Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 1050900
CHK Foundation: grants and who they fund
CHK Foundation published 470 grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 30 Jun 2026, worth £16.2m in total. The typical (median) grant was £20k.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
For our current 5 year focus (running until the end of 2029), we are supporting charities that are working to protect the environment, or enabling the successful transition from secondary education to employment. We undertake our own research for funding opportunities. We do not invite, and cannot consider, speculative funding requests.
Charitable objects (governing document):
To promote and support such charitable purpose or purposes and such charitable organisation or organisations (being purposes and organisations which are exclusively charitable according to the the law of England) as the directors of the charity shall from time to time in their discretion decide.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. Smallest £1,000, largest £390k, average £34k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 11 | 2% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 56 | 12% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 316 | 67% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 48 | 10% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 33 | 7% |
| £250,000 or more | 6 | 1% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | £1m |
| 2025 | 128 | £3.5m |
| 2024 | 203 | £10.2m |
| 2023 | 91 | £1.5m |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Pyke Trust | 9 | £820k | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Sustainable Food Trust | 4 | £500k | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Construction Youth Trust | 2 | £480k | 22 Feb 2024 |
| Rivers Trust | 2 | £425k | 13 Nov 2024 |
| Rivers Trust, The | 1 | £390k | 22 Feb 2024 |
| World Land Trust | 4 | £380k | 2 May 2024 |
| Forest Peoples Programme | 2 | £360k | 2 May 2024 |
| Tusk Trust | 6 | £320k | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Royal Ballet School | 3 | £305k | 22 May 2025 |
| Roundhouse Trust | 3 | £305k | 6 May 2025 |
| Greenhouse Sports Limited | 3 | £301k | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Aldridge Foundation CIO | 2 | £300k | 22 Feb 2024 |
| Villiers Park Educational Trust | 2 | £300k | 22 Feb 2024 |
| Football beyond Borders | 2 | £300k | 2 May 2024 |
| Intouniversity | 2 | £300k | 3 Jul 2024 |
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Source: grants data published by CHK 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: 470 grants to organisations awarded 4 Oct 2023 to 30 Jun 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 CHK 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 CHK Foundation.