How many grants did the Foundation award in 2007? In 2007 the Foundation awarded 3,970 grants totalling £24.3 million through our main grant programmes.
This is how the money was divided across the programmes:
How are our grants divided across the regions?
The table below shows the number, type and amount of grants for each of the 9 regions and Wales.
What is the breakdown for England and Wales wide programmes?
The table above also shows the number, type and amount of grants awarded to charities operating across England and Wales.
What types of funding does the Foundation provide?
Within each of our programmes a significant proportion of the funds go toward day-to-day running costs – such as salaries and other overheads – we are one of the few grant-makers to provide this.
But we also provide project funding. This is how our funding is split across the different types:
What is the average size of grant within the Community programme?
The Community Programme is the largest of our programmes with:
- 82% of our total annual grant making – £19.89m
- 1,207 grants
- An average grant size of £16,600
What size of charities do we fund?
In 2007:
- 98% of our funding went to charities with an income of less than £1m
- 88% of our funding went to charities with an income of less than £500,000
- 41% of our funding went to charities with an income of less than £100,000.
What have we funded in 2007?
In 2007 the Foundation funded charities in over 20 areas of disadvantage - the top ten were:
