Grants we have made

Grants list

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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.

Please note that the Visit Website button under each grant listed is a link to the listed grant-holder's website.

MYTIME Young Carers

Funding for core costs in support of policy and advocacy work

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£105,000
Duration
3 years
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National Biodiversity Network Trust

Towards core costs including the salary of a Senior Software Developer

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£120,000
Duration
3 years
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National Museums Scotland

Towards a review of natural science collections from the Caribbean in Scottish museums and project costs

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£95,956 
Duration
1.4
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New Economics Foundation

Core cost funding to enable people with lived experience to drive systemic policy change

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£100,000
Duration
2 years
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Open Rights Group

Towards core funding supporting campaigning, advocacy, research and litigation work

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£120,000
Duration
3 years
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People’s Economy

Funding to support an 'Action Inquiry’, which looks at how the new economy movement can effectively and equitably build power for economic system change with grassroots groups.

Category
Other
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£15,000
Duration
1 year
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Pitt Rivers Museum

Towards bringing indigenous communities into the planning and delivery of redisplay initiatives

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£90,135
Duration
2.5 years
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Project 17

Towards core costs of policy work addressing the impact of ‘no recourse to public funds’

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£60,000
Duration
3 years
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Redthread

Towards core costs including staffing to advance Redthread’s research and policy initiatives

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
2 years
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