Community foundation · Registered charity 1103314
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation: grants and who they fund
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation published 809 grants to organisations from 3 Oct 2023 to 17 Mar 2026, worth £8.8m in total. The typical (median) grant was £5,000, and Cambridge 007G was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
The Cambridgeshire Community Foundation awards grants to local charitable causes. Individuals, families, local companies and public bodies make this possible by supporting charitable funds held by CCF.
Charitable objects (governing document):
1. The promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the county of cambridgeshire and its immediate neighbourhood including but not limited to the advancement of education the protection of good health both mental and physical and the relief of poverty and sickness;2. Other exclusively charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are in the opinion of the directors beneficial to the community with a preference for those in the area of benefit.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Cambridgeshire
- Peterborough City
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 3 Oct 2023 to 17 Mar 2026. Smallest £250, largest £173k, average £11k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 19 | 2% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 372 | 46% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 186 | 23% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 200 | 25% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 22 | 3% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 10 | 1% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | £261k |
| 2025 | 329 | £3.5m |
| 2024 | 327 | £3.5m |
| 2023 | 118 | £1.6m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Undisclosed | 109 | £3,000 |
| Harry Cureton Fund | 60 | £5,647 |
| Thalia WB Community Fund | 54 | £30k |
| Arm Community Fund | 40 | £3,000 |
| Wryde Croft Wind Farm Community Fund | 37 | £6,000 |
| Multiple Panels | 36 | £7,000 |
| Woolley Hill Wind Farm Community Fund | 34 | £2,684 |
| Warwick and Dominey Fund | 29 | £4,626 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head to Toe Charity | 9 | £309k | 28 Jul 2025 |
| Peterborough Women's Aid | 7 | £190k | 25 Jul 2025 |
| Personalised Eating Disorder Support (PEDS) | 3 | £183k | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Light Project Peterborough | 4 | £163k | 25 Jul 2025 |
| Little Miracles CIO (Peterborough) | 4 | £156k | 2 Jul 2025 |
| Cambridge United Youth & Community Trust | 1 | £150k | 23 May 2024 |
| The Netherhall School & Sixth Form Centre | 1 | £150k | 22 May 2024 |
| The Ferry Project | 3 | £138k | 11 Jun 2025 |
| Viva Arts and Community Group | 5 | £131k | 26 Aug 2025 |
| Earth & Mind CIC | 3 | £123k | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Cambridge Acorn Project | 9 | £112k | 23 Jan 2026 |
| Care Network Cambridgeshire | 4 | £105k | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Groundwork East, operating locally as Groundwork Cambridgeshire & Peterborough | 3 | £94k | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) | 2 | £88k | 18 Dec 2024 |
| Peterborough United Foundation | 3 | £84k | 29 Jul 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Cambridge 007G | 21 |
| Peterborough 014A | 18 |
| Cambridge 013D | 16 |
| Fenland 004D | 15 |
| Huntingdonshire 015A | 15 |
| Cambridge 001D | 13 |
| Peterborough 017A | 13 |
| Fenland 003I | 11 |
| Cambridge 006D | 11 |
| Huntingdonshire 010G | 11 |
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Source: grants data published by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Figures are our own summary of that data: 809 grants to organisations awarded 3 Oct 2023 to 17 Mar 2026. Stated aims, charity number and areas of operation are from the Charity Commission register.
Licence: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Grants data from Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to Cambridgeshire Community Foundation.