UK FUND FOR CHARITIES — grant history
Latest income
£4.6m
Grants listed (FY2025)
30
Listed grants total
£4.6m
Accounts grants total
£4.6m
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | American Friends of the Louvre | — | £19k |
| new | Chordoma Foundation, USA | — | £19k |
| new | American Friends of the Musee d’Orsay | — | £16k |
| new | Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka | — | £13k |
| new | Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra | — | £3k |
| new | Scion Trust, Kenya | — | £3k |
| new | Transforming Cleft, Canada | — | £2k |
| up | Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA | £154k | £4.3m |
| up | King David Schools’ Foundation, S Africa | £41k | £68k |
| down | Kolisi Foundation, S Africa | £344k | £42k |
| up | Abraham Kriel Bambanani, S Africa | £740 | £6k |
| up | Homestead Street Projects, S Africa | £685 | £3k |
| down | CSO Cape Town, S Africa | £14k | £3k |
| up | My School Pulse, Lebanon | £352 | £3k |
| up | Dyer Island Conservation Trust, S Africa | £540 | £2k |
| not listed | Geodgedacht Trust, S Africa | £5k | — |
| not listed | Transforming Faces, Canada | £5k | — |
| not listed | University of Johannesburg, S Africa | £5k | — |
| not listed | VERDE Uganda | £3k | — |
| not listed | KIKA Foundation, S Africa | £2k | — |
| not listed | All Out Action, USA | £284 | — |
| not listed | I Learn to Live, S Africa | £230 | — |
| not listed | Cancer Support France | £115 | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA | FY2025 | £4.3m | Supporting the Museum’s international curatorial activities including special exhibitions and scholarly research |
| King David Schools’ Foundation, S Africa | FY2025 | £68k | To assist with aid for school fees for less advantaged pupils. |
| Kolisi Foundation, S Africa | FY2025 | £42k | To combat inequality by strengthening infrastructure and learning trough sport and education. For general operational costs including salaries, consultant’s fees recruitment costs, rental and overheads. |
| Cankids..Kidscan, India | FY2025 | £19k | For holistic support and to supplement partially funded projects, particularly the Change for Childhood Cancer in India project in 15 states. |
| American Friends of the Louvre | FY2025 | £19k | To raise awareness and make more accessible the Louvre’s collections. Scholarly research, international projects, restoration and acquisitions |
| Chordoma Foundation, USA | FY2025 | £19k | For research and development of a cure for Chordoma |
| American Friends of the Musee d’Orsay | FY2025 | £16k | To raise awareness the Orsay and Orangerie museums’ special exhibitions and education programmes, conservation and acquisitions |
| Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands | FY2025 | £15k | For the acquisition of a new artwork for the museum. |
| Crew for a Cause, S Africa | FY2025 | £13k | For the educational development of disadvantaged children in poor communities in S Africa, covering school fees and other associated costs |
| Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka | FY2025 | £13k | To equip the physiotherapy labs for teaching learning activities in the Department of Public Health Services. |
| Gary Kirsten Foundation, S Africa | FY2025 | £7k | For the Coaches Academy project designed to empower young coaches from underserved communities and to provide leadership training and life skills. |
| Abraham Kriel Bambanani, S Africa | FY2025 | £6k | To assist with providing school clothing and toiletries for 715 orphaned and vulnerable children |
| Homestead Street Projects, S Africa | FY2025 | £3k | To provide educational school supplies for beneficiaries at the Homestead project called 'The Bridge and Youth Care Centre, Khayelitsha'. |
| CSO Cape Town, S Africa | FY2025 | £3k | To cover the costs of medical supplies for emergency response vehicles. |
| Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra | FY2025 | £3k | To provide music education, youth development and the mentorship of artists, at least 75% of whom are economically marginalised. |
| Scion Trust, Kenya | FY2025 | £3k | For the Pastoral Development Programme for Girls and to boost the The eradication of FGM in Kenya. |
| My School Pulse, Lebanon | FY2025 | £3k | Educational and teaching support for seriously ill children in Lebanon’s Hospitals |
| Transforming Cleft, Canada | FY2025 | £2k | Cleft care for children born with cleft lip and palate; training and Support for medical professionals and cleft specialists. |
| Wellington Prep Educational Trust, S Africa | FY2025 | £2k | To partially cover sponsorship for 1 of 31 disadvantaged learners for 2024. To include school fees and transport costs. |
| Dyer Island Conservation Trust, S Africa | FY2025 | £2k | Researching and protecting marine eco-systems and the endangered species therein contained |
| Durban High School, S Africa | FY2025 | £1k | To support a less fortunate learner at Durban High School |
| Amaphupho Seed Foundation, S Africa | FY2025 | £958 | For the Education Programme which focuses on children attending Northcrest and Rosehill primary schools who live in poverty. |
| One Voice, S Africa | FY2025 | £746 | Supporting the Schools Programme and associated projects |
| Maritzburg College Foundation, S Africa | FY2025 | £685 | To partly sponsor tuition costs for two high school pupils |
| African Angels, S Africa | FY2025 | £620 | Sponsorship for hostel places and high-quality primary school education for disadvantaged children |
| Kearsney College Trust, S Africa | FY2025 | £615 | For the KCT Century Arch Appeal allowing for future generations to be supported through bursaries and scholarships for disadvantaged boys. |
| Enlighten Education Trust, S Africa | FY2025 | £575 | For the Foundation's Phase Enrichment Programme which provides counselling services to young learners and also supports the Alex Bury Community Library and Mobile Toy Library. |
| St Mary’s School Waverley, S Africa | FY2025 | £460 | To fund young, less advantaged, SA girls on the SMSW Foundation’s scholarship programme |
| Cape of Good Hope SPCA, S Africa | FY2025 | £75 | To provide veterinary care, food and shelter for hundreds of animals that have been surrendered or abandoned. |
| Amy Foundation, S Africa | FY2025 | £69 | Providing after school and youth skills development programmes |
| Kolisi Foundation, S Africa | FY2024 | £344k | For general operational costs including salaries, consultant’s fees, recruitment costs, rental and overheads. |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA | FY2024 | £154k | Supporting the Museum’s international curatorial activities including special exhibitions and scholarly research |
| King David Schools’ Foundation, S Africa | FY2024 | £41k | To assist with aid for school fees for less advantaged pupils |
| CSO Cape Town, S Africa | FY2024 | £14k | To cover the costs of medical supplies for emergency response vehicles. |
| Cankids..Kidscan, India | FY2024 | £14k | For holistic support and to supplement partially funded projects, particularly the Change for Childhood Cancer in India project in 15 states. |
| Gary Kirsten Foundation, S Africa | FY2024 | £13k | For the Women’s Empowerment Programme for girls aged 13-19 years which aims to improve health knowledge, build confidence and create a safe all-women environment to discuss female-specific issues. To explore the opportunities to train school-leaving girls who have been through the 2023 WEP programme.as CATCH Trust cricket coaches |
| Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands | FY2024 | £12k | For the acquisition of a new artwork for the museum. |
| Amaphupho Seed Foundation, S Africa | FY2024 | £11k | For the Education Programme which focuses on children attending Northcrest and Rosehill primary schools who live in poverty. |
| Crew for a Cause, S Africa | FY2024 | £10k | For the educational development of disadvantaged children in poor communities in S Africa, covering school fees and other associated costs. |
| Geodgedacht Trust, S Africa | FY2024 | £5k | For pre-school children: Hygiene – wipes, nappies etc; Food – porridge, formula milk; staff costs. |
| Transforming Faces, Canada | FY2024 | £5k | Cleft care for children born with cleft lip and palate; training and Support for medical professionals and cleft specialists. |
| University of Johannesburg, S Africa | FY2024 | £5k | To facilitate a visit by the Centre of Ecological Intelligence’s senior research assistant, a prominent agri-entrepreneur from Malawi. The visit includes several workshops and presentations. Also to enhance the infrastructure of the Campus Food Systems Hub management and admin. |
| VERDE Uganda | FY2024 | £3k | To continue educating, training and counselling for the awareness to reduce/prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria and other life threatening illnesses programme. To counsel and advise those affected among the illiterate and uneducated in rural communities. |
| Enlighten Education Trust, S Africa | FY2024 | £2k | For the Foundation's Phase Enrichment Programme which provides counselling services to young learners and also supports the Alex Bury Community Library and Mobile Toy Library. |
| Wellington Prep Educational Trust, S Africa | FY2024 | £2k | To partially cover sponsorship for 1 of 31 disadvantaged learners for 2024. To include school fees and transport costs. |
| KIKA Foundation, S Africa | FY2024 | £2k | To fund a full scholarship for one pupil at Good Hope Seminary Girls High School in Cape Town. |
| Maritzburg College Foundation, S Africa | FY2024 | £1k | To partly sponsor tuition costs for two high school pupils |
| African Angels, S Africa | FY2024 | £848 | Sponsorship for hostel places and high-quality primary school education for disadvantaged children |
| Durban High School, S Africa | FY2024 | £794 | To support a less fortunate learner at Durban High School |
| One Voice, S Africa | FY2024 | £760 | Supporting the Schools Programme and associated projects |
| Abraham Kriel Bambanani, S Africa | FY2024 | £740 | To assist with providing school clothing and toiletries for 715 orphaned and vulnerable children |
| Homestead Street Projects, S Africa | FY2024 | £685 | To provide educational school supplies for beneficiaries at the Homestead project called 'The Bridge and Youth Care Centre, Khayelitsha'. |
| Dyer Island Conservation Trust, S Africa | FY2024 | £540 | Researching and protecting marine eco-systems and the endangered species therein contained |
| Kearsney College Trust, S Africa | FY2024 | £470 | For the KCT Century Arch Appeal allowing for future generations to be supported through bursaries and scholarships for disadvantaged boys. |
| My School Pulse, Lebanon | FY2024 | £352 | Educational and teaching support for seriously ill children in Lebanon’s Hospitals |
| All Out Action, USA | FY2024 | £284 | Website and technical expenses supporting LGBT educational campaigns and the building of a new petition platform |
| St Mary’s School Waverley, S Africa | FY2024 | £248 | To fund young, less advantaged, SA girls on the SMSW Foundation’s scholarship programme |
| I Learn to Live, S Africa | FY2024 | £230 | For the Schools Robotics and Coding Club food programme. |
| Cape of Good Hope SPCA, S Africa | FY2024 | £138 | To provide veterinary care, food and shelter for hundreds of animals that have been surrendered or abandoned. |
| Cancer Support France | FY2024 | £115 | Supporting people in France affected by cancer whose native language is not French |
| Amy Foundation, S Africa | FY2024 | £71 | Providing after school and youth skills development programmes |
| National University of Singapore | FY2023 | £130k | For the establishment of the Arulkumaran Sabaratnam Scholarship Fund which has been set up to celebrate the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology’s 100th anniversary. |
| King David Schools’ Foundation, S Africa | FY2023 | £38k | To assist with aid for school fees for less advantaged pupils |
| Gary Kirsten Foundation, S Africa | FY2023 | £34k | For the Women’s Empowerment Programme for girls aged 13-19 years which aims to improve health knowledge, build confidence and create a safe all-women environment to discuss female-specific issues |
| Cankids..Kidscan, India | FY2023 | £24k | For holistic support and to supplement partially funded projects, particularly the Change for Childhood Cancer in India project in 15 states. |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA | FY2023 | £20k | Supporting the Museum’s international curatorial activities including special exhibitions and scholarly research |
| Crew for a Cause, S Africa | FY2023 | £19k | For the educational development of disadvantaged children in poor communities in S Africa, covering school fees and other associated costs. |
| Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, S Africa | FY2023 | £5k | To support the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s Summer Symphonies programme |
| University of S Australia | FY2023 | £4k | For pain science research at the University led by Prof Lorimer Moseley (Chair in Physiotherapy) |
| Wellington Prep Educational Trust, S Africa | FY2023 | £3k | To partially cover sponsorship for 1 disadvantaged learner for 2023 |
| VERDE Uganda | FY2023 | £3k | To continue educating, training and counselling for awareness to reduce/prevent HIV/AIDS and Covid in the rural areas of Tororo, Eastern Uganda |
| University of Toronto Schools, Canada | FY2023 | £3k | Supporting the student awards programme, specifically the Norah Maaier Award for Creativity. |
| KIKA Trust, S Africa | FY2023 | £2k | To fund a full scholarship for one pupil at Good Hope Seminary Girls High School in Cape Town. |
| Transforming Faces, Canada | FY2023 | £2k | Cleft care for children born with cleft lip and palate; training and Support for medical professionals and cleft specialists. |
| Common Good, S Africa | FY2023 | £2k | Supporting the ‘Childrens' First Thousand Days’ project |
| Amaphupho Seed Foundation, S Africa | FY2023 | £1k | For the Education Programme which focuses on children who live in poverty in the Malacca Road Informal Settlement in Redhill, Durban North. |
| My School Pulse, Lebanon | FY2023 | £1k | Educational and teaching support for seriously ill children in Lebanon’s Hospitals |
| All Out Action, USA | FY2023 | £1k | Website and technical expenses supporting LGBT educational campaigns and the building of a new petition platform |
| Homestead Street Projects, S Africa | FY2023 | £920 | To provide educational school supplies for beneficiaries at the Homestead project called 'The Bridge and Youth Care Centre, Khayelitsha'. |
| Enlighten Education Trust, S Africa | FY2023 | £920 | For the Foundation's Phase Enrichment Programme which provides counselling services to young learners and also supports the Alex Bury Community Library and Mobile Toy Library. |
| Dyer Island Conservation Trust, S Africa | FY2023 | £919 | Researching and protecting marine eco-systems and the endangered species therein contained |
| One Voice, S Africa | FY2023 | £732 | Supporting the Schools Programme and associated projects |
| African Angels, S Africa | FY2023 | £706 | Sponsorship for hostel places and high-quality primary school education for disadvantaged children |
| Durban High School, S Africa | FY2023 | £610 | To support a less fortunate learner at DHSF |
| Kearsney College Trust, S Africa | FY2023 | £459 | For the KCT Century Arch Appeal allowing for future generations to be supported through bursaries and scholarships for disadvantaged boys. |
| CSO Cape Town, S Africa | FY2023 | £320 | To cover the costs of medical supplies for response vehicles. |
| Abraham Kriel Bambanani, S Africa | FY2023 | £282 | To assist with providing school clothing and toiletries for 715 orphaned and vulnerable children |
| St Andrews College, Canada | FY2023 | £265 | To support the 'UK Old Boys Scholarship Fund' and providing financial assistance to students attending the College from the UK. |
| Amy Foundation, S Africa | FY2023 | £192 | Providing after school and youth skills development programmes |
| Maritzburg College Foundation, S Africa | FY2023 | £115 | To partly sponsor tuition costs for two high school pupils |
| St Mary’s School Waverley, S Africa | FY2023 | £108 | To fund young, less advantaged, SA girls on the SMSW Foundation’s scholarship programme |
| Metropolitan Opera, USA | FY2023 | £102 | To support the Met in recovery efforts following the pandemic lockdowns. All contributions are offsetting lower box office revenue |
| NOAH, S Africa | FY2023 | £85 | For NOAH Health, ensuring that the elderly poor have access to quality primary health care. |
| King David Schools’ Foundation, S Africa | FY2022 | £51k | To assist with aid for school fees for less advantaged pupils, the demand for which has been exacerbated during the Covid pandemic. |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA | FY2022 | £39k | Supporting the Museum’s international curatorial activities including special exhibitions and scholarly research |
| All Out Action, USA | FY2022 | £26k | Website and technical expenses supporting LGBT educational campaigns and the building of a new petition platform |
| Cankids..Kidscan, India | FY2022 | £13k | For the umbrella Change for Childhood Cancer in India project |
| Durban High School, S Africa | FY2022 | £6k | To support a less fortunate learner at DHSF |
| Enlighten Education Trust, S Africa | FY2022 | £6k | For the Foundation's Phase Enrichment Programme which provides counselling services to young learners and also supports the Alex Bury Community Library and Mobile Toy Library. |
| Wellington Prep Educational Trust, S Africa | FY2022 | £3k | To partially cover sponsorship for 2 disadvantaged learners |
| VERDE Uganda | FY2022 | £3k | For education, training, counselling for awareness to reduce/prevent HIV/AID and Covid in the rural areas of Tororo, Eastern Uganda |
| Kearsney College Trust, S Africa | FY2022 | £2k | For the KCT Century Arch Appeal allowing for future generations to be supported through bursaries and scholarships for disadvantaged boys. |
| KIKA Trust, S Africa | FY2022 | £2k | To fund a full scholarship for one pupil at Good Hope Seminary Girls High School in Cape Town. The scholarship covers school fees and associated costs. |
| Crew for a Cause, S Africa | FY2022 | £2k | For the educational development of disadvantaged children in poor communities in S Africa, covering school fees and other associated costs. |
| Transforming Faces, Canada | FY2022 | £2k | Cleft care for children born with cleft lip and palate; training and Support for medical professionals and cleft specialists. |
| My School Pulse, Lebanon | FY2022 | £1k | Educational and teaching support for seriously ill children in Lebanon’s hospitals |
| Power of Women and Children, S Africa | FY2022 | £1k | To provide stationery for children going back to school and food and other basic needs of the children at the Ithemba Labantwana Orphanage home. |
| Cancer Support Languedoc, France | FY2022 | £1k | To provide emotional and practical support to English speaking sufferers of cancer in the Languedoc region of France. |
| St Andrews College, S Africa | FY2022 | £1k | To support the 'UK Old Boys Scholarship Fund' and providing financial assistance to students attending the College from the UK. |
| One Voice, S Africa | FY2022 | £713 | Supporting the Schools Programme and associated projects |
| African Angels, S Africa | FY2022 | £677 | Sponsorship for hostel places and high-quality primary school education for disadvantaged children |
| St Mary’s School Waverley, S Africa | FY2022 | £639 | To fund young, less advantaged, SA girls on the SMSW Foundation’s scholarship programme |
| Dyer Island Conservation Trust, S Africa | FY2022 | £349 | Researching and protecting marine eco-systems and the long-term species therein contained |
| Amy Foundation, S Africa | FY2022 | £317 | Providing after school and youth skills development programmes |
| St Michael’s College School, Canada | FY2022 | £271 | To support the donor's Class Bursary Fund. |
| Maritzburg College Foundation, S Africa | FY2022 | £102 | To partly sponsor tuition costs for two high school pupils |
| Cape of Good Hope SPCA, S Africa | FY2022 | £71 | Animal welfare for the disadvantaged |
| SPCA Bloemfontein, S Africa | FY2022 | £63 | Animal Welfare for the disadvantaged |