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Charity grants in East of England

Grants made 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 by UK trusts and foundations that publish through 360Giving with a registered address in East of England.

276grants
£7.3mtotal awarded
£6,800median grant
24funders

Top funders

Trusts and foundations that gave the most in East of England in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.

FunderGrantsTotalMedian
Wolfson Foundation8£2.3m£95k
London Marathon Foundation1£750k£750k
Essex Community Foundation106£622k£5,000
Freemasons’ Charity14£543k£49k
The Veterans' Foundation10£475k£40k
Benefact Trust29£413k£8,100
Youth Music3£350k£100k
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation47£319k£4,743
John Ellerman Foundation2£297k£149k
A B Charitable Trust9£263k£30k

Open and recurring programmes

Funder programmes behind these grants that have made grants in at least two years, so are likely to run again. Check each funder's website for current deadlines.

ProgrammeFunderGrants (12 months)Years with grantsLatest grant
Community Impact GrantsBenefact Trust192023 to 202618 May 2026
Building GrantsBenefact Trust92023 to 202627 Apr 2026
Shelter and Security - Strengthened communitiesMaking a Difference Locally82024, 202518 Dec 2025
Health and DisabilityWolfson Foundation62018 to 202610 Jun 2026
SalaryThe Veterans' Foundation62023 to 202621 May 2026
Warwick and Dominey FundCambridgeshire Community Foundation62023 to 202619 Jan 2026
Access to JusticeA B Charitable Trust52017 to 202614 Jul 2026
UndisclosedCambridgeshire Community Foundation52023 to 202617 Mar 2026
StandardThe Veterans' Foundation42023 to 202629 Jun 2026
Multiple PanelsCambridgeshire Community Foundation42023 to 20262 Feb 2026

Open government schemes charities can apply for

68 open schemes on Find a Grant covering East of England (live Grant Radar list). The 5 closing soonest:

SchemeFunderGrant sizeCloses
Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council£1 to £5.9m3 Nov 2026
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) and the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC)£2.5m to £20m4 Nov 2026
Access to Elected Office FundCabinet Office£1 to £500k4 Nov 2026
Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council£200k to £1m5 Nov 2026
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Schools Grant SchemeDepartment for Education (DfE)£10k to £1m9 Nov 2026

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Source: grants data published by each funder through 360Giving (GrantNav), grants awarded 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 to registered charities, companies and other organisations (grants to individuals are left out). Cause and region come from the recipient charity's entry on the Charity Commission register (its registered charitable purposes and the postcode area of its registered address), so cause and region snapshots cover recipients registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Open government schemes are from Find a Grant (UK Government) via Grant Radar. "Recurring" programmes have grants in at least two calendar years. Figures are our own summary.

Licences: each funder publishes its data under its own open licence; we use only data licensed CC BY 4.0, CC0 or the Open Government Licence. Data from A B Charitable Trust, Allen Lane Foundation, Benefact Trust, Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, Charles Hayward Foundation, Community Foundation North East, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Essex Community Foundation, Freemasons’ Charity, Garfield Weston Foundation, Herefordshire Community Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation, John Lyon's Charity, London Marathon Foundation, Making a Difference Locally, Northamptonshire Community Foundation, Point North, The Dulverton Trust, The Leathersellers' Foundation, The True Colours Trust, The Veterans' Foundation, Trust For London, Wolfson Foundation, Youth Music: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Find a Grant: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check each funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to these funders.