Fund for Wales

Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, and Wrexham

Applications for this grant are closed

This fund will be opening on Monday 9th June (midday).

The Fund for Wales is a national community endowment fund, managed and promoted by Community Foundation Wales.

It is a philanthropy promotion and grant-making programme which raises money from people and organisations across Wales, the UK, and overseas who want to ‘give back’ to support and strengthen local communities: the Fund for Wales connects people who care with causes that matter.

The fund is currently supported through partnership with People’s Postcode Lottery.

Fund outcomes:

Improving people’s chances in life,
Building stronger communities,
Improving rural and urban environments,
Encouraging healthier and more active people and communities, and
Preserving heritage and culture.

Fund for Wales will be open for a six-month period, with panel meetings held towards the end of each month to review applications and distribute funding on a rolling basis (subject to change). Applicants will be notified of the outcome within two months of submission.

Grants Available

Grants of between £500 – £2,000 per annum for up to 3 years, are available to organisations whose applications best deliver against the outcomes above.

We hope to award at least six multiyear grants; if you apply for multiyear funding and are unsuccessful, there is still a possibility of receiving one year of funding.

Who can apply?

Fund for Wales is open to small, local, community led constituted charities and voluntary organisations (e.g. associations, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies and clubs), with an annual income of less than £100,000 in the last financial year. We welcome applications from organisations that have never received funding from this Fund before.

You must be one of the following:

Constituted Groups
Registered Charities & Charitable Incorporated Organisations
Companies Limited by Guarantee
Community Interest Companies
Social Enterprises

How to apply?

Applicants must complete an online application form via our website.

Please do not apply if your income is over £100,000. Approximately 20% of applications we have received are not eligible due to income level. If your income is over £100,000. Your application will be rejected.

Fund for Wales criteria

Please ensure you read the minimum expected standard before apply

These are the minimum standards an organisation must meet to be eligible for funding from Community Foundation Wales.

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Please read the following text to ensure your eligibility before beginning your application:

Is your organisation a non-profit making organisation such as a Charity, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, a Community Interest Company (CIC) with a named asset lock in place, a Private Company Limited by Guarantee (Not for private profit), a Social Enterprise or a Voluntary/community group with a dissolution/winding up clause included with the rules or constitution of your organisation? (if your organisation is not registered with the Charity Commission or with Companies House we will require you to attach a copy of your rules/constitution to your application).

Does your organisation have a minimum of 3 unrelated trustees, committee members or directors? (We will be checking this against your entry on the Charity Commission or Companies House as applicable).

Are you able to provide official accounts or an income/expenditure sheet signed and dated by the Chair or Treasurer of your governing body or a Director? The document should not be older than 18 months old. If your organisation is within the first 12-18 months of operation, a projected financial forecast is acceptable.

Does your organisation have a bank account in its own name? (Grant payments are made by BACS transfer, therefore a recent bank statement or paying in slip will be requested to evidence this for any successful grant applications)

Does your organisation have an active Safeguarding Policy in the applicant organisation’s own name? (By active we mean that the policy should be reviewed and amended as necessary at least annually).

Does your organisation have at least one named person with responsibility for safeguarding? It could be a trustee/committee member or a director, or a member of staff.

Does your organisation have adequate insurance cover in place?

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