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The Foundation recently reviewed their funding guidelines: this round, they will not be using funding categories, and all of their grantmaking will be to fund charitable organisations that at their core are committed to ensuring the rights of people, society and the natural world for current and future generations. The organisations they fund will demonstrate that intrinsic to their approach they are:

• Changemaking organisations that understand their role within existing and/or new systems and have a clear strategy for how and why they intend to make change.
• Committed to advancing justice through the active involvement of individuals and communities with personal or direct experience of the issues.

They will fund organisations which are:

• Tackling the triple planetary crisis by mitigating and adapting to climate impacts, reducing pollution and protecting and restoring nature.
• Building greater trust and connection, reducing polarisation within society and increasing the levels of participation and influence in the political process (which is sometimes referred to as political equality).
• Promoting the development and adoption of economic models and systems that support people and planet and reduce wealth inequalities.
• Advancing equity and justice for marginalised communities impacted by the issues above.

The Foundation will only support organisations whose work has impact across the whole of the UK. The main reason why applications are rejected is that they do not provide a sufficiently strong fit with the individual criteria of the relevant funding category.

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Geographical areas funded: UK Overseas

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Revenue, Core costs

Applicant success rate:

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Fund award sizes

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Average:

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Annually awarded:

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Notes on award amounts:

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Who can apply

Charitable organisations that at their core are committed to ensuring the rights of people, society and the natural world for current and future generations. To be eligible, your organisation must:

• Have an annual income of between £100,000 and £10,000,000
• Be a UK registered charity (see guidance for exceptions)
• Have an impact EITHER at a national or UK level and be based in the UK, OR be delivering environmental work related to the triple planetary crisis in the UK Overseas Territories.

See fund guidance for more detail.

Minimum annual income:

£100,000

Maximum annual income:

£10,000,000

When to apply

For the majority of applications there are no deadlines and you can apply at any time. They make decisions regularly throughout the year. You can see a timeline of decision making on the Foundation website, it takes around three to four months from eligibility check to final decision making.

How to apply

Complete eligibility quiz. Then there is a two-stage application process. At Stage 1 submit a brief description of your organisation and what you would like them to fund on no more than two sides of A4, plus some financial information. If you are invited to the next stage they will ask you for a full application.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Housing and shelter Arts and culture Environment Health care and wellbeing Heritage and building preservation Social care and welfare Justice, equality and law Climate action

Beneficiaries funded: Carers Economically/socially disadvantaged General public Socially isolated people People in poverty Ill-health Young people

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