Community foundation · Registered charity 1002722
Community Foundation for Calderdale: grants and who they fund
Community Foundation for Calderdale published 808 grants to organisations from 3 Oct 2023 to 17 Dec 2025, worth £5.7m in total. The typical (median) grant was £3,728, and Calderdale 008E was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
Raising and distributing funds to support local community activity, through grant-making, and thereby improving the quality of life for the people of Calderdale
Charitable objects (governing document):
For the support or promotion of any charitable purposes for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education (including training for employment or work) or any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the area of the metropolitan district of calderdale and its immediate neighbourhood and other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom with a preference for those which are in the opinion of the executive committee beneficial to the community in the area of benefit
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Calderdale
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 3 Oct 2023 to 17 Dec 2025. Smallest £60, largest £150k, average £7,085.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 135 | 17% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 371 | 46% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 176 | 22% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 109 | 13% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 12 | 1% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 5 | 1% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 291 | £2m |
| 2024 | 370 | £2m |
| 2023 | 147 | £1.7m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| General | 205 | £2,918 |
| Calderdale Cost of Living Fund | 92 | £6,970 |
| Year of Culture 2024 | 81 | £2,500 |
| Undisclosed | 80 | £275 |
| Healthy Holidays Calderdale | 66 | £14k |
| Household Support Fund | 64 | £3,000 |
| Ovenden Wind Farm | 32 | £6,250 |
| Calderdale Council Small Grants Programme | 24 | £3,000 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51st Pellon Scouts | 6 | £249k | 17 Feb 2025 |
| Project Communities CIC | 5 | £230k | 17 Feb 2025 |
| St Augustines Centre | 19 | £229k | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Nurturing Creativity CIC | 6 | £205k | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Noah's Ark Centre | 13 | £193k | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Unique Community Hub | 8 | £181k | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Calderdale College | 9 | £152k | 8 Jul 2025 |
| Happy Days Ministries UK | 10 | £129k | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Positive Impact Sports | 4 | £117k | 17 Feb 2025 |
| Project Challenge | 7 | £110k | 22 Aug 2025 |
| TAGS Programme Limited | 5 | £105k | 9 Oct 2025 |
| EdShift CIC | 10 | £94k | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Calderdale Wellbeing Healthy Minds | 8 | £93k | 3 Oct 2025 |
| Colt Enterprise (Calderdale) Ltd | 11 | £90k | 30 Sept 2025 |
| ROKT Foundation | 11 | £77k | 9 Oct 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Calderdale 008E | 114 |
| Calderdale 019E | 39 |
| Calderdale 012D | 31 |
| Calderdale 012E | 25 |
| Calderdale 025A | 19 |
| Calderdale 004E | 18 |
| Calderdale 008D | 17 |
| Calderdale 008F | 17 |
| Calderdale 004B | 16 |
| Calderdale 018A | 16 |
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Source: grants data published by Community Foundation for Calderdale through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) and Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0). Figures are our own summary of that data: 808 grants to organisations awarded 3 Oct 2023 to 17 Dec 2025. 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 Community Foundation for Calderdale, CC BY 4.0 and CC0 1.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to Community Foundation for Calderdale.