Donor Grant Tracking

On this page we analyse the grants made by UK grant-makers who have donated more than £1,000,000 over the last five years. When those grants are made to registered charities we can dig deeper into the data to see the type of organisations that they favour.

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Grant maker	Total grants*		Criteria & Beneficiaries	Accepting Grants	Size of Charity Supported ?
Grant maker	Total grants*		Criteria & Beneficiaries	Accepting Grants	<£100k	£100- 500k	£500k- 1m	£1-3m	£3m-10m	£10m-25m	>£25m
3 GUINEAS TRUST	144	£9,837,307	?		✔	✔	✔		✔
AB CHARITABLE TRUST	560	£10,527,725	?			✔	✔	✔
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	161	£7,730,316				✔	✔	✔	✔
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	220	£8,313,456	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔
ARCADIA	131	£332,299,486	?		✔					✔
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND	135	£54,453,507	?		✔			✔	✔
BARROW CADBURY TRUST	289	£11,967,981	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED	4405	£208,186,278	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	490	£3,920,470			✔	✔	✔
BIG ISSUE INVEST	22	£2,310,099	?			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL	103	£2,978,091			✔
CAF	1257	£6,494,387			✔	✔	✔
CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION, UK BRANCH	136	£6,110,130			✔		✔	✔	✔		✔
CAMDEN GIVING	230	£5,354,293	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
CHARITY BOND SUPPORT FUND	3	£63,000,000							✔		✔
CHESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	331	£3,116,244	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
CHK FOUNDATION	46	£1,127,759	?				✔	✔	✔
CITY BRIDGE TRUST	2577	£116,996,163	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
CLOTHWORKERS FOUNDATION	1551	£30,404,329	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
CLOUDESLEY	182	£2,756,930	?		✔	✔	✔		✔
CO-OP FOUNDATION	459	£11,135,589			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
CO-OPERATIVE GROUP	9415	£44,503,914			✔	✔
COMIC RELIEF	1200	£284,976,445	?		✔			✔	✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NTHN IRELAND	376	£1,990,033			✔	✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SURREY	1006	£7,735,966	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN WALES	161	£3,414,398			✔	✔	✔	✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TYNE & WEAR & NTHMBRLND	1299	£12,282,104	?		✔	✔
CORRA FOUNDATION	903	£9,903,835			✔		✔
COUNTY DURHAM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1117	£7,395,040			✔	✔
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	403	£6,474,739	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	146	£1,163,424			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
DAVID & ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION	114	£4,278,096	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY	325	£374,600,199			✔					✔	✔
DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT	2526	£257,860,033						✔	✔	✔	✔
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION	16	£1,850,265						✔	✔		✔
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS	846	£25,078,664			✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	26	£16,151,115									✔
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT	117	£13,436,461			✔	✔
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS	153	£58,935,479									✔
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	216	£155,450,813							✔		✔
DEVON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	539	£4,022,793	?	X	✔	✔	✔		✔
DFID	127	£82,676,376	?							✔	✔
DULVERTON TRUST	330	£16,248,960	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
DUNHILL MEDICAL TRUST	93	£5,086,619			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE	11	£3,997,000	?						✔		✔
ESMEE FAIRBAIRN	1820	£215,124,866	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1360	£14,082,814			✔	✔	✔
FRIENDS PROVIDENT FOUNDATION	105	£10,729,145	?		✔	✔		✔	✔
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	6389	£225,710,378	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
GATSBY CHARITABLE TRUST	46	£67,001,078	?		✔				✔		✔
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL	907	£46,400,064			✔	✔
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY	1656	£251,251,278			✔
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' CHARITY	559	£74,437,296			✔
HALIFAX FOUNDATION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND	516	£2,554,315			✔	✔
HARPUR TRUST	53	£1,249,293			✔	✔			✔
HEART OF ENGLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	715	£9,410,973	?		✔	✔				✔
HENRY SMITH CHARITY	2367	£142,159,602	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS	26	£4,529,759			✔		✔
HOME OFFICE	241	£75,151,392							✔	✔	✔
IMPETUS PEF	60	£12,502,024	?					✔	✔
INDIGO TRUST	188	£8,350,599	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	287	£24,580,644			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	360	£14,411,081	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION	398	£3,029,200	?		✔	✔
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION	83	£1,781,937	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
JOSEPH RANK TRUST	342	£10,146,500			✔	✔
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION	396	£33,117,937	?		✔	✔		✔
JOSEPH ROWNTREE REFORM TRUST	214	£6,665,261	?		✔
KEY FUND	19	£1,250,710	?			✔	✔	✔	✔
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST	66	£3,471,185		X	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
LANKELLY CHASE FOUNDATION	92	£8,635,772	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
LEEDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1036	£9,050,242			✔	✔	✔
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION	98	£75,814,952			✔
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION	1261	£63,940,976	?		✔	✔	✔
LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW	431	£2,494,485			✔	✔
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK	693	£12,385,196			✔	✔		✔
LONDON COUNCILS	13	£24,692,528					✔	✔	✔		✔
LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST	344	£32,559,698			✔	✔		✔
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL	455	£8,186,501			✔	✔		✔	✔
MASONIC TRUST	516	£8,746,298						✔	✔	✔	✔
MAUDSLEY CHARITY	92	£7,622,742			✔	✔
MERCER'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	246	£15,217,194			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
MILLFIELD HOUSE FOUNDATION	9	£1,074,000		X	✔	✔	✔	✔
MINISTRY FOR HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT	1	£1,881,340							✔
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE	358	£99,238,143						✔		✔	✔
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE	680	£79,344,172				✔	✔	✔			✔
NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST	596	£5,075,461			✔	✔
NATIONAL EMERGENCIES TRUST	61	£86,272,602								✔	✔
NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND	36352	£2,216,964,081			✔	✔	✔	✔
NATIONAL LOTTERY HERITAGE FUND	3107	£816,692,114	?		✔	✔		✔
NESTA	617	£43,648,461	?		✔			✔	✔
NORTH EAST SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND (NESIF)	5	£1,970,000	?				✔	✔
NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	219	£38,354,506			✔				✔
OVO FOUNDATION	78	£8,318,851	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔
OXFORD CITY COUNCIL	139	£2,820,181			✔	✔	✔
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	475	£4,786,273	?		✔	✔	✔
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION	1258	£107,268,917	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
PEARS FOUNDATION	592	£99,758,856	?	X	✔				✔	✔	✔
POWER TO CHANGE	677	£43,092,564	?	X	✔	✔	✔
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1374	£11,361,341	?		✔	✔	✔
QUIXOTE FOUNDATION	48	£3,534,400			✔
ROAD SAFETY TRUST	51	£3,429,266		X	✔
ROBERTSON TRUST	1707	£54,742,500		X	✔	✔	✔	✔
RS MACDONALD CHARITABLE TRUST	367	£10,252,872			✔	✔		✔
SAMWORTH FOUNDATION	117	£12,567,128	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔			✔
SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS	355	£2,787,607			✔	✔	✔
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT	2962	£74,264,064			✔	✔	✔	✔
SEAFARERS UK	269	£12,099,240						✔	✔
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	576	£4,613,795	?		✔	✔			✔
SPIRIT OF 2012	82	£16,793,949	?	X				✔	✔
SPORT ENGLAND	12236	£1,185,637,747		X	✔			✔	✔
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION	18	£1,264,275			✔	✔				✔	✔
STAPLES TRUST	67	£1,053,755	?	X	✔	✔		✔			✔
SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	830	£8,131,164			✔	✔	✔
SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1486	£8,658,171	?		✔	✔
TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	101	£2,591,633	?			✔	✔	✔		✔
THE AIM FOUNDATION	45	£2,122,662	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔		✔
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	202	£5,650,392	?		✔	✔
THE BARING FOUNDATION	301	£11,924,125			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE BERKELEY FOUNDATION	58	£3,924,980			✔		✔	✔			✔
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	101	£5,352,127				✔	✔	✔	✔
THE BROMLEY TRUST	158	£3,391,000			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	176	£10,936,174			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	433	£3,790,424				✔	✔	✔	✔
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY	38	£1,765,572			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE EQ FOUNDATION	126	£1,507,725		X		✔	✔	✔
THE FORE	433	£6,485,177	?		✔	✔
THE FUNDING NETWORK	167	£1,391,503			✔	✔
THE JOFFE TRUST	80	£2,900,610	?		✔	✔
THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	684	£9,259,769	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
THE MICHAEL AND BETTY LITTLE TRUST	77	£3,077,652			✔	✔	✔
THE PILGRIM TRUST	366	£10,518,507			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	248	£13,004,259			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
THE SEGELMAN TRUST	56	£4,182,483			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
THE TRUSSELL TRUST	135	£3,381,572			✔	✔	✔
THE WELLCOME TRUST	3785	£3,068,104,122			✔
THIRD SECTOR INVESTMENT FUND	1	£2,550,000									✔
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION	62	£11,654,113			✔			✔	✔	✔
TRAFFORD HOUSING TRUST SOCIAL INVESTMENT	247	£4,712,902			✔	✔
TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	34	£2,205,706			✔	✔	✔
TRUE COLOURS TRUST	371	£10,443,474	?		✔	✔		✔
TRUST FOR LONDON	600	£40,523,343	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
TUDOR TRUST	1512	£84,511,769	?		✔	✔	✔
TUIXEN FOUNDATION	174	£4,737,529	?		✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	454	£2,947,044	?		✔	✔
UNBOUND PHILANTHROPY	347	£40,399,872			✔
UNITED SAVIOURS CHARITY	158	£3,435,699			✔	✔	✔	✔
VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION	378	£8,253,096	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
WALCOT FOUNDATION	319	£8,733,167			✔	✔	✔	✔
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1196	£68,605,108			✔
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST	110	£1,726,261		X	✔	✔		✔
WATES FOUNDATION	105	£1,192,604		X	✔	✔	✔	✔
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	96	£8,738,067			✔			✔
WILLIAM GRANT FOUNDATION	225	£9,071,495			✔	✔		✔	✔
WOLFSON FOUNDATION	970	£178,770,149			✔						✔
WOMEN'S FUND FOR SCOTLAND	147	£1,151,856			✔	✔	✔
YOUTH MUSIC	754	£35,819,102	?		✔	✔
ZING	40	£1,507,914	?		✔			✔	✔	✔

* Over the last 5 years, excluding smaller grants by large grant makers.Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving