant amounts vary. Contact Tabeel Trust directly for current funding levels.

Where does Tabeel Trust fund charities?

Tabeel Trust funds charities operating in the UK.

Does Tabeel Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Tabeel Trust does not accept unsolicited applications.

How do I apply for funding from Tabeel Trust?

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