Community foundation · Registered charity 1080418
Quartet Community Foundation: grants and who they fund
Quartet Community Foundation published 2,378 grants to organisations from 2 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2026, worth £11.5m in total. The typical (median) grant was £3,000, and Bristol, City of was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
Quartet Community Foundation manages and distributes charitable funds to meet local needs on behalf of individuals, companies, families and other organisations, working across Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to connect local causes and charities with donors.
Charitable objects (governing document):
A) the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the sub-region comprising the area in and around the city of bristol (the area of benefit) and in particular, the advancement of education, the protection of good health, both mental and physical, the relief of poverty and sickness and the provision and equipment in the interests of social welfare and for the public benefit of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of persons for whom the facilities are primarily intended and conservation of the environment for the benefit of the public; …
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- North Somerset
- Bath And North East Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Bristol City
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 2 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2026. Smallest £0, largest £218k, average £4,847.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 496 | 21% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 1,059 | 45% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 605 | 25% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 192 | 8% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 22 | 1% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 4 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 167 | £740k |
| 2025 | 970 | £4.7m |
| 2024 | 998 | £4.7m |
| 2023 | 243 | £1.4m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Donor Directed | 702 | £556 |
| Express Grant | 547 | £5,000 |
| Donor Advised Grant | 130 | £2,975 |
| Catalyst Grant | 119 | £5,000 |
| Stoke Park Friends' Fund Grant | 94 | £2,160 |
| Resilience Grant | 72 | £9,886 |
| North Somerset Community Partnership Fund Grant | 68 | £10k |
| Wessex Water Community Fund | 64 | £4,000 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Youth | 6 | £236k | 16 Sept 2024 |
| Black South West Network | 1 | £218k | 25 Mar 2025 |
| London Community Foundation | 3 | £193k | 12 Jun 2025 |
| Community Foundation for Northern Ireland | 2 | £189k | 12 Jun 2025 |
| Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust | 4 | £170k | 9 May 2025 |
| Hawkspring | 6 | £104k | 18 Dec 2025 |
| South Bristol Youth | 8 | £103k | 12 Dec 2025 |
| Voluntary Action North Somerset | 9 | £102k | 7 Jul 2025 |
| Learning Partnership West CIC | 7 | £97k | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Bath & District Citizens Advice | 3 | £95k | 11 Jun 2025 |
| Youth Moves | 12 | £89k | 23 Feb 2026 |
| Southmead Development Trust | 10 | £86k | 27 Jan 2026 |
| Caring in Bristol | 14 | £82k | 11 Dec 2025 |
| St Pauls Advice Centre Association | 6 | £76k | 26 Sept 2025 |
| Hartcliffe & Withywood Community Partnership | 6 | £75k | 10 Jul 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Bristol, City of | 374 |
| North Somerset | 48 |
| Bristol 054D | 39 |
| Bristol 056C | 36 |
| Bristol 056A | 29 |
| Bristol 014A | 29 |
| Bristol 055A | 26 |
| Bristol 044A | 25 |
| Bristol 055B | 24 |
| Bristol 023G | 22 |
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Source: grants data published by Quartet 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: 2,378 grants to organisations awarded 2 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 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 Quartet 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 Quartet Community Foundation.