Grants Available
Please see below a list of grants currently open for applications. Have a read through the requirements for each to find the fund that is the most suitable for your project idea.
If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact the grants team.
Family Food Aid Fund
Food charities and other community organisations can apply for funding to support access to food, specifically supporting families with children and young people.
Randal Charitable Foundation Fund
The Randal Charitable Foundation was founded by Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL and Moni Kotecha with a clear unwavering vision, which is to save, and significantly improve, the lives of 1 million people, in the UK and around the world.
The Randal Charitable Foundation is partnering with Northamptonshire Community Foundation to award small grants to grass-roots organisations for projects based in Northamptonshire.
African & Caribbean Elders Service Legacy Fund
African & Caribbean Elders Service (ACES) was established in 1992 to provide the preventative components of support services to its users and carers, which included good quality day care for older people, with a focus on those from the Black and Global Majority communities living in and around Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation are now supporting the legacy of the charity through the establishment of this funding programme, which will focus on awarding grant funding to Black and Global Majority-led organisations supporting older people in their communities.
Cecil Pettit Legacy Fund
Cecil Pettit was one of the founding members of Ability Northants, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of people living with disabilities.
Following his passing in 2000, a legacy fund was established to carry on Cecil Pettit's good work. This fund is managed and facilitated by Northamptonshire Community Foundation, with the aim to fund projects supporting people living with disabilities.
Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Community Foundation is delighted to launch the Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire to help build a sustainable and safe future for Northamptonshire communities.
The Northamptonshire Queen's Institute Relief Fund
The Northamptonshire Queens Institute Fund will offer one-off grants up to £5000 for projects based in Northamptonshire that are all about improving health and wellbeing.
Margaret Giffen Community Fund
The Margaret Giffen Community Fund supports projects up to £3000 tackling disadvantage and poverty across Corby, Kettering and North Northamptonshire.
The Towcester Park Community Fund
IM Properties, in partnership with Northamptonshire Community Foundation, have established the Towcester Park Community Fund. This fund aims to support projects in Towcester, Tiffield, Greens Norton and Easton Neston that will strengthen communities, enhance the natural environment and promote positive change.
Warm this Winter Fund
The Warm this Winter Fund will offer individual grants of up to £3,000 for Northamptonshire-based projects that focus on protecting and helping older people who are vulnerable during the winter months.
Yelvertoft Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
The Yelvertoft Wind farm Community Benefit Fund has been established to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Clay Coton, Crick, Lilbourne or Yelvertoft.
Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
The Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has been established on behalf of Cubico Sustainable Investments to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Winwick, Cold Ashby, West Haddon and Guilsborough.
Burton Wold Community Wind Farm Fund
The Burton Wold Community Wind Farm Fund has been established on behalf of Laing Construction to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Burton Latimer and Cranford around the wind farm site.
John Chard-Young Legacy Fund
The John Chard-Young Legacy Fund is a bursary scheme providing Adrenaline Alley sporting, Active In Motion (A.I.M) Health & Wellness Centre and counselling sessions to help improve the overall wellbeing of those in need. John Chard-Young was the co-founder and inspiration behind Adrenaline Alley, one of Europe’s largest indoor BMX and Skateboard Parks and safe space for those interested in urban sports.
Harry's Fund
Harry’s Fund is a bursary scheme to make individual awards to young people with neurodiverse conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or ADHD to support their education and/or health and wellbeing.
Market Harborough Building Society Community Fund
Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) Community Fund is offering grants of up to £5,000 for VCSE organisations running projects that address Poverty and Disadvantage in areas of Leicestershire and also Kettering, Corby, Rothwell, and Desborough.
Northamptonshire Federation of Disability Sport (NFDS) Fund
The Northamptonshire Federation of Disability Sport Fund is a bursary scheme designed to support the county’s sports clubs, groups and non-profit organisations.
The fund will offer grants of up to £1,000 for sport activities catering for any disability, sensory impairment and/or mental health problem.