Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
abrdn Charitable Foundation - Innovation grant
Supports projects which meet their planet and people strategy for tomorrow’s generation.
Feisean Nan Gaidheal - Maoin nan Ealan Gàidhlig
Maoin nan Ealan Gàidhlig is designed to assist the delivery of Gaelic arts projects.
Next deadline: 14 Nov 2025
The Finnis Scott Foundation
The Trustees can make grants for any charitable purpose, but their present policy is to focus grant-making in the areas of horticulture and plant sciences, as well as fine art and art history.
Next deadline: 18 Sep 2025
Andrew Paton's Charitable Trust
This Trust has general charitable purposes with a preference for Scotland, particularly the West of Scotland and Glasgow. It tends to fund the same charities each year.
Transport Scotland - Network Support Grant
A discretionary grant that subsidises commercial and community bus routes. It aims to keep fares at affordable levels and networks more extensive than would otherwise be the case.
Stanley Morrison Trust
The trust supports activities that will encourage young people to increase their participation in sporting activities.
St Katharine's Fund
The trust makes a large number of mostly small grants to charities, with a preference for those in Dundee and Tayside.
Co-operative & Community Finance - Loans
The Community Shares Fund supports community-owned enterprises seeking to raise investment through a community share issue.
Scottish Communities Finance - Social Enterprise Bridging Loan
The Social Enterprise Loan Fund is a small fund that is capitalised by the investment of people and organisations within the Scottish Third Sector.
The Edinburgh Trades Fund
Small grants for children and young people who require financial assistance for education, ill-health or family need, and/or charities which support such individuals within the City of Edinburgh.