The U.K. has over 12,000 grant-making Trusts and Foundations. 1,700 of these donate to nonprofits, NGOs and charities in Ireland working in health, education, community, environment, the arts, sport and more.
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We help organisations access the large amount of funding available from grant-makers in the UK. We also help organisations find funders from the 180,000 Foundations across Germany, Switzerland and other European countiries. Contact us to receive our free guide on how to make successful applications to U.K. and European grant-makers.
Using the resources below, we can provide your organisation with a list of funders with an interest in Ireland which will include the funder’s areas of interest, annual expenditure, grant sizes and contact details.
Grant Finder: The leading funding database in the UK covering national, and international sources of funding.
Funds Online: Database with over 10,000 funders with the potential to give away billions of pounds overall to organisations.
Factary Phi Donations Database: The UK’s only comprehensive, searchable database of donations and donors to the non-profit sector.
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Below are some of the UK funders that support nonprofits in Ireland:
The Harold Joels Charitable Trust
The Mylne Trust
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
John Laing Charitable Trust
J Davies Charities Limited
M And R Gross Charities Limited
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
The John Ireland Charitable Trust
Mayfair Charities Limited
The Eranda Rothschild Foundation
T F C Frost Charitable Trust
Alliance Family Foundation Limited
Sylvanus Charitable Trust
Porter Foundation
Tearfund
Nam Charitable Trust
Gerald Leigh Charitable Trust
The Charities Aid Foundation
The River Trust
The Exilarch’s Foundation
News & updates
March 2026
The Access Europe initiative, launched in January 2026, has significantly boosted the capacity of Irish charities to secure international funding from the European Union. By providing a centralized platform for EU grant calls, the initiative facilitates Irish NGO participation in programs like Horizon Europe and PEACEPLUS. The latter, an international funding program involving the UK, Ireland, and the EU, remains active in early 2026, awarding grants for cross-border reconciliation and social inclusion. Furthermore, US-based foundations like the MacArthur Foundation continue to highlight the impact of their grants to Irish academic and non-profit labs focused on global AI accountability.