Open Grants Fund

A short on-line form starting with some questions with Yes/No answers to check your charity is eligible, then collects contact details and then asks five questions: 1.  What does your charity do and who does it support? 2. Why are you well placed to meet the needs of the people you want to help? 3. What difference are you making? 4. What do you want to do at the moment but can’t?  5. Is your charity Black-led? By this we mean charities that are primarily led by Trustees and staff identifying as Black, African, Caribbean, Black British or Any Other Black, African or Caribbean background (more than half of Trustees and and more than half of staff). You can still apply if your charity is not Black-led. We don't ask you to request a size of grant. We talk to charities about this at the next stage.

Here's a sample Stage 1Tell Us About You form. Please don't use this sample form to apply now - use the link to the online form here.

If there's anything you don't understand, please contact us.

We review the Stage 1Tell Us About You forms and then ask a small number of applicants to fill in an on-line Stage 2 application form.  This Stage 2 form has two main questions 1. How do you know you're making a difference? 2. Please share a couple of case studies that show the difference your work is making. The rest of the form helps us understand your operations and governance by asking who leads your charity and whether or not you have up-to-date Safeguarding and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies (Yes/No/Not Applicable answers). We also ask you attach the policies and a finance report that sets out your latest income and expenditure and has been checked against your bank statements.  We've also left room for you to add anything else you want to tell us. 

Here's a sample Stage 2 form. Please don't use this sample form as we'll send you a link to the online application form if you're invited to Stage 2. Thank you.