Helping funding
reach the grassroots
Grassroots charities are closest to the communities that need them most, but often lack access to the funding and networks needed to sustain their work. We are a national infrastructure charity working to bridge this gap.
Everything a grassroots charity needs.
We listen to grassroots organisations, help them win funding, connect them with funders, and use what we learn to change the system.
We bring grassroots leaders and funders into the same room.
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- Check 01GovernanceHow your organisation is run and held to account.
- Check 02Organisational capacityThe people, systems and finances behind your work.
- Check 03Funding readinessWhere you stand today and what to fix first.
Closest to their communities. Furthest from funding.
of small charities said they were at risk of closing within a year. Just 3% described their finances as secure for the long term.
Source: NCVO ↗of organisations responding to our survey apply for grant funding at least every three months. Yet finding suitable opportunities is among their biggest challenges.
Source: AWN surveyof government funding to the sector goes to smaller charities, even though they make up 80% of all charities.
Source: NCVO Almanac 2024 (2021/22 data) ↗Join our board.
Help us build stronger grassroots organisations and a funding system that works better for them.
