City Philanthropy

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This resource is designed to provide a list of charitable organisations working to benefit the inhabitants of Greater London. The list below features organisations that have received a grant from the City of London Corporation’s charity, City Bridge Trust for a specific project. Each organisation funded by City Bridge Trust goes through a rigorous assessment process, which includes a visit from one of the Trust’s grants officers and a careful examination of its financial position. The final decision regarding each application for funding is made by the City Bridge Trust Committee. This comprises Members of the City of London Corporation, which is the sole trustee of City Bridge Trust. To find out more about the application process, please visit City Bridge Trust.

We hope that this database will provide a way for individual donors or networks, who are inspired to give, to find and connect with charitable organisations working in London. The list can be filtered based on type of organisation, programme area and location. The list will be updated periodically to reflect the latest grants given by City Bridge Trust.

Please note: Organisations listed on this database have not been verified or checked by and are in no way affiliated with City Philanthropy. It is recommended that each donor researches charities thoroughly before making any donation or commitment.

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Organisation	Grant amount	Date awarded	Programme area	Charity Location	London Region Benefited	Organisation type
Hampstead Heath Charitable Trust £3,000,000 over three years (3 x £1,000,000) towards a wide programme of environmental education and biodiversity services within open spaces across London, subject to the approval of the Court of Common Council.	£3,000,000	28/04/11	London's Environment	City	Central London, East London, North London	Environment
Barbican Centre Trust Limited £1,501,600 (£750,800, £750,800) towards the costs of the Creative Learning community arts programme benefitting East Londoners, subject to the approval of the Court of Common Council.	£1,501,600	02/12/10	Exceptional Grants	City	East London, North London, South London, West London	Culture & Recreation
Epping Forest Charitable Trust £388,000 over one year towards Epping Forest and Hampstead Heath’s volunteering programmes which will increase Londoners’ skills, knowledge and understanding of the green environment and biodiversity.	£388,000	13/03/14	Improving London's Environment	City	Central London, East London, North London	Environment
Guildhall School Trust £370,200 towards the disability access elements of the capital development costs of Milton Court.	£370,200	29/11/12	Accessible London	City	East London, North London, South London, West London	Culture & Recreation
Barbican Centre Trust Limited £250,000 towards Creative Learning projects in East London, building on the work supported by City Bridge Trust between 2011-13, conditional on BCT raising the balance of funding from other sources.	£250,000	13/02/13	Exceptional Grants	City	East London, North London, South London, West London	Culture & Recreation
Centrepoint Soho £208,400 over three years (£56,000; £76,000; £76,400) towards the salaries of two Dual Diagnostic Practitioners and related costs.	£208,400	27/11/14	Improving Londoners' Mental Health	Tower Hamlets	East London, North London, South London, West London	Health
Kensington and Chelsea Social Council £198,300 over three years (£66,500; £65,550; £66,250) towards a project increasing the number and the skills base of individuals volunteering as trustees in Kensington & Chelsea.	£198,300	07/09/11	Strengthening the Third Sector	Kensington & Chelsea	Central London	Organisational Support
Trussell Trust £195,000 over three years (3 x £65,000) towards the f/t salaries of a London Network Manager and a London Development Officer.	£195,000	30/10/13	Bridging Communities	Lambeth	East London, North London, South London, West London	Social Services
Kingston Voluntary Action £195,000 over three years (3 x £65,000) towards Superhighways, an ICT project supporting voluntary and community organisations in six boroughs in South London.	£195,000	03/10/13	Strengthening the Third Sector	Kingston	South London	Organisational Support
London Air Ambulance £180,000 over three years (3 x £60,000) for the salary and associated costs of a full time Patient Liaison Nurse.	£180,000	31/10/12	Positive Transitions to Independent Living	Tower Hamlets	East London, North London, South London, West London	Health
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children £180,000 over two years (£90,000; £90,000) towards the salary costs of two of the Protect and Respect case-workers.	£180,000	25/09/14	Making London Safer	Hackney	East London, North London, South London, West London	Social Services
Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service £180,000 over three years (£68,000; £56,000; £56,000) towards the salary of a f/t Development Worker to deliver support and training on finance, monitoring, and impact reporting.	£180,000	27/11/14	Strengthening London's Voluntary Sector	Tower Hamlets	East London	Other
Ealing Mencap A grant of £179,100 over three years (£62,800; £57,500; £58,800) towards a project supporting young people with learning disabilities through the transition to adulthood in the boroughs of Ealing, Harrow and Brent, on condition that a satisfactory monitoring and evaluation framework is provided.	£179,100	30/06/11	Positive Transitions to Independent Living	Ealing	West London	Social Services
London Symphony Orchestra Limited £172,000 over three years (£54,000; £58,000; £60,000) towards the delivery and evaluation of LSO Create: creative music making activity for adults with learning disabilities at LSO St Luke's, the Barbican and in residential/day care centres.	£172,000	10/04/14	Making London More Inclusive	City	East London, North London, South London, West London	Culture & Recreation
Back-Up Trust £165,600 over 3 years (£54,100; £55,200: £56,300) towards salaries, project costs and overheads to support Londoners with a spinal cord injury.	£165,600	25/09/14	Making London More Inclusive	Wandsworth	East London, North London, South London, West London	Social Services
Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) £165,000 over three years (3 x £55,000) for the ‘Valuing Volunteers Project’ with funding to cover the costs of a part-time (0.7 FTE) project manager and support costs.	£165,000	27/11/14	Strengthening London's Voluntary Sector	Islington	East London, North London, South London, West London	Employment & Training
FareShare £165,000 over three years (£60,000; £55,000; £50,000) towards the salary costs of a London Development Manager plus running costs of a project creating satellite distribution centres in London.	£165,000	15/05/14	Reducing Poverty	Lewisham	East London, North London, South London, West London	Social Services
Volunteer Centre Greenwich £162,000 over three years (£55,000; £53,000; £54,000) towards the full time salary and associated running costs of a project increasing the number and the quality of volunteering placements in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.	£162,000	31/10/12	Strengthening the Third Sector	Greenwich	East London	Organisational Support
Inclusion London £161,400 over three years (£54,500; £53,300: £53,600) towards the costs of a p/t (3dpw) Business and Finance Advisor for Deaf and disabled people's organisations in London, together with other project and support costs, subject to confirmation of the renewal of funding from London Councils.	£161,400	31/10/12	Strengthening the Third Sector	Hackney	East London, North London, South London, West London	Organisational Support
Southwark Citizens Advice Bureaux Services £160,600 over 3 years (£52,750; £53,250; £54,600) for the salary of a f/t Advice Worker plus related operational costs.	£160,600	16/07/14	Reducing Poverty	Southwark	Central London, East London, South London	Campaigning, Advocacy & Law
Age UK Merton £158,300 over three years (£51,600; £52,600; £54,100) for the salary of a f/t Health Programme Officer plus related project costs of the Active Life health programme in Merton.	£158,300	25/09/14	Older Londoners	Merton	South London	Health
ClientEarth £157,500 over three years (£51,000; £52,500; £54,000) for an educational programme to promote the improvement of air quality in London, on condition that the grant is not used for political campaigning. Years 2 and 3 are conditional on a satisfactory report for the previous year being provided.	£157,500	17/11/11	London's Environment	Hackney	East London, North London, South London, West London	Environment
Hackney Council for Voluntary Service £157,000 over three years (£52,000; £52,000; £53,000) towards the part-time salary (0.6FTE) of an Organisation Development Officer, plus management and project running costs of a capacity building programme helping frontline organisations improve their monitoring, evaluation and impact reporting, and their financial management skills.	£157,000	25/09/14	Strengthening London's Voluntary Sector	Hackney	East London	Other
HAVCO £156,500 over three years (£51,800; £52,000; £52,700) for the salary of a f/t Volunteer Centre Manager and project costs to improve the quality of volunteering opportunities and management in Havering.	£156,500	25/09/14	Strengthening London's Voluntary Sector	Havering	East London	Other
Advocacy Project £156,000 over three years (£58,000, £52,000, £46,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a programme of work to enable advocacy projects improve the quality of their evaluation systems.	£156,000	18/07/12	Strengthening the Third Sector	Islington	Central London, North London	Campaigning, Advocacy & Law

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