Small and larger grants are available to UK registered charities working to support people who are in ill-health, the elderly, the Christian faith, education, heritage and the arts.
The Foundation supports a variety of causes in the UK, including charitable appeals and preserving heritage properties. The Foundation has also been entrusted with various collections of political cartoons, political papers and artefacts.
The Foundation makes charitable donations to registered charities based on the following criteria:
• Donations can be made for capital expenditure, i.e. to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as buildings, fixtures and fittings, machinery, furniture and other equipment; for revenue/running costs; and for special projects.
• The Trustees will not normally consider grants to cover expenditure that has already been incurred or committed.
• The Trustees promote the concept of match funding, and may make a payment conditional upon the applicant obtaining the remaining funding from other sources.
• The Trustees are able to make grants to all faith organisations, and are not willing to discriminate against any charity due to its focus on race, nationality, sexual orientation or age, and
• Grants are made, at the discretion of the Trustees, for charitable purposes including those that would have reflected the interests of the first Lord Beaverbrook.
Further information, guidance and an application form can be found on the Foundation’s website.
Applications can be made at any time.