The United Kingdom has over 12,000 grant-making Foundations and Trusts. 1,200 of these are set up to make grants to nonprofits in the United States. Contact us to order the complete list. Contact us to order the complete list.
International Funders uses the following resources to help US nonprofits access the large amount of funding available from grant-makers in the UK:
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.
Funders in the UK support all sizes of nonprofits in the US across a wide range of causes including health, education, community, environment, faith, the arts, sport and more. Examples of previous grants to US nonprofits are listed below. You can also view a larger selection of previous grants.
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Grants to US nonprofits by UK Foundations and Trusts
Activity | Donation Amount | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
Womens Refuge | $90,000 | Elizabeth Gregory Home |
Arts/Culture | $20,000 | Seattle Dance |
Arts/Culture | $100,000 | Worthless Foundation |
Arts/Culture | $150,000 | Chicago Childrens Theatre |
Education/Training | $200,000 | Greenwich Country Day School |
Health | $300,000 | Elsai Foundation |
Education | $4,000,000 | California Science Center |
Welfare | $2,000 | Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
Health | $5,000 | Carole Baldwin Breast Cancer Appeal |
Education | $2,300,000 | Southern Research Institute |
View a larger selection of previous grants. In education, US universities receive around $250 million each year from UK funders.
Here is a sample list of 1,200 UK funders that support US nonprofits:
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
We provide US nonprofits with the full list of the 1,200 grant-makers. The list costs $45 and includes their areas of interest, annual expenditure and contact details. We also include a free guide on how to make successful applications to UK grant-makers. (UK Foundations and Trusts operate in a similar way to grant-makers in the US but there some differences to understand). To buy the list, see below.
Alternatively, we can use our experience to select and highlight funders from the list that are most relevant to your nonprofit. This usually takes us two days and costs $145. This also includes the full list of 1,200 grant-makers. In addition, you will also receive a free one year subscription to receive details of all new funders relevant to your nonprofit. You will receive your documents (PDF and Excel file) by email. After placing your order please send us details of your nonprofit and the project you are fundraising for.
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Our business is helping US nonprofits approach and make successful applications to UK and European grant-makers. If you would like to learn how we can help your organisation, get in touch.
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A selection of nonprofits supported by UK donors. View more.
