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 Applications	Size of Charity Supported ?
Grant maker	Total grants*		Criteria & Beneficiaries	Accepting Applications	<£100k	£100- 500k	£500k- 1m	£1-3m	£3m-10m	£10m-25m	>£25m
AB CHARITABLE TRUST	522	£10,075,725	?			✔	✔	✔
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	169	£7,847,468			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	222	£7,052,962	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔
ARCADIA	127	£331,071,796	?		✔					✔
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND TRUST	101	£5,946,923	?		✔			✔	✔	✔
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND	135	£54,453,507	?		✔			✔	✔
BARROW CADBURY TRUST	284	£11,881,231	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED	4890	£232,596,413	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	490	£3,920,470			✔	✔	✔
BIG ISSUE INVEST	20	£2,075,099	?			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL	68	£1,897,009			✔
BòRD NA GàIDHLIG	259	£6,664,676	?		✔
CAF	1257	£6,494,387			✔	✔	✔
CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION, UK BRANCH	126	£5,627,792	?		✔		✔	✔	✔		✔
CAMDEN GIVING	230	£5,354,293	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
CHARITY BOND SUPPORT FUND	3	£63,000,000							✔		✔
CHESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	651	£5,758,150	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
CHK FOUNDATION	122	£3,414,159	?			✔	✔	✔	✔
CITY BRIDGE TRUST	2601	£118,369,289	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
CLOTHWORKERS FOUNDATION	1504	£29,585,954	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
CLOUDESLEY	172	£2,557,605	?		✔	✔	✔		✔
CO-OP FOUNDATION	512	£11,915,609			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
CO-OPERATIVE GROUP	9415	£44,503,914			✔	✔
COMIC RELIEF	1256	£295,339,203	?		✔			✔	✔		✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NTHN IRELAND	376	£1,990,033			✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SURREY	1175	£9,142,831	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN WALES	161	£3,414,398			✔	✔	✔	✔
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TYNE & WEAR & NTHMBRLND	1267	£12,390,389	?		✔	✔
CORRA FOUNDATION	870	£9,759,021			✔		✔
COUNTY DURHAM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1427	£9,672,344			✔	✔
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	405	£6,642,006	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	146	£1,163,424			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
DAVID & ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION	107	£4,083,096	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY	332	£420,617,999			✔					✔	✔
DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT	16223	£608,812,445			✔	✔		✔	✔		✔
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION	33	£21,310,018							✔		✔
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS	931	£42,296,079			✔	✔		✔		✔
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	248	£179,256,521							✔		✔
DEVON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	539	£4,022,793	?	X	✔	✔	✔		✔
DFID	121	£80,219,021	?							✔	✔
DULVERTON TRUST	306	£15,227,205	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
DUNHILL MEDICAL TRUST	88	£4,904,274			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE	11	£3,997,000	?						✔		✔
ESMEE FAIRBAIRN	1879	£219,423,756	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1629	£16,795,249			✔	✔	✔	✔
FRIENDS PROVIDENT FOUNDATION	98	£10,073,550	?		✔	✔		✔	✔
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	7226	£278,978,813	?		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
GATSBY CHARITABLE TRUST	44	£66,514,257	?		✔				✔		✔
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL	904	£46,186,701			✔	✔
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY	1961	£506,305,580	?		✔
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' CHARITY	534	£69,948,921			✔
HALIFAX FOUNDATION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND	550	£3,225,550			✔	✔
HARPUR TRUST	53	£1,249,293			✔	✔			✔
HEART OF ENGLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	708	£9,383,795	?		✔	✔				✔
HENRY SMITH CHARITY	2337	£145,850,937	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS	26	£4,529,759			✔		✔
HOME OFFICE	274	£86,316,045							✔	✔	✔
HOME OFFICE	1	£3,636,000			✔
IMPETUS PEF	50	£10,642,311	?					✔	✔
INDIGO TRUST	187	£8,699,217	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	309	£26,678,438			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	360	£14,411,081	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION	411	£3,116,307	?		✔	✔
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	211	£6,528,758	?		✔
KEY FUND	19	£1,250,710	?			✔	✔	✔	✔
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST	66	£3,471,185		X	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
LANKELLY CHASE FOUNDATION	101	£10,175,895	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔
LEEDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1137	£10,512,697			✔	✔
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION	130	£66,354,184			✔
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION	1231	£63,535,180	?		✔	✔	✔
LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW	429	£2,493,885			✔	✔
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK	693	£12,385,196			✔	✔		✔
LONDON COUNCILS	13	£24,692,528					✔	✔	✔		✔
LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST	359	£32,808,352			✔	✔		✔
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL	455	£8,186,501			✔	✔		✔	✔
MASONIC TRUST	516	£8,746,298						✔	✔	✔	✔
MAUDSLEY CHARITY	92	£7,622,742			✔	✔
MERCER'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	248	£15,402,194			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
MINISTRY FOR HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT	281	£17,661,537			✔		✔	✔	✔
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE	359	£99,492,143						✔		✔	✔
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE	863	£110,016,534			✔	✔	✔	✔			✔
NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST	559	£4,652,461			✔	✔
NATIONAL EMERGENCIES TRUST	61	£86,272,602								✔	✔
NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND	41111	£2,150,144,513			✔	✔	✔	✔
NATIONAL LOTTERY HERITAGE FUND	3165	£796,920,870	?		✔	✔		✔
NESTA	662	£47,174,963	?		✔			✔
NORTH EAST SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND (NESIF)	5	£1,970,000	?				✔	✔
NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	211	£37,250,344			✔				✔
OVO FOUNDATION	78	£8,318,851	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔
OXFORD CITY COUNCIL	139	£2,820,181			✔	✔	✔
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	462	£4,663,793	?		✔	✔	✔
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION	1573	£140,915,827	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
PEARS FOUNDATION	571	£97,741,586	?	X	✔				✔	✔	✔
POWER TO CHANGE	660	£41,412,130	?	X	✔	✔	✔
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1330	£10,924,570	?		✔	✔	✔
QUIXOTE FOUNDATION	44	£2,799,400			✔
ROAD SAFETY TRUST	51	£3,429,266		X	✔
ROBERTSON TRUST	1575	£50,591,000		X	✔	✔	✔	✔
RS MACDONALD CHARITABLE TRUST	326	£9,421,531			✔	✔		✔
SAMWORTH FOUNDATION	103	£11,214,916	?	X	✔	✔	✔	✔			✔
SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS	355	£2,787,607			✔	✔
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT	3795	£91,089,162			✔
SEAFARERS UK	339	£15,211,800						✔	✔
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	567	£4,557,760	?		✔	✔			✔
SPIRIT OF 2012	91	£19,689,137	?	X				✔	✔
SPORT ENGLAND	11879	£1,142,195,767		X	✔			✔	✔
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION	19	£1,339,275			✔	✔				✔	✔
STAPLES TRUST	68	£1,058,755	?	X	✔	✔		✔			✔
SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	830	£8,131,164			✔	✔	✔
SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1486	£8,658,171	?		✔	✔
TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	99	£2,539,033	?			✔	✔	✔		✔
THE AIM FOUNDATION	45	£2,122,662	?	X	✔	✔		✔	✔		✔
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	202	£5,650,392	?		✔	✔
THE BARING FOUNDATION	294	£11,861,150			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE BERKELEY FOUNDATION	58	£3,924,980			✔		✔	✔			✔
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	98	£5,181,127				✔	✔	✔	✔
THE BROMLEY TRUST	158	£3,391,000				✔	✔	✔
THE CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	187	£11,694,386			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	419	£3,687,114	?			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY	38	£1,765,572			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE EQ FOUNDATION	126	£1,507,725	?	X		✔	✔	✔
THE FORE	454	£7,023,568	?		✔	✔
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	78	£3,117,652			✔	✔	✔
THE OCTOBER CLUB	5	£3,402,000	?				✔	✔
THE PILGRIM TRUST	366	£10,518,507			✔	✔	✔	✔
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	228	£12,482,459			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
THE SEGELMAN TRUST	56	£4,182,483			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
THE TRUSSELL TRUST	355	£5,368,071			✔	✔	✔
THE WELLCOME TRUST	3561	£2,924,441,267			✔
THIRD SECTOR INVESTMENT FUND	1	£2,550,000									✔
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION	62	£11,654,113			✔			✔	✔	✔
THREE GUINEAS TRUST	161	£10,173,338	?		✔	✔	✔
TRAFFORD HOUSING TRUST SOCIAL INVESTMENT	249	£5,089,176			✔	✔
TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	73	£2,718,227			✔	✔	✔
TRUE COLOURS TRUST	368	£10,257,990	?		✔	✔		✔
TRUST FOR LONDON	667	£45,281,453	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
TUDOR TRUST	1574	£89,976,970	?		✔	✔	✔
TUIXEN FOUNDATION	149	£3,930,029	?		✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	454	£2,947,044	?		✔	✔
UNBOUND PHILANTHROPY	338	£39,797,372	?		✔
UNITED SAVIOURS CHARITY	157	£3,382,991			✔	✔	✔	✔
VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION	378	£8,253,096	?		✔	✔	✔	✔
VISION FOUNDATION	40	£1,512,271			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
WALCOT FOUNDATION	366	£10,353,432			✔	✔	✔	✔
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1244	£68,931,047			✔
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	870	£166,298,349			✔						✔
WOMEN'S FUND FOR SCOTLAND	147	£1,151,856			✔	✔	✔
YOUTH MUSIC	728	£33,610,580	?		✔	✔
ZING	41	£1,552,014	?		✔			✔	✔	✔

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