Free grant snapshot · last 12 months
Charity grants in East Midlands
Grants made 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 by UK trusts and foundations that publish through 360Giving with a registered address in East Midlands.
Top funders
Trusts and foundations that gave the most in East Midlands in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.
| Funder | Grants | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 88 | £350k | £3,000 |
| Garfield Weston Foundation | 8 | £285k | £30k |
| Comic Relief | 1 | £250k | £250k |
| Freemasons’ Charity | 7 | £229k | £15k |
| Wolfson Foundation | 3 | £194k | £70k |
| Coop Foundation | 1 | £150k | £150k |
| Benefact Trust | 20 | £142k | £4,150 |
| The Veterans' Foundation | 3 | £90k | £10k |
| The Greggs Foundation | 2 | £73k | £36k |
| Rank Foundation | 2 | £62k | £31k |
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.
| Programme | Funder | Grants (12 months) | Years with grants | Latest grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Grants | Benefact Trust | 12 | 2023 to 2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| Queens Institute | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 11 | 2020 to 2026 | 12 May 2026 |
| Colleagues of Barclays Northampton 'Say No To Poverty' | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 7 | 2025, 2026 | 1 Sept 2026 |
| Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 7 | 2022 to 2026 | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Community Impact Grants | Benefact Trust | 7 | 2023 to 2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 6 | 2020 to 2026 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Towcester Park Community Fund | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 5 | 2025, 2026 | 8 Dec 2025 |
| St Giles Charitable Trust | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 5 | 2020 to 2025 | 18 Nov 2025 |
| Winwick Wind Farm Fund | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 4 | 2020 to 2026 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Friends of the Foundation | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 4 | 2021, 2022, 2026 | 3 Feb 2026 |
Open government schemes charities can apply for
69 open schemes on Find a Grant covering East Midlands (live Grant Radar list). The 5 closing soonest:
| Scheme | Funder | Grant size | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub (Grant) | UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | £1 to £5.9m | 3 Nov 2026 |
| DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5 | Innovate 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 £20m | 4 Nov 2026 |
| Access to Elected Office Fund | Cabinet Office | £1 to £500k | 4 Nov 2026 |
| Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip (Grant) | UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council | £200k to £1m | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Schools Grant Scheme | Department for Education (DfE) | £10k to £1m | 9 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, CHK Foundation, Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, Charles Hayward Foundation, Comic Relief, Community Foundation North East, Coop Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Forever Manchester, Freemasons’ Charity, Garfield Weston Foundation, Herefordshire Community Foundation, Leeds Community Foundation, Making a Difference Locally, Northamptonshire Community Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Quartet Community Foundation, Rank Foundation, The Dulverton Trust, The Greggs Foundation, The Leathersellers' Foundation, The Three Guineas Trust, The Veterans' Foundation, Wolfson Foundation: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Data from Community Foundation for Surrey, The Pilgrim Trust: Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.