Forte Charitable Foundation Grants

Grants are available from the Forte Charitable Foundation for small and medium sized local charities and not-for-profit organisations with a track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural areas.

You can make applications at any time of the year. There are no deadlines. Small Grants will usually receive a final decision within 8 weeks of the receipt of your application.  Major Grants will be decided at the Grants Committee meetings which take place in January, April, July and October. If you are applying for a Major Grant, please allow 12-15 weeks for the entire two-stage process.

Small Grants

Single year grants between £2,000 and £10,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs

• Your organisation’s postcode falls within the following on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation:
  • if you are located in an urban area, you must be in the bottom 15% most deprived areas
  • if you are located in a rural area, you must be in the bottom 50% most deprived areas
• Your project has a focus on community support
• Your annual income does not exceed £250,000
• You can secure 50% of the total project costs
• You can supply your most recent annual accounts
• You can start spending our grant within 1-2 months of receipt
• You are embedded in your local community

You can apply for a maximum of 50% of the total cost of the project/salary/core running costs or any one salary.

Major Grants

• Single year grants between £10,000 and £50,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs or
• Multi-year grants for a maximum of 3 years, not to exceed £100,000 in total over this period, for core costs, salaries, running or project costs. ‍

No more than £50k can be applied for in any given year.

Organisations should have a focus on Family Support, this may further include:

• Early intervention
• Families coping with addiction
• Prisoners' families

Forte Charitable Foundation fund voluntary sector organisations with a turnover up to £500,000.

Your organisation’s postcode, or the project area, must be ranked within the most deprived 15% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for urban areas or within the most deprived 50% for rural areas.