Community foundation · Registered charity 1074655
Community Foundation in Wales: grants and who they fund
Community Foundation in Wales published 641 grants to organisations from 3 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2025, worth £3.9m in total. The typical (median) grant was £2,500, and Cardiff was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
We are dedicated to promoting philanthropy and strengthening local communities by awarding grants to high-impact grassroots projects across Wales. We provide a grant-making and fund management service for a range of donor Fund holders: people and organisations who recognise the value of our philanthropy services in stewarding their charitable giving and maximizing its impact and legacy.
Charitable objects (governing document):
The promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Wales including the advancement of education, the protection of good health both mental and physical, and the relief of poverty and sickness and other exclusively charitable purposes which are beneficial to the communities in Wales.other exclusively charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are, in the opinion of the Trustees, beneficial to the community with a preference for those in the area of benefit.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 3 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2025. Smallest £200, largest £60k, average £6,039.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 55 | 9% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 334 | 52% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 103 | 16% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 148 | 23% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 1 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 190 | £773k |
| 2024 | 371 | £2.6m |
| 2023 | 80 | £543k |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Fund for Wales_People's Postcode Lottery | 116 | £2,000 |
| SWEF Enterprise Fund | 50 | £608 |
| Ashley Family Foundation | 46 | £9,620 |
| Cynnal Impact Fund | 37 | £6,913 |
| Principality Building Society?s Future Generations Fund | 36 | £25k |
| Cost of Living | 35 | £15k |
| Powys Welsh Church Act | 33 | £5,000 |
| Fund for Wales - BIG | 24 | £2,000 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heritage Crafts Association | 2 | £51k | 6 Mar 2025 |
| Pobl Trust | 2 | £50k | 4 Feb 2025 |
| Connecting Youth Children & Adults CYCA | 2 | £48k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Carmarthen Youth Project (DrMz) | 2 | £46k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| BARC (Bridgend adult resource centre) Bridgend community outreach centre CIC | 2 | £43k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Art And Soul Tribe CIC | 4 | £43k | 21 Jan 2025 |
| Hope St Mellons (legal name: Here For Good Collective) | 1 | £42k | 2 Dec 2024 |
| Bedford Street Community Company Ltd | 1 | £40k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Community House Eton Road | 1 | £40k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| County in the Community | 1 | £40k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Eagle House Personal Development CIC | 1 | £40k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Llamau | 2 | £39k | 12 Nov 2024 |
| Outside Lives Ltd | 4 | £37k | 14 Dec 2023 |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | 1 | £37k | 10 Mar 2025 |
| The Gap Wales | 2 | £36k | 24 Jul 2024 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Cardiff | 74 |
| Powys | 73 |
| Gwynedd | 55 |
| Flintshire | 50 |
| Denbighshire | 49 |
| Newport | 41 |
| Carmarthenshire | 33 |
| Swansea | 28 |
| Wrexham | 26 |
| Pembrokeshire | 22 |
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Source: grants data published by Community Foundation in Wales 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: 641 grants to organisations awarded 3 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 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 in Wales, 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 Community Foundation in Wales.