Berkeley Charitable Foundation grants
Berkeley Foundation is a national corporate foundation that distributed around £3.6m to charity partners in 2023/24, with a typical grant of £5,000.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Berkeley Foundation is a corporate foundation supporting charities across England and Wales. In 2023/24 it distributed around £3.6m to its charity partners through grants, staff fundraising and payroll giving donations. Most of its grants run for a minimum of three years, and 25% of all new grants are unrestricted, giving partners flexibility to apply funds where they are most needed. It funds general charitable purposes, health, disability, poverty relief, housing, and education and training.
What they fund
Berkeley Foundation funds general charitable purposes, health, disability, poverty relief, housing, and education and training, distributing around £3.6m to charity partners in 2023/24 through grants, staff fundraising and payroll giving.
Who and where
It supports people with disabilities, children and young people, other charities and voluntary bodies and the general public, funding work throughout England and Wales.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Berkeley Charitable Foundation says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
What they say they're looking for
“In 2023/24 we distributed £3.6m to our charity partners through grants, staff fundraising and payroll giving donations.”
Source: berkeleyfoundation.org.uk — Funding | Berkeley Foundation →
“Most of our grants are for a minimum of three years.”
Source: berkeleyfoundation.org.uk — Funding | Berkeley Foundation →
“25% of all new grants is unrestricted, giving our charity partners the flexibility to apply funds where they are most needed.”
Source: berkeleyfoundation.org.uk — Funding | Berkeley Foundation →
Who they say they'll fund
“Our Resilience Fund offers grants and support to small-to-medium sized charities to invest in their organisational development, building resilience for the future.”
Source: berkeleyfoundation.org.uk — Funding | Berkeley Foundation →
How they say to apply
“The Resilience Fund is currently closed to applications.”
Source: berkeleyfoundation.org.uk — Funding | Berkeley Foundation →
“We are unable to accept unsolicited applications outside of the Resilience Fund.”
Source: berkeleyfoundation.org.uk — Funding | Berkeley Foundation →
What a typical grant looks like
| Typical (median) grant | £5,000 |
|---|---|
| Middle half of grants | £842 – £8,539 |
| Grants published openly | 772 |
| Most recent published grant | 2026 |
Recent grants
- Directory of Social ChangeOne-off grant to DSC, enabling one-year access to the Funds Online database for 24 of our charity partners£5,712January 2026
- Youth ConcernGrant uplift to support increased costs of in-house fundraiser£5,000January 2026
- DemelzaUnrestricted grant provided to partner charities on a quarterly basis to match staff fundraising, volunteering time and donations through payroll giving, in line with the Berkeley Foundation's match funding policy.£11,914December 2025
- St Giles TrustUnrestricted grant provided to partner charities on a quarterly basis to match staff fundraising, volunteering time and donations through payroll giving, in line with the Berkeley Foundation's match funding policy.£11,398December 2025
- Streets of GrowthUnrestricted grant provided to partner charities on a quarterly basis to match staff fundraising, volunteering time and donations through payroll giving, in line with the Berkeley Foundation's match funding policy.£10,968December 2025
- Action for Kids Charitable TrustUnrestricted grant provided to partner charities on a quarterly basis to match staff fundraising, volunteering time and donations through payroll giving, in line with the Berkeley Foundation's match funding policy.£9,035December 2025
From grants Berkeley Charitable Foundation publishes openly via 360Giving (the UK open grants-data standard), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
The advancement of:education; andyoung people in life through the development of their skills, capacity and capability to enable their participation in society;the promotion of urban regeneration in areas of economic and social deprivation by all or any of the following means:the advancement of education, training or…
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
How much does Berkeley Foundation typically give?
Across 772 recorded grants, the typical (median) award is £5,000, with the middle half of grants ranging between £841.75 and £8,538.75. In 2023/24 it distributed around £3.6m in total to its charity partners through grants, staff fundraising and payroll giving donations.
What does Berkeley Foundation fund?
It funds general charitable purposes, health, disability, poverty relief, housing, and education and training.
Who can apply to Berkeley Foundation?
Its Resilience Fund offers grants and support to small-to-medium sized charities to invest in their organisational development, though this fund is currently closed to applications. Berkeley Foundation says it is unable to accept unsolicited applications outside of the Resilience Fund.
Does Berkeley Foundation offer unrestricted funding?
Yes — 25% of all new grants are unrestricted, giving charity partners flexibility to apply funds where they are most needed, and most of its grants are for a minimum of three years.
How do I apply to Berkeley Foundation?
Its Resilience Fund is currently closed to applications, and unsolicited applications outside of this fund are not accepted. Full guidance is on its website, www.berkeleyfoundation.org.uk, and its Charity Commission entry can be checked using charity number 1152596 — always confirm current rules with the funder directly, as these can change.
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Berkeley Charitable Foundation.