Cripplegate Foundation grants
Cripplegate Foundation funds organisations improving lives in its London area of benefit, with grants across its programmes currently ranging from £1,750 to £300,000.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Cripplegate Foundation only funds organisations working to improve the lives of people living in its area of benefit. The Charity Commission register records that area as the City of London and Islington. Across its programmes, awarded grants currently range from £1,750 to £300,000, and it will fund core costs. It aims to offer multi-year funding to successful applicants, typically for 2 or 3 years. When this page was compiled its Main Grants programme was listed as closed for applicants, with a next deadline of Monday 21 September 2026. Confirm that date before you rely on it. It runs other programmes alongside Main Grants. Its Disability Fund offers up to £3,000 to organisations that have received funding from Islington Giving, Cripplegate Foundation or Islington Council's Community Chest in the last 18 months. Its Catalyst Programme awards up to £500 to people on low incomes. If your organisation's income is below £100,000 you may be eligible to apply to Islington Council's Community Chest instead.
What they fund
These are the purposes recorded for Cripplegate Foundation on the Charity Commission register, alongside its stated objects for the inhabitants of its area of benefit.
Who and where
The register records that it works in London. Its own website says it only funds organisations working to improve the lives of people living in its area of benefit, so check that area on its site before you apply.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Cripplegate 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
“Yes. Cripplegate Foundation will fund core costs of organisations.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Funding FAQs – Cripplegate Foundation →
“We aim to offer multi-year funding to successful applicants, typically for 2 or 3 years”
Source: cripplegate.org — Grants Data (360Giving) – Cripplegate Foundation →
Who they say they'll fund
“Cripplegate Foundation only funds organisations working to improve the lives of people living in our area of benefit.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Funding FAQs – Cripplegate Foundation →
Grant sizes they mention
“There are two application rounds each year, and funding of up to £5,000 a year is available to local groups.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Grants & Programmes – Cripplegate Foundation →
“Across our programmes, awarded grants currently range from £1,750 – £300,000.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Funding FAQs – Cripplegate Foundation →
“Our Disability Fund offers up to £3,000 to organisations who have received funding from Islington Giving, Cripplegate Foundation or Islington Council's Community Chest in the last 18 months.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Grants & Programmes – Cripplegate Foundation →
“The Catalyst Programme awards up to £500 to people on low incomes to pay for opportunities that make a difference.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Grants & Programmes – Cripplegate Foundation →
Income limits they mention
“If your organisation's income is below £100,000 you may be eligible to apply to Islington Council's Community Chest (ICCC) programme”
Source: cripplegate.org — Funding FAQs – Cripplegate Foundation →
Deadlines they mention
“The next deadline is Monday 21 September 2026.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Grants & Programmes – Cripplegate Foundation →
How they say to apply
“For Community Chest, applications are reviewed after the deadline, with decisions made around eight weeks later.”
Source: cripplegate.org — Funding FAQs – Cripplegate Foundation →
“Main Grants (closed for applicants)”
Source: cripplegate.org — Grants & Programmes – Cripplegate Foundation →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
To provide or assist in providing for persons resident or employed in the area of benefit facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life for those persons.2) the relief of persons resident in the area of benefit and, in…
How to approach them
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Common questions
How much does Cripplegate Foundation give?
Across its programmes, awarded grants currently range from £1,750 to £300,000. Individual programmes set their own limits. Its Disability Fund offers up to £3,000, one programme has two application rounds each year with funding of up to £5,000 a year available to local groups, and its Catalyst Programme awards up to £500 to people on low incomes. We do not have a typical (median) award figure for this funder. Its most recent Charity Commission return records £1,906,633 in grants to organisations.
What does Cripplegate Foundation fund?
Its objects cover facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare, for people resident or employed in its area of benefit. They also cover the relief of people in need, hardship or distress, and other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of that area. It will fund core costs of organisations, and aims to offer multi-year funding to successful applicants, typically for 2 or 3 years.
Who can apply?
It only funds organisations working to improve the lives of people living in its area of benefit. The Charity Commission register records that area as the City of London and Islington, and its own pages refer to Islington Giving and Islington Council's Community Chest. Check the exact area on its website if you are near the edge. If your organisation's income is below £100,000 you may be eligible to apply to Islington Council's Community Chest programme instead.
How do I apply?
This depends on the programme. When this page was compiled, its grants page listed Main Grants as closed for applicants and gave a next deadline of Monday 21 September 2026; confirm that before you rely on it. For Community Chest, applications are reviewed after the deadline, with decisions made around eight weeks later. Check the funder's own website (www.cripplegate.org) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 207499) for current deadlines and guidance, as processes 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 Cripplegate Foundation.