Community foundation · Registered charity 1096892
Leeds Community Foundation: grants and who they fund
Leeds Community Foundation published 937 grants to organisations from 13 Oct 2023 to 30 Sept 2026, worth £9.6m in total. The typical (median) grant was £5,000, and Leeds 064E was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
The aim of the Foundation is to attract income from a wide range of sources (private sector donations from individuals and companies, management of local and central government funding streams, profits on fundraising events etc). This is then made available to local charities and voluntary & community groups by way of an open grants programme(s).
Charitable objects (governing document):
The promotion of any charitable purposes principally for the benefit of the community of leeds metropolitan district and to a lesser degree throughout the sub-region of west yorkshire and the United Kingdom as a whole and in particular the advancement of education the promotion of good health both mental and physical and the relief of poverty and sickness.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Leeds City
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 13 Oct 2023 to 30 Sept 2026. Smallest £100, largest £60k, average £10k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 23 | 2% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 445 | 47% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 105 | 11% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 333 | 36% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 31 | 3% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 215 | £2m |
| 2025 | 269 | £3.5m |
| 2024 | 383 | £3.6m |
| 2023 | 70 | £418k |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Lunch Clubs | 91 | £1,816 |
| Healthy Holidays | 77 | £22k |
| Stay Well This Winter Grants | 55 | £2,979 |
| BD25 Creative Communities Fund | 33 | £13k |
| Climate Action Leeds | 30 | £2,480 |
| Jimbo's Fund | 27 | £17k |
| Transforming Mental Health | 25 | £20k |
| The Bradford Fund | 24 | £2,500 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds United Foundation | 13 | £284k | 18 May 2026 |
| Health for All | 10 | £221k | 8 Apr 2026 |
| St Luke's Cares | 7 | £198k | 16 Apr 2026 |
| LS14 Trust | 5 | £191k | 2 Jul 2026 |
| GIPSIL | 9 | £134k | 2 Jul 2026 |
| BARCA Leeds | 6 | £126k | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Cross Green Growing Together | 6 | £125k | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Advonet | 5 | £117k | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Hyde Park Source | 4 | £115k | 24 Apr 2026 |
| Hamara Healthy Living Centre | 8 | £111k | 8 Apr 2026 |
| Complete Woman CIC | 5 | £102k | 8 Apr 2026 |
| Black Health Initiative | 4 | £98k | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Dance Action Zone Leeds | 3 | £98k | 22 Sept 2025 |
| Champions Community Sport and Health CIC | 4 | £97k | 9 Apr 2026 |
| The Valley Project | 6 | £95k | 2 Jun 2026 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Leeds 064E | 15 |
| Leeds 111B | 11 |
| Leeds 060D | 10 |
| Leeds 075E | 10 |
| Leeds 048D | 10 |
| Leeds 042A | 8 |
| Leeds 042E | 7 |
| Leeds 090A | 7 |
| Leeds 082E | 7 |
| Leeds 112A | 7 |
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Source: grants data published by Leeds 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: 937 grants to organisations awarded 13 Oct 2023 to 30 Sept 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 Leeds 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 Leeds Community Foundation.