SMALL GRANTS TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES

The Community Foundation Fund will award grants to support local communities located largely, but not exclusively, within the Yorkshire and Humber area, Lincolnshire and North Derbyshire.

• All eligible applications will be assessed.
• We may contact you to obtain further information, which may be by telephone or email.  

The Trustees’ decision is final.

Eligible organisations

This is not an exhaustive list. If you are not sure whether your application fits the criteria, please contact us at: CFF@efficiencynorth.org

• Unincorporated clubs or associations
• A charity, registered with the Charity Commission
• A community/voluntary group that have a constitution
• A Co-operative and Community Benefit Society (registered by the 2014 Act)
• A social enterprise (Community Interest Companies, companies limited by guarantee) that are registered with the appropriate body.

Other applications we can consider

• We are committed to supporting inclusive organisations and groups.
• If you require any more information please contact the team at: CFF@efficiencynorth.org

Applications we are unable to consider

• Equipment that has already been installed/ funded
• Unspecified contributions to general fundraising appeals or large projects
• Contribution to major appeals
• Consultancy or feasibility studies
• Promoting political beliefs 
• Promoting religious beliefs  
• Building or buying a premise or land rights
• Contingency Funding 
• Direct replacement of statutory and public funding 
• Grant giving organisations 
• Infrastructure organisations

We are also unable to support 

• Political parties or organisations who promote political parties
• Organisations that promote or require beneficiaries to be of a specific faith, convert to that faith or accept information or teaching about that faith as a condition of taking part in or benefitting from programmes and or services. 

The guidance notes are available to download here. Please read through them the before completing the online application form.

Make sure that your application is submitted before the closing date for applications.

When you’re ready to apply for a Community Foundation Fund grant, you need to complete the online application form.  This is your opportunity to tell us why your activity is a great fit for a Community Foundation Fund grant.

The online form must be submitted once completed – it cannot be saved and returned to later – so make sure to read the guidance notes first to help you prepare your answers beforehand.

The Community Foundation Fund Panel meet once the funding round is closed to assess applications. Their decision is final.  

All applicants will receive notification by the notification date for that round of funding (see key dates).

If your application is successful, you will have 14 days from the date of our conditional offer letter to accept our terms and conditions and to provide any supporting information including your organisation or group bank details.

If the documents are satisfactory, we will write to you confirming the grant, which bank/building society it will be paid into and when.

If the documents are not satisfactory or we require further information, we will contact you if we think this is something you can resolve. If there is a major problem that cannot be resolved, we will withdraw our conditional grant offer and tell you the reason.

You can purchase your equipment or items once you receive our letter confirming the grant award and have returned your grant acceptance form.

Grants will be paid back to you after you provide the receipts or proof of purchase we ask for (if you are unable to purchase your item before you receive the grant, please contact us so we may agree an alternative arrangement).

You will be asked to complete an end of grant report telling us about what was achieved. This could be photographs and/or videos as examples of your achievements and the people your grant has impacted. We recognise that some groups require anonymity to protect their organisation/beneficiaries.

All VAT receipts must be kept to demonstrate how the grant was spent.