Millfield House Foundation

Who they support

THROUGH GRANTS TO OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND OTHER SUPPORT, WE PROMOTE POLICY CHANGE BY FUNDING PROJECTS THAT INFORM DISCUSSION AND INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY. OUR AIM IS TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES AND REDUCE SOCIAL DEPRIVATION.

  • The average annual spending of grantees has been £1 million
  • The average age of charities supported has been 19 years.

Grant criteria

Millfield House Foundation funds policy work with the aim of reducing poverty and inequality in the North East of England. Through support for our Strategic Partners, and very occasional one-off grants, the Foundation promotes policy change by funding organisations and work that inform discussion and influence public policy. We focus on underlying causes and take a relational approach to our grant-making.

Grant details

Since 2013, we have concentrated on supporting a small number of organisations - our strategic partners - for whom policy work is core to addressing poverty and inequality. We award unrestricted funding for up to three years at a time, on the understanding that partners are actively encouraged to re-apply. We currently have five strategic partners Citizens’ Advice Newcastle, IPPR North, North East Child Poverty Commission, Regional Refugee Forum North East and Voluntary Organisations Network North East (VONNE). We chose them because they have overarching interests in line with our own agenda of addressing issues of inequality, because they are skilled in policy thinking and development and because we believe that their work contributes to the work of many other policy workers and campaigners in the North East. We have a sustained relationship with them but we neither set their workplans for them nor make detailed demands of them. Occasional one-off grants The Trustees are active in the voluntary sector themselves and always reserve the possibility of investing in interesting or potentially effective ideas that they or their Trust Manager come across. Please note our Open Grants programme is now closed and we no longer accept unsolicited grant applications.

Application procedure

How we fund We invite a limited number of policy-focused organisations to become our strategic partners. We seek to build longer-term funding relationships and partnerships and provide opportunities for our strategic partners and others to share learning and practice.

www.mhfdn.org.uk

cullagh@mhfdn.org.uk

07595280401

7 LESBURY ROAD
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 5LB


Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1158914
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Analysis of Grants Made
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In this period 15 donations have been made totalling £878,396 to 8 organisations

Where are the Beneficiaries?
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How old were the charities when supported?
Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)
Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?
By ValueBy Number
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland 64% 63%
The National Lottery Community Fund 54% 50%
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 47% 38%
Northern Rock Foundation 41% 25%
Unbound Philanthropy 31% 25%
Trust for London 31% 25%
Paul Hamlyn Foundation 31% 25%
Justice Together Initiative 31% 25%
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust 31% 25%
John Ellerman Foundation 31% 25%
Sole supporter: 13% by number, 5% by value.
Grants made
When Amount Annual
Spending
Grantee To be used for
17/10/2022 £126,000 £2,727,977 IPPR NORTH Core funding
17/10/2022 £40,000 NATIONAL ENERY ACTION Core funding
17/10/2022 £40,000 £6,435,318 CITIZEN'S UK Core funding
01/04/2022 £15,296 £553,744 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS NETWORK NORTH EAST Policy Learning Partnership
01/04/2022 £6,600 £2,727,977 IPPR NORTH Policy Learning Partnership
14/02/2022 £3,000 £2,261,887 ST CHAD'S COLLEGE Third Sector Trends
14/02/2022 £126,000 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY Child Poverty Commission
14/02/2022 £126,000 £553,744 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS NETWORK NORTH EAST Core funding
10/05/2021 £126,000 £731,686 CITIZENS ADVICE NEWCASTLE Research policy post
10/05/2021 £42,000 £2,727,977 IPPR NORTH Core funding
10/05/2021 £3,500 £143,498 REGIONAL REFUGEE FORUM NORTH EAST Consultancy
22/02/2021 £126,000 £143,498 REGIONAL REFUGEE FORUM NORTH EAST Core funding
22/02/2021 £42,000 £2,727,977 IPPR NORTH Core funding
12/10/2020 £16,000 £2,502,572 IPPR NORTH Policy Learning Partnership
11/05/2020 £40,000 £800,046 CITIZENS ADVICE NEWCASTLE Research policy post

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