The Joffe Trust

Who they support

Work to fight corruption and promote tax justice. - Work to build stronger not-for-profit organisations. This includes funding new start ups where they can add real value and support to non-profits (with annual income of less than £1.5m) to move to the next level of organisational development. They do not fund work that only benefits communities in the UK.

The average annual spending of grantees has been £2 million
The average age of charities supported has been years.

Grant criteria

The Joffe Trust funds small UK-based charities that have the potential to make a disproportionate impact. Most grants are made to organisations they identify through research and networks. Their objective is to support new and existing civil society leaders to build effective and sustainable non-profit organisations that strengthen partnerships between the UK and lower income countries and tackle the causes of poverty.

Grant details

The Trust normally makes grants in the range of £5,000 to £30,000 per year for up to three years (i.e. a total grant of between £5,000 and £90,000)

Application procedure

Most grants are to organisations that they have identified through their own research and networks. They make a small number of grants in response to new enquiries. They receive a large number of high quality applications and so the Trust is only able to make a very limited number of new grants each year to their focus areas. If you meet their criteria, follow their two stage process: 1. Submit a short initial enquiry. 2. If invited, submit a full application. The Trust makes grant decisions three times per year. Enquiries and applications can be submitted whenever is most appropriate for you.

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Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1180520

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Analysis of Grants Made

In this period 118 donations have been made totalling £4,716,580 to 85 organisations

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Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)

Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?

	By Value	By Number
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust	27%	20%
The David & Elaine Potter Foundation	15%	8%
The National Lottery Community Fund	14%	14%
Indigo Trust	13%	7%
John Ellerman Foundation	12%	8%
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	9%	9%
Friends Provident Foundation	9%	7%
Trust for London	9%	5%
The Tudor Trust	7%	7%
Garfield Weston Foundation	7%	7%

Sole supporter: 48% by number, 39% by value.

Individual Grants Made

When	Amount	Annual Spending	Grantee	To be used for
09/02/2024	£35,000		THE FERRET	Investigative journalism into illicit finance related to Scotland
23/11/2023	£35,000		BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON	Develop a network and action agenda on the connections between Britain’s imperial legacy and illicit finance.
29/09/2023	£30,000		AIRWARS	Organisational development
29/09/2023	£105,000	£1,355,652	LONDON MINING NETWORK	Core funding
29/09/2023	£50,000	£1,160,678	SIZE OF WALES	Deforestation Free Nation Programme
29/09/2023	£75,000	£927,619	STOPAIDS	Implementation of anti-oppression framework
29/09/2023	£100,000	£11,848,010	ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE	Delivery of the Economic Crime Plan.
29/09/2023	£100,000	£4,047,000	TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK	Core costs for UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
23/05/2023	£150,000		ATHENA FOUNDATION	Core funding
23/05/2023	£53,750	£721,476	INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS	Convene taskforce on corruption
23/05/2023	£75,000	£842,250	PROTECT (WHISTLEBLOWING ADVICE) LTD	Policy and advocacy work
23/05/2023	£60,000	£40,552	FACE EQUALITY INTERNATIONAL	Human rights of people with facial disfigurements
23/05/2023	£90,906	£2,167,134	CANON COLLINS TRUST	Scholarships for young legal scholars in South Africa
28/04/2023	£5,000		UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE	Establishment of Bram Fischer scholarship programme in South Africa
23/03/2023	£4,700		EQUAL EDUCATION LAW CENTRE	Transnational learning exchange
23/01/2023	£70,000		HEALTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE	Health advocacy
23/01/2023	£4,903		NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY	Publication of articles on the impact of the Economic Crime Bill
23/01/2023	£30,000		GLOBAL IMPACT	Public access to beneficial ownership registers in the UK
23/01/2023	£135,000	£328,698	SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION	Core funding
23/01/2023	£70,000		WHISTLEBLOWING INTERNATIONAL NETWORK	Organisational development
29/09/2022	£31,500		AIRWARS	Organisational development
29/09/2022	£64,500	£965,616	ANTI TRIBALISM MOVEMENT	To support fundraising and communications
29/09/2022	£31,500		CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE TAX ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESEARCH	Organisational development
29/09/2022	£64,500		GLOBAL PUBLIC INVESTMENT NETWORK	Start-up costs for the Global Public Investment Network.
29/09/2022	£31,500	£9,393,083	ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE	Engaging the professions on fighting financial crime.
29/09/2022	£64,500	£205,515	T1 INTERNATIONAL	Organisational development and sustainability.
29/09/2022	£19,800		TAX JUSTICE UK	Collective planning by the UK tax justice movement.
29/09/2022	£64,500		TIYENI	Organisational development
17/08/2022	£2,000	£239,425	THE LILIESLEAF TRUST UK	Documentary screening
20/05/2022	£29,992		UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD	To provide evidence and analysis for UK policy against kleptocracy
20/05/2022	£90,000		FOXGLOVE	To invest in public engagement and fundraising
20/05/2022	£60,000	£321,824	GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK	To invest in communications and public engagement
20/05/2022	£59,968	£664,568	INDEX ON CENSORSHIP	To work with the Foreign Policy Centre on 'SLAPP' law suits
20/05/2022	£30,000	£1,018,839	REDRESS TRUST	For civil society work on the UK Sanctions regimes
20/05/2022	£29,973	£262,056	RETHINKING ECONOMICS	To scope a Rethinking Acountancy campaign
20/05/2022	£2,000	£865,106	IVAR	To support the Open and Trusting grantmaking initiative
17/03/2022	£90,000		THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM	To carry out investigations on the enablers of economic crime
17/03/2022	£5,000		PURPOSE UNION LTD	To ensure ongoing credible online presence for Kensington Against Dirty Money
28/01/2022	£30,000		ATHENA FOUNDATION	To support the APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax
28/01/2022	£60,000		BALANCED ECONOMY PROJECT	To provide core funding
28/01/2022	£10,000		UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX	To support outreach in the UK anti-corruption ecosystem
28/01/2022	£60,000	£10,848	HOME-START WORLDWIDE	Orgnaisational development
28/01/2022	£60,000	£353,499	JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN	To invest in fundraising
28/01/2022	£30,000		OPENDEMOCRACY	To support investigative journalism
28/01/2022	£30,000	£289,247	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE	To invest in fundraising
28/01/2022	£28,000		TRADE JUSTICE MOVEMENT	To develop organisational capacity
01/10/2021	£19,913	£101,233	BAAG (BRITISH AND IRISH AGENCIES AFGHANISTAN GROUP)	Support for civil society in Afghanistan
01/10/2021	£20,000	£5,794,910	CAST (CENTRE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY)	Develop GrantAdvisor UK
01/10/2021	£25,000		CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE TAX ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESEARCH	Strengthen CICTAR to tackle corporate tax avoidance
01/10/2021	£90,000		IJ HUB	Strengthen investigative journalism in Southern Africa
01/10/2021	£60,000	£188,046	IRISE INTERNATIONAL	Organisational development and fundraising
01/10/2021	£20,000	£481,715	THE ECOLOGY TRUST	Integrate tax into work on strengthening regulatory protections
14/05/2021	£15,000		KINGS COLLEGE LONDON	Build support for international tax reform
14/05/2021	£25,000		ATHENA FOUNDATION	Improve regulation and transparency in the financial services sector
14/05/2021	£17,500		UK ONWARD THINKTANK	Work on multinational tax reform
14/05/2021	£16,950	£2,502,572	INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH	Develop new messaging on tax reform in the public interest
14/05/2021	£25,000		FAIR TAX FOUNDATION	Analyse the tax conduct of big tech companies
14/05/2021	£90,000	£378,435	FINANCE INNOVATION LAB	Promote social and environmental issues in financial regulation
14/05/2021	£10,000		GOOD ANCESTOR LIMITED	Run an action inquiry with the private wealth industry
14/05/2021	£50,000		B TEAM	Build the movement for responsible corporate tax practice
14/05/2021	£20,000	£60,492	LABOUR BEHIND THE LABEL TRUST	To invest in individual fundraising
14/05/2021	£25,000	£1,112,832	REDRESS TRUST	To establish legal mechanisms for corruptly obtained assets to fund reparations to victims
14/05/2021	£30,000		CHAYN CIC	Organisational development
29/01/2021	£10,000		TAX JUSTICE NETWORK	Coordinate work on EU tax reform
29/01/2021	£15,000	£4,337	HOME-START WORLDWIDE	Develop a new strategy
29/01/2021	£7,000	£458,799	ANTI TRIBALISM MOVEMENT	Invest in individual fundraising
29/01/2021	£30,000	£214,024	DEATH PENALTY PROJECT	Invest in digital communications and fundraising
29/01/2021	£50,000	£136,307	TAXWATCH	Tackle the enablers of tax fraud
29/01/2021	£51,000	£305,597	DOWN SYNDROME INTERNATIONAL	Invest in fundraising
29/01/2021	£25,000	£311,169	RETHINKING ECONOMICS	Upgrade communications infrastructure
29/01/2021	£89,928	£5,547,000	TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK	Employ a network coordinator
29/01/2021	£25,000		GOOD JOBS FIRST	Create a UK version of their US ‘Violation Tracker’ database
29/01/2021	£60,000		AIRWARS	Organisational development and sustainability
29/01/2021	£25,000		BALANCED ECONOMY PROJECT	Support for a new initiative to reform competition policy
02/10/2020	£51,000	£221,959	KOREA FUTURE INITIATIVE	Invest in fundraising
02/10/2020	£30,000	£1,051,877	DEMOS	Work on business views on taxation
02/10/2020	£30,000	£328,725	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE	Invest in fundraising
02/10/2020	£10,000	£125,592	SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION	Scope a campaign on integrity in public life
02/10/2020	£28,037		TRADE JUSTICE MOVEMENT	Work on new UK trade deals
02/10/2020	£30,000	£520,319	OPEN TRUST	Support investigative journalism in the post Soviet space linked to the UK as an offshore centre
02/10/2020	£90,000	£52,560,864	PRISM THE GIFT FUND	Invest in organisational development
02/10/2020	£20,000	£106,754	CORE COALITION	Invest in organisational development
22/05/2020	£20,000	£272,193	JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN	COVID19 Structural reform of international debt
22/05/2020	£30,000		CHAYN	Strengthen Chayn as an organisation
22/05/2020	£7,560	£305,597	DOWN SYNDROME INTERNATIONAL	Develop fundraising strategy
22/05/2020	£2,400	£69,967	AMAUDO UK	COVID19 Essential materials for residential centres in Nigeria
22/05/2020	£90,000		KINGS COLLEGE LONDON	Support for the APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
22/05/2020	£20,000	£481,715	THE ECOLOGY TRUST	Integrate tax into work on strengthening regulatory protections
22/05/2020	£20,000		THE EQUITY INDEX CIC	Run a pilot programme to assess equity in the UK development consultancy sector
22/05/2020	£15,000	£595,093	CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN	COVID19 Match new unrestricted funding commitments
22/05/2020	£40,000		CHURCH ACTION FOR TAX JUSTICE	Mobilise support in the faith sector for tax justice
22/05/2020	£7,500		TAX RESEARCH UK	COVID19 Propose tax reforms for the UK economy within a tax justice framework
22/05/2020	£60,000		TAX JUSTICE UK	Enhance collaboration in the UK tax justice movement
22/05/2020	£20,000		THE B TEAM	Establish responsible tax as a key ESG investment consideration
22/05/2020	£25,000		CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE TAX ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESEARCH	Strengthen CICTAR to tackle corporate tax avoidance
24/01/2020	£40,000	£274,017	ALIVE AND KICKING UK	Invest in regular giving programme
24/01/2020	£25,000	£1,112,832	REDRESS TRUST	Establish legal mechanisms for the corruptly obtained assets of torturers to fund reparations to victims
24/01/2020	£52,000	£150,141	GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK	Set up professional back office functions
24/01/2020	£20,000	£458,799	ANTI TRIBALISM MOVEMENT	Establish individual donation scheme
24/01/2020	£25,000		INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR THE REFORM OF CORPORATE TAXATION	Develop a strategic plan for the initiative’s next phase
24/01/2020	£6,500		EQUAL EDUCATION LAW CENTRE	Inaugural tribute lecture to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
24/01/2020	£30,000		BRIGHT BLUE CAMPAIGN	Build a centre-right approach to tax reform in the UK and internationally,
04/10/2019	£30,000	£50,577,000	ACTIONAID	Fundraising development
04/10/2019	£74,925	£376,100	PEOPLE & PLANET	Fundraising development
04/10/2019	£60,000	£1,375,340	GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND UK	Strengthen Global Greengrants Fund UK as an organisation
04/10/2019	£25,000	£595,093	CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN	Diversifying funding and growing their network
04/10/2019	£50,000	£204,288	INTERNATIONAL SENIOR LAWYERS PROJECT	Fundraising development
04/10/2019	£29,875	£5,547,000	TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK	Strengthen coordination in the UK anti-corruption movement
04/10/2019	£15,000		UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX	Engage with civil society and policy makers
04/10/2019	£15,000		CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY NETWORK	Establish farmework for Sustainable Cost Accounting
10/05/2019	£30,000	£328,725	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE	Fundraising development
10/05/2019	£20,000	£424,440	OMEGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION	IT development
10/05/2019	£20,000		GLOBAL JUSTICE NOW	Challenging the financialisation of British aid policy
10/05/2019	£72,000	£1,204,190	CANON COLLINS EDUCATION & LEGAL ASSISTANCE TRUST	Joel Joffe Scholarships for young legal scholars in South Africa
10/05/2019	£90,000		SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION	Seed funding
10/05/2019	£10,000	£24,820	SOUTH WEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK	Core costs
10/05/2019	£9,000		ISLAND RIGHTS INITIATIVE	Seed funding for strategic planning
10/05/2019	£15,000		TAXWATCH	Core costs

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Cumulative Grants

Amount	Grantee
£235,000	SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION
£219,803	TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK
£205,000	ATHENA FOUNDATION
£162,906	CANON COLLINS TRUST
£131,500	ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE
£121,500	AIRWARS
£112,000	GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK
£105,000	LONDON MINING NETWORK
£105,000	KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
£91,500	ANTI TRIBALISM MOVEMENT
£90,000	THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
£90,000	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
£90,000	PRISM THE GIFT FUND
£90,000	IJ HUB
£90,000	FOXGLOVE
£90,000	FINANCE INNOVATION LAB
£85,000	BALANCED ECONOMY PROJECT
£81,500	CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE TAX ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESEARCH
£80,000	REDRESS TRUST
£80,000	JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN
£79,800	TAX JUSTICE UK
£75,000	STOPAIDS
£75,000	PROTECT (WHISTLEBLOWING ADVICE) LTD
£75,000	HOME-START WORLDWIDE
£74,925	PEOPLE & PLANET
£70,000	WHISTLEBLOWING INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
£70,000	HEALTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE
£70,000	B TEAM
£65,000	TAXWATCH
£64,500	TIYENI
£64,500	T1 INTERNATIONAL
£64,500	GLOBAL PUBLIC INVESTMENT NETWORK
£60,000	IRISE INTERNATIONAL
£60,000	GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND UK
£60,000	FACE EQUALITY INTERNATIONAL
£59,968	INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
£58,560	DOWN SYNDROME INTERNATIONAL
£56,037	TRADE JUSTICE MOVEMENT
£54,973	RETHINKING ECONOMICS
£53,750	INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
£51,000	KOREA FUTURE INITIATIVE
£50,000	SIZE OF WALES
£50,000	INTERNATIONAL SENIOR LAWYERS PROJECT
£40,000	THE ECOLOGY TRUST
£40,000	CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN
£40,000	CHURCH ACTION FOR TAX JUSTICE
£40,000	ALIVE AND KICKING UK
£35,000	THE FERRET
£35,000	BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
£30,000	OPENDEMOCRACY
£30,000	OPEN TRUST
£30,000	GLOBAL IMPACT
£30,000	DEMOS
£30,000	DEATH PENALTY PROJECT
£30,000	CHAYN CIC
£30,000	CHAYN
£30,000	BRIGHT BLUE CAMPAIGN
£30,000	ACTIONAID
£29,992	UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
£25,000	UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
£25,000	INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR THE REFORM OF CORPORATE TAXATION
£25,000	GOOD JOBS FIRST
£25,000	FAIR TAX FOUNDATION
£20,000	THE EQUITY INDEX CIC
£20,000	OMEGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
£20,000	LABOUR BEHIND THE LABEL TRUST
£20,000	GLOBAL JUSTICE NOW
£20,000	CORE COALITION
£20,000	CAST (CENTRE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY)
£19,913	BAAG (BRITISH AND IRISH AGENCIES AFGHANISTAN GROUP)
£17,500	UK ONWARD THINKTANK
£16,950	INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
£15,000	CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY NETWORK
£11,200	EQUAL EDUCATION LAW CENTRE
£10,000	TAX JUSTICE NETWORK
£10,000	SOUTH WEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
£10,000	GOOD ANCESTOR LIMITED
£9,000	ISLAND RIGHTS INITIATIVE
£7,500	TAX RESEARCH UK
£5,000	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE
£5,000	PURPOSE UNION LTD
£4,903	NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
£2,400	AMAUDO UK
£2,000	THE LILIESLEAF TRUST UK
£2,000	IVAR