Community foundation · Registered charity 1117345
Heart of England Community Foundation: grants and who they fund
Heart of England Community Foundation published 1,745 grants to organisations from 1 Oct 2023 to 19 Dec 2025, worth £25.6m in total. The typical (median) grant was £4,994, and Birmingham was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
Manage funds on behalf of a range of donors who want to invest in their local communities, supporting hundreds of grassroots organisations every year to make their communities a better place to live, work and play. We aim to make a real difference at a local level across the areas we support.
Charitable objects (governing document):
(a) the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the city of coventry, the county of warwickshire and elsewhere in the United Kingdom ("the area of benefit") and in particular the advancement of education the protection of good health both mental and physical and the relief of poverty and sickness;(b) other exclusively charitable purposes which are in the opinion of the Trustees beneficial to the community in the area of benefit.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Birmingham City
- Coventry City
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton
- Warwickshire
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 1 Oct 2023 to 19 Dec 2025. Smallest £10, largest £475k, average £15k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 55 | 3% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 825 | 47% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 260 | 15% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 510 | 29% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 67 | 4% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 24 | 1% |
| £250,000 or more | 4 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 625 | £6.2m |
| 2024 | 888 | £17.5m |
| 2023 | 232 | £1.9m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| The Inclusive Communities Fund - Small Grants | 197 | £11k |
| Harry Payne Fund | 157 | £1,500 |
| The Inclusive Communities Fund - Medium Grants | 141 | £38k |
| IM Properties Community Fund | 104 | £2,900 |
| Birmingham & Black Country Communities Fund | 94 | £3,000 |
| Coventry, Warwickshire & Solihull Communities Fund | 94 | £2,965 |
| Positive Futures Fund | 55 | £5,000 |
| NNS Older Adults (Edgbaston and Northfield) | 55 | £5,000 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Together for Change Coventry and Warwickshire | 2 | £575k | 20 Mar 2024 |
| Our Place Support | 7 | £395k | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Priory Pools Community Centre | 1 | £300k | 20 Mar 2025 |
| Aspire in Arts Ltd | 3 | £291k | 21 Mar 2025 |
| Nuneaton Muslim Society | 1 | £290k | 21 Mar 2025 |
| CASBA | 11 | £223k | 24 Nov 2025 |
| BID Services | 5 | £220k | 22 May 2025 |
| Ordinary Magic C.I.C | 1 | £200k | 6 Mar 2024 |
| Positive Youth Foundation (pyf) | 1 | £200k | 6 Mar 2024 |
| Active Black Country Ltd | 1 | £200k | 6 Mar 2024 |
| Sampad (South Asian Arts Development) | 1 | £196k | 6 Mar 2024 |
| Community Together CIC | 1 | £193k | 28 Mar 2024 |
| Atherstone Rangers Junior FC | 1 | £189k | 6 Nov 2025 |
| InPower Academy CIC | 1 | £176k | 28 Mar 2024 |
| Bedworth Civic Hall CIO | 1 | £165k | 8 May 2024 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Birmingham | 336 |
| Coventry | 95 |
| Solihull | 77 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 43 |
| Warwick | 32 |
| Sandwell | 30 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 30 |
| Wolverhampton | 26 |
| North Warwickshire | 25 |
| City of London | 24 |
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Source: grants data published by Heart of England 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: 1,745 grants to organisations awarded 1 Oct 2023 to 19 Dec 2025 (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 Heart of England 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 Heart of England Community Foundation.