THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£1.5m
Grants listed (FY2025)
13
Listed grants total
£324k
Accounts grants total
£314k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.theguardianfoundation.org on 14/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
  • Scotland (2 grantees)
  • City Of Wakefield (1 grantee)
  • Kirklees (1 grantee)
  • Bradford City (1 grantee)
  • Throughout England (1 grantee)
  • Leeds City (1 grantee)
  • Calderdale (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newDataninja—£0
newRegio Children—£0
upCafeyn£38k£162k
downDMRA£202k£64k
upHomegrown in Tottenham£2k£22k
upManchester Metropolitan£6k£11k
upBirmingham University£5k£9k
upLEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY£4k£8k
downTHE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST£14k£3k
not listedCHURCH ACTION ON POVERTY LIMITED£314k—
not listedUnlimited Potential£0—
not listedScreen Education Edinburgh£0—
not listedCYMRU Creations£0—
not listedNorthern Film£0—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
CafeynFY2025£162kVoice & Agency
DMRAFY2025£64kMedia Viability
Homegrown in TottenhamFY2025£22kVoice & Agency
Goldsmiths CollegeFY2025£13kVoice & Agency
University of SheffieldFY2025£12kVoice & Agency
City University of LondonFY2025£11kVoice & Agency
Manchester MetropolitanFY2025£11kVoice & Agency
PSHE AssociationFY2025£10kNews & Media literacy
Birmingham UniversityFY2025£9kVoice & Agency
Leeds Trinity UniversityFY2025£8kVoice & Agency
National Literacy TrustFY2025£3kNews & Media literacy
DataninjaFY2025£0News & Media literacy
Regio ChildrenFY2025£0News & Media literacy
Church Action on PovertyFY2024£314kVoice & Agency
DMRAFY2024£202kMedia Viability
CafeynFY2024£38kVoice & Agency
National Literacy TrustFY2024£14kNews & Media literacy
City University of LondonFY2024£12kVoice & Agency
University of SheffieldFY2024£12kVoice & Agency
Goldsmiths CollegeFY2024£11kVoice & Agency
PSHE AssociationFY2024£8kNews & Media literacy
Manchester MetropolitanFY2024£6kVoice & Agency
Birmingham UniversityFY2024£5kVoice & Agency
Leeds Trinity UniversityFY2024£4kVoice & Agency
Homegrown in TottenhamFY2024£2kVoice & Agency
Unlimited PotentialFY2024£0Voice & Agency
Screen Education EdinburghFY2024£0Voice & Agency
CYMRU CreationsFY2024£0Voice & Agency
Northern FilmFY2024£0Voice & Agency
City University of LondonFY2023£169kEducation — postgraduate scholarships
DMRAFY2023£169kFunding — Turkish journalism initiative
Goldsmiths CollegeFY2023£33kEducation — postgraduate scholarships
National Literacy TrustFY2023£33kEducations — News literacy project
PSHE AssociationFY2023£4kEducations — News literacy project
Unlimited PotentialFY2023£2kFunding — underrepresented voices initiative
CYMRU CreationsFY2023£2kFunding — underrepresented voices initiative
Screen Education EdinburghFY2023£2kFunding — underrepresented voices initiative
Northern FilmFY2023£2kFunding — underrepresented voices initiative
Church Action on PovertyFY2023£1kFunding — underrepresented voices initiative
European Press PrizeFY2023£0Partnership = journalist recognition awards
University of SheffieldFY2023£0Education — postgraduate scholarships
Four CornersFY2023£0Partnership = journalist recognition awards
DoncopolitanFY2023£0Partnership = journalist recognition awards
Four Corners (x2)FY2022£352kNews Literacy and Education
DMRA (x5)FY2022£260kInternational programmes
Great Northern Film and MediaFY2022£13kNews Literacy and Education
International Media SupportFY2022£11kInternational programmes
University of SheffieldFY2022£11kThe Scott Trust Bursary scheme
Goldsmiths CollegeFY2022£11kThe Scott Trust Bursary scheme
City University of LondonFY2022£11kThe Scott Trust Bursary scheme
European Press PrizeFY2022£9kNews Literacy and Education
National Literacy TrustFY2022£7kNews Literacy and Education
CYMRU CreationsFY2022£6kNews Literacy and Education
PSHE AssociationFY2022£5kNews Literacy and Education
Doncopolitan (x3)FY2022£4kNews Literacy and Education
Unlimited PotentialFY2022£3kNews Literacy and Education
Swedish ConsulateFY2022£1kInternational programmes
Screen Education EdinburghFY2022£0News Literacy and Education
Church Action on PovertyFY2022£0News Literacy and Education

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 324206 vs reference 314079 (3.2% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.