The U.K. has over 12,000 grant-making Trusts and Foundations. 1,500 of these donate to nonprofits, NGOs and charities in South Africa working in health, education, community, environment, the arts, sport and more. Contact us to order the complete list.
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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 South Africa 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 South Africa:
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 Aidsfonds EmpowHER Fund, a Netherlands-based international grantmaker, closed a major funding round in December 2025 targeting South African community-led NGOs. The €4 million fund supports women-led leadership and HIV prevention methods. Entering 2026, the MPS Foundation (UK) also invited South African healthcare organizations to apply for its global research grants, offering up to R4.3 million for projects improving patient safety. Additionally, the British Council continued its support for South African female entrepreneurs through the SWEEP programme, providing international grants and mentorship to overcome systemic barriers to economic empowerment in the higher education sector.