Applicants should demonstrate a sound management plan, evidence local support and fundraising and show a clear benefit to their community.

Projects should show innovation and fit within five themes:

• Health and Wellbeing – to support healthy living as well as good nutrition, including Scots culinary traditions;
• Arts and Heritage – to promote and support arts and heritage to widen opportunity, access and participation for all;
• Conservation and the Environment – promoting the conservation and preservation of our natural environment;
• Education – supporting initiatives which broaden horizons, promote responsibility and increase access or opportunity for young people; and
• Sport – to support amateur sporting activity, in particular those which encourage youth development.

Fund award sizes

Minimum:

£100

Maximum:

£25,000

Average:

£5,348

Annually awarded:

£213,936

Notes on award amounts:

Annual total and average from 2023 accounts. The majority of grants range from £1,000 to £10,000.

Who can apply

Registered charities or constituted groups in Moray, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, the Highlands, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Orkney and Shetland.

When to apply

The trustees of the Gordon and Ena Baxter Foundation hold four funding rounds per year.

There are four funding rounds a year and the submission deadlines for 2026 are January 30, April 24, July 31 and October 30.

Next deadline: 24 Apr 2026

How to apply

An eligibility quiz is available on the Foundation’s website.

Exclusions

They do not consider funding running costs or salary / freelance fees and are generally unable to consider training costs, including volunteer training.