Who We Are

Forte Charitable Foundation is an independent foundation which makes grants of around £2.5 million a year to charitable organisations based in, or working in, areas of extreme deprivation in the UK.

Who And What We Fund

• Charitable organisations including social enterprises, not-for-profit registered companies (not CICs) and voluntary organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

• Small to medium sized local organisations with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts Organisations We Do Not Fund

• Revenue costs including core costs, salaries, running and project costs

Organisations we do not fund:

•Organisations whose postcode is not within the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) limits set out on page 2

• For Small Grants: organisations with an annual income over £250k

• Community Interest Companies (CICs)

• Newly established organisations with no previous annual accounts

• Charities or NGOs registered outside the UK

• Individuals, whether direct or through a third party

• Statutory services including state schools, local or national authorities, prisons, NHS hospitals or services

• Universities, further education colleges and independent schools

• Hospices

• Grant-making or umbrella organisations

• Organisations that have applied to us unsuccessfully within the previous 12 months

• Organisations which have made their annual returns to the Charity Commission or Companies House late within the past three years

• Organisations which have not reviewed their safeguarding policy and/or held formal safeguarding training/refresher sessions within the past 12 months

• Organisations holding more than 12 months operating costs in reserves.

Types of Projects We Do Not Fund

• Capital projects

• Projects outside the UK

• Animal welfare

• Environment & conservation

• Medical research

• Feasibility studies

• One-off events (except under the Small Grants programme)

• PR and awareness raising; fundraising salaries, events, initiatives or websites

• Non-secular activities

• Projects primarily concerned with the production of films, podcasts or other media

• For Small Grants: Urban projects not delivered in the same city/ town (or borough for London) in which the applying organisation is based