Clothworkers Foundation - Open Grants

Organisations funded:

They fund organisations operating in the UK that are:

• UK-registered charities, or organisations that are able to demonstrate their not-for-profit status and with appropriate asset locks (e.g. CICs without share capital and Community Benefit Societies).

• With an annual turnover of less than £10 million if applying for a grant of more than £15,000 (a ‘Large Grant’).

• With an annual turnover of less than £2 million if applying for a grant of £15,000 or less  (a ‘Small Grant’).

• You must be able to demonstrate that the work of your organisation fits within one or more of our Programme Areas below, and that at least 50% of service users benefiting from the capital project are from one or more of those groups.
  

Amount Available:

The size of grant awarded will depend on a number of factors, including the size of your organisation and the cost and scale of your capital project. They do not fund projects of £15,000 or under for organisations with a turnover of more than £2 million. This means organisations with a turnover of more than £2 million cannot apply for a small grant.

Deadlines:

Check the website for the next deadline dates.

Criteria:

The open Grants Programme funds capital costs that support the infrastructure needs of small- and medium-sized charitable organisations working with disadvantaged and marginalised people and communities.

They prioritise funding to organisations that are led by, or fully integrate in their decision-making, people with related lived experience, and to projects that allow organisations to make a big change to their reach, impact, or sustainability.