Ea Foundation grants
EA Foundation is a national and overseas grant-maker that has given around £1.5m to organisations, with a typical grant of £35,000, for community-driven initiatives overseas.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
EA Foundation is a UK-registered charity funding community-driven initiatives that improve the lives of disadvantaged communities, with its work now focused primarily on low- to middle-income countries. It supports the prevention or relief of poverty, education and training, environmental conservation, and overseas aid and famine relief, funding organisations working in countries including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. In a recent year it gave around £1.5m to organisations, with a typical (median) grant of £35,000. Applications are currently by invitation only.
What they fund
EA Foundation funds the prevention or relief of poverty, education and training, environmental conservation, and overseas aid and famine relief, focusing on community-driven initiatives in disadvantaged low- to middle-income countries.
Who and where
It supports children and young people, other charities and voluntary bodies, and the general public, funding work in countries including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Ea 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
“The EA Foundation has been set up to support community-driven initiatives which work to improve the lives of disadvantaged communities in low to middle-income countries”
Source: ea-foundation.org.uk — Home →
Who they say they'll fund
“we will now focus our work primarily in low to middle-income countries, in areas which clearly demonstrate the most significant disparities and marginalisation of communities at risk”
Source: ea-foundation.org.uk — Funding →
How they say to apply
“due to limited resources, our application process is now by invitation only”
Source: ea-foundation.org.uk — Funding →
What a typical grant looks like
| Typical (median) grant | £35,000 |
|---|---|
| Middle half of grants | £20,000 – £49,994 |
| Grants published openly | 82 |
| Most recent published grant | 2024 |
Recent grants
- EduSpotsMonitoring, Evaluation and Learning grant: Additional funding provided as part of EA Foundation's extra support to funded partners£3,000December 2024
- Guardians Worldwide (Environmental Sustainability)Working in partnership with Associação da Aldeia Fulkaxo da Etnia Kariri-Xoco (AAFEKX) and Prata & Lacerda Advogadas, and the Fulkaxo indigenous people of Northeastern Brazil, the project combines environmental and social indicators for reforestation, biodiversity gain and climate solutions, in particular addressing water scarcity in the forest£50,000November 2024
- Global Girl ProjectFollow-on funding: A unique hybrid partnership model delivering leadership education to over 700 girls (13 - 21 years) living in some of the most marginalised communities in the Majority World (Global South)£50,000November 2024
- Humanity & Inclusion (Environmental Sustainability)A sustainable demining and reforestation project in Colombia, to protect and restore land by detecting and clearing landmines, then returning this land to the communities in a way than benefits both people and the planet£45,020November 2024
- CoalitionWILD (Environmental Sustainability)Enabling CoalitionWILD to deliver their core programmes, notably the Eco-Lab Program strengthening youth-led projects by providing grants, networks, and amplifying their advocacy and the EXCELerator Program, providing intensive leadership skills training£40,000November 2024
- World Land Trust (Environmental Sustainability)Working with partner, FUNDAECO to secure 7 properties at two locations within the Cerro San Gil Protected Area in Caribbean Guatemala. Our funding is to purchase 2 locations as wider aim to safeguard over 3 kilometres of undeveloped forested shoreline. To be included in FUNDAECO’s REDD+ Project£26,697November 2024
From grants Ea 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):
1 the objects of the charity (objects) are: 1 the prevention or relief of poverty by reason of financial hardship or other disadvantage including (but without limitation) by making grants of money for the relief of individuals in need;3. 2 the advancement of such other objects or purposes which are exclusively…
How to approach them
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Common questions
How much does EA Foundation typically give?
Based on 82 recorded grants, EA Foundation's typical (median) award is £35,000, with the middle half of its grants ranging from around £20,000 to £50,000. Its most recent recorded grants date from 2024.
What does EA Foundation fund?
EA Foundation funds the prevention or relief of poverty, education and training, environmental conservation, and overseas aid and famine relief. It says it now focuses primarily on community-driven initiatives that improve the lives of disadvantaged communities in low- to middle-income countries.
Who can apply to EA Foundation?
EA Foundation states that, due to limited resources, its application process is now by invitation only and unsolicited applications are not accepted.
How do I apply to EA Foundation?
As applications are by invitation only, organisations cannot apply directly. More information is available on its website, ea-foundation.org.uk, and on the Charity Commission register under charity number 1194169.
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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 Ea Foundation.