THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£151k
Grants listed (FY2024)
18
Listed grants total
£39k
Accounts grants total
£193k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The website does not state that the funder accepts unsolicited applications for grants. It describes a general contact form for inquiries about financial planning, investments, events, and philanthropy, but provides no specific guidance on applying for funding.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Accommodation/housing
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Cheshire East
- Manchester City
- Northern Ireland
- Stockport
- Salford City
- Throughout England
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Bolton
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Toy Appeal | FY2024 | £10k | Providing toy sacks to underprivileged children (matched funding from Equilibrium Foundation) |
| Age UK Cheshire East | FY2024 | £5k | Supporting older people (part of Winter Fuel Fund allocation) |
| The Wishing Well | FY2024 | £5k | Supporting older people (part of Winter Fuel Fund allocation) |
| Friends of the Elderly | FY2024 | £5k | Supporting older people living in poverty (heating costs, boiler repairs, mattress) |
| Reuben’s Retreat | FY2024 | £3k | Support for families who have lost a child or are caring for a child with a complex illness (matched fundraising) |
| Hope for Justice | FY2024 | £3k | Combating human trafficking and supporting victims (matched fundraising) |
| Three fantastic causes | FY2024 | £2k | Donations made for every employee who volunteered (£100 per employee) |
| Tom’s Trust | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Men Behaving Dadly | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| W27 Outreach | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Platform for Life | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Norbrook Youth Club | FY2024 | £500 | Upgrade kitchen facilities for healthy cooking education |
| Alsager Wesley Place Methodist Church | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Basically Cheer | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Black Autism Manchester | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Reddish Men in Sheds | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Stand Up Sisters | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| Gaydio | FY2024 | £500 | Community support scheme grant |
| The Toy Appeal | FY2023 | £13k | Christmas toy sacks for underprivileged children |
| Prevent2Protect, Salford | FY2023 | £9k | Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards (Child Poverty) |
| Norbrook Youth Club, Wythenshawe | FY2023 | £9k | Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards (Child Poverty) |
| Home-Start Trafford, Salford and Wigan | FY2023 | £9k | Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards (Child Poverty) |
| Bare Necessities, Wilmslow | FY2023 | £9k | Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards (Child Poverty) |
| Bolton Toy Library | FY2023 | £9k | Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards (Child Poverty) |
| Swinton Lions Community Sports Foundation | FY2023 | £9k | Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards (Child Poverty) |
| Children Today, Chester | FY2023 | £9k | Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards (Child Poverty) |
| Cancer Research UK | FY2023 | £8k | Mount Kilimanjaro fundraising |
| Reubens Retreat | FY2023 | £8k | Mount Kilimanjaro fundraising |
| East Cheshire Hospice | FY2023 | £8k | Mount Kilimanjaro fundraising |
| Nightingale Hospice House | FY2023 | £8k | Mount Kilimanjaro fundraising |
| The Wishing Well | FY2023 | £6k | Meals and welfare service |
| Age UK Stockport | FY2023 | £6k | Hot meals and resources |
| Friends of the Elderly | FY2023 | £6k | Grant service for essentials |
| Anthony Nolan | FY2023 | £5k | Share of £25,000 donation |
| Chester Zoo | FY2023 | £5k | Share of £25,000 donation |
| Just Drop In Macclesfield | FY2023 | £5k | Share of £25,000 donation |
| St Rocco’s Hospice | FY2023 | £5k | Share of £25,000 donation |
| Barnabus | FY2023 | £5k | Share of £25,000 donation |
| Hollow Heart | FY2023 | £2k | Purchase of heart-shaped pins |
| Bridging the Gap | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| Missing People’s Helpline | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| Theodora Children’s Charity | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| Citywise | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| Children Today Charitable Trust | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| Just Drop In | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| Child Bereavement UK | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| The Countess Charity | FY2023 | £500 | Community support scheme |
| AGE UK Stockport | FY2022 | £199k | Winter Warmth campaign |
| The Booth Centre | FY2022 | £20k | share of £65,000 donation |
| The Toy Appeal | FY2022 | £16k | raise money for toy sacks for underprivileged children |
| Wilmslow Youth | FY2022 | £12k | ongoing donation of £1,000 a month for a year |
| Rekindle | FY2022 | £10k | share of £65,000 donation |
| Little Hearts Matter | FY2022 | £10k | share of £65,000 donation |
| Friends for Leisure | FY2022 | £5k | share of £65,000 donation |
| Norbrook Youth Club | FY2022 | £5k | share of £65,000 donation |
| Emmeline's Pantry | FY2022 | £5k | share of £65,000 donation |
| Millie's Trust | FY2022 | £5k | share of £65,000 donation |
| Wingate Special Children's Trust | FY2022 | £5k | share of £65,000 donation |
| East Cheshire Hospice | FY2022 | £4k | Born Survivor challenge (matched funding) |
| East Cheshire Hospice | FY2022 | £2k | hospice to hospice half marathon |
| East Cheshire Hospice | FY2022 | £578 | Christmas Jumper day and raffle |
| MedEquip4Kids | FY2022 | £500 | community support scheme winner |
| Press Red | FY2022 | £500 | community support scheme winner |
| Bare Necessities Toiletry Bank | FY2022 | £500 | community support scheme winner |
| Friends of the Elderly | FY2022 | — | help 12 older people who were struggling to cope |
| Wishing Well | FY2022 | — | delivery of services to vulnerable elderly people across South Cheshire |