Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 1164703
Freemasons’ Charity: grants and who they fund
Freemasons’ Charity published 765 grants to organisations from 9 Oct 2023 to 25 Aug 2026, worth £16.5m in total. The typical (median) grant was £8,915.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
To relieve and preserve health, advance education and prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship, amongst such persons as the Trustees consider from time to time to be in need of assistance and to further such other purposes being exclusively charitable.
Charitable objects (governing document):
The objects of the charity are, for the public benefit, to:1. Relieve sickness and preserve health, advance education and prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship, amongst such persons as the Trustees consider from time to time to be in need of assistance to the extent to which the Trustees in their absolute discretion think appropriate; and to2. Further such other purposes (being exclusively charitable) as the Trustees may from time to time in their absolute discretion consider appropriate.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 9 Oct 2023 to 25 Aug 2026. Smallest £500, largest £400k, average £22k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 57 | 7% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 283 | 37% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 50 | 7% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 184 | 24% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 185 | 24% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 4 | 1% |
| £250,000 or more | 2 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 93 | £3.4m |
| 2025 | 251 | £6.6m |
| 2024 | 364 | £5.8m |
| 2023 | 57 | £731k |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice UK | 6 | £1.5m | 16 Jul 2026 |
| RNID | 1 | £97k | 21 Mar 2025 |
| Respond | 1 | £66k | 19 Sept 2024 |
| Youth Options | 1 | £65k | 18 Jan 2024 |
| We Are Beams | 1 | £64k | 15 Nov 2023 |
| Save the Family | 1 | £63k | 17 Jan 2024 |
| BAPP | 2 | £62k | 20 Nov 2025 |
| The Freedom Project | 2 | £62k | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Woman's Trust | 3 | £62k | 21 Nov 2025 |
| Citizens Advice Teignbridge | 1 | £61k | 15 May 2025 |
| I Choose Freedom | 2 | £61k | 17 Jul 2025 |
| ECHO Herefordshire or ECHO | 2 | £61k | 18 Sept 2025 |
| AAFDA | 1 | £60k | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Age UK Gateshead | 1 | £60k | 15 Nov 2023 |
| Footprints in the Community | 1 | £60k | 17 Jan 2024 |
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Source: grants data published by Freemasons’ Charity 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: 765 grants to organisations awarded 9 Oct 2023 to 25 Aug 2026 (from the most recent records published). 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 Freemasons’ Charity, 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 Freemasons’ Charity.