Trusts, foundations and funds
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Oxfam - United Kingdom
Oxfam provides assistance to organisations dealing with development projects and development issues as well as disaster relief. Oxfam provided £15m in grants in 2002. The majority of grants were one off grants ranging from £120,000 to £500,000. Applications should be made to applicant's nearest...
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) provides immediate support to professional craftspeople facing career threatening emergencies such as fire, theft, illness and natural disaster. Forms of assistance CERF provides include financial support in the form of loans or grants, booth fee waivers, and...
Guidestar
Guidestar is a website that contains a database of over 1.5 million nonprofit organisations in the US. It can be used by donors to determine whether an organisation is legitimate and contributions are tax-deductible. It also includes information and tools that can be used by businesses,...
Aid to the Church in Need (UK)
Aid to the Church in Need (UK), a universal pastoral charity of the Catholic Church, aims to help those suffering or persecuted for their Faith. ACN helps persecuted Christians, as well as assisting pastoral projects for schools, refugee services, health care and church buildings. Funds building...
William J. Clinton Foundation
Through the William J. Clinton Foundation, President Clinton promotes the values of fairness and opportunity for all. The Foundation aims to strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence in a number of critical areas such as healthy...
Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Foundation serves as an umbrella to non-governmental organisations in 51 Commonwealth countries, from Antigua and Canada to Zimbabwe. The Foundation's special interests include the eradication of poverty, rural development, health, non-formal education, community enterprise, women...
Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation
Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation solicits, receives, and administers gifts, grants, contributions, and donations for four Virginia retirement communities in support of their various programs and activities.
Avon Foundation for Women
The Avon Foundation for Women was founded in 1955 to improve the lives of women and their families. Currently, the Avon Foundation brings this mission to life through two key areas of focus: breast cancer and domestic violence. The foundation supports various initiatives pertaining to these issues...
Shuttleworth Foundation
Shuttleworth Foundation provides funding for dynamic leaders who are at the forefront of social change. They look for social innovators who are helping to change the world for the better and are looking for some support through an innovative social investment model. They give them a fellowship...
Ford Foundation - Indonesia
The Ford Foundation Indonesia's main goal is to create economic opportunity and offer increased access and participation in local governance for poor and socially marginalized communities. Empowering marginalized groups by helping them to gain a stronger voice and a greater say in local decision...
Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust
The Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust is one of the largest charitable trusts in New Zealand. Established in 1994, the Trust’s mission is to: “manage and enhance the assets held in trust and distribute income for the long term benefit of the Rotorua District Community”. Donations are made for:...
MacArthur Foundation Russia
MacArthur Foundation Russia, an office of the US-based the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is an independent grant-making institution working for the development of knowledge and the improvement of the human condition. Grant program of the Foundation in Russia aims to support...
Help The Homeless
Help The Homeless is a cost efficient charity with very small overheads, and so is able to distribute a large proportion of its funds to the wide range of organisations nationwide that help some of the UK's most disadvantaged people. The reasons for being homeless vary enormously, but may include...
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) - Australia
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is a charity dedicated to getting the best for other charities and their donors. Founded in the United Kingdom in 1924, and in Australia in 1999, they are committed to facilitating the most effective and efficient ways to connect donors to the causes that matter to...
Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (HIVOS)
Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organisation which is committed to the poor and marginalised and to the organisations which promote their interests. Hivos is particularly interested in the strengthening of the position of women in society. It provides financial and political support for local...
Charities Review Council
The Charities Review Council is an independent resource for people who make contributions to support charities. Charities Review Council provides information, tools and resources to the giving public. The organisation also has formulated the 2009 Accountability Standards. The purpose of the...
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and other countries. In addition to providing consular services, it is also responsible for running the Dutch government's various development programs. Priority areas for...
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Founded in 1972, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation's primary concern is to address issues of inequality and disadvantage, particularly in relation to young people. Support concentrates on projects in the UK which respond to these challenges through the arts and education. Direct support is also given to...
Clothworkers Foundation
The Clothworkers' Foundation (founded in 1977), is the independent charitable arm of The Clothworkers' Company. Through its funding, the Foundation aims to improve quality of life, particularly for people and communities facing disadvantages. The Foundation is open to appeals from around the UK in...
Webb Memorial Trust
Webb Memorial Trust, a foundation established in memory of the early 20th Century British Socialist - Beatrice Webb, provides approximately 70,000 GBP annually in grants of between 500 GBP and 10,000 GBP. The aim of the Trust is to foster social and economic justice through education, social policy...