Community foundation · Registered charity 1099977
Cornwall Community Foundation: grants and who they fund
Cornwall Community Foundation published 791 grants to organisations from 23 Oct 2023 to 10 Sept 2025, worth £3.5m in total. The typical (median) grant was £3,000, and Cornwall 067E was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
The CCF provides financial and non-financial support for community projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our focus is to develop ownership, responsibility and achievement regarding growth and development within local communities. We invest in leadership, actual and potential, in the people and projects that will make a difference in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Charitable objects (governing document):
3.1 the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the county of cornwall and the isles of scilly and in particular the advancement of education the protection of good health both mental and physical and the relief of poverty and sickness.3.2 other exclusively charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are in the opinion of the Trustees beneficial to the community including those in the area of benefit.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Cornwall
- Isles Of Scilly
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 23 Oct 2023 to 10 Sept 2025. Smallest £70, largest £94k, average £4,430.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 75 | 9% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 387 | 49% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 243 | 31% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 84 | 11% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 2 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 | £827k |
| 2024 | 400 | £1.8m |
| 2023 | 185 | £837k |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Surviving Winter Fund | 122 | £5,000 |
| VCSE Health Improvement Fund | 68 | £9,550 |
| Community Fund | 63 | £4,800 |
| Young and Talented Cornwall | 51 | £1,000 |
| Carew Pole Charitable Trust | 48 | £1,500 |
| Goonhilly Wind Farm Community Fund | 33 | £3,447 |
| Sedel-Collings Foundation | 30 | £7,900 |
| Howton Solar Farm | 30 | £4,350 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Again Communities CIC | 15 | £74k | 1 May 2025 |
| West Cornwall Women's Aid | 9 | £64k | 5 Mar 2025 |
| Citizens Advice Cornwall | 7 | £61k | 9 Apr 2025 |
| Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change | 7 | £61k | 21 Jan 2025 |
| The Sparkle Foundation UK | 13 | £58k | 27 May 2025 |
| The Old Bank, Camelford | 7 | £50k | 19 Feb 2025 |
| Fentenfenna Farm CIC | 1 | £50k | 4 Nov 2024 |
| TRELYA | 8 | £43k | 19 Nov 2024 |
| EFGI Cornwall Aid Centre | 9 | £37k | 18 Mar 2025 |
| The Women's Centre Cornwall | 3 | £35k | 18 Dec 2024 |
| A Band of Brothers Cornwall | 5 | £32k | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Carefree Fostering Independence Cornwall | 2 | £30k | 16 Apr 2024 |
| Safer Stronger Communities | 6 | £30k | 21 Jan 2025 |
| Trevisker Community Meadow CIC | 4 | £27k | 12 Mar 2025 |
| The Hugs Foundation | 4 | £25k | 18 Mar 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Cornwall 067E | 30 |
| Cornwall | 19 |
| Cornwall 046D | 18 |
| Cornwall 044C | 16 |
| Cornwall 051D | 13 |
| Cornwall 020B | 13 |
| Cornwall 017B | 13 |
| Cornwall 044A | 12 |
| Cornwall 015B | 12 |
| Cornwall 072D | 12 |
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Source: grants data published by Cornwall 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: 791 grants to organisations awarded 23 Oct 2023 to 10 Sept 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 Cornwall 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 Cornwall Community Foundation.