Discover What We Do
We understand that giving money well – to ensure that every penny makes the best possible impact to our local communities – is hard work.
Find out more about our impact
Giving With Confidence
We are committed to making open and trusting grant-making; ensuring easy applications in a single initial form, regardless of where funding may be from.
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Finding Support Made Easy
Impactful Volunteering
We match volunteers with business skills to grassroots charities and community organisations in need of help with short-term skills projects via our Funder Plus scheme.
Volunteer In Surrey
Working with the Community Foundation for Surrey
No matter the financial or time commitment you are considering, we can work together with you to find a solution that will satisfy your philanthropic requirements.
There are a range of ways to work with us – setting up your own individual, family or in-memoriam fund, or joining in with other donors to support a pooled fund supporting a particular area or theme.
We also offer corporate funds for those wishing to give through their business.
For each of our funds, our team work tirelessly to find those in greatest need in our county, identify the best organisations providing the most help to our communities, check that they’re excellently run in financial and governance terms, and provide shortlists to our donors that match their funding aims.
Our grants process
We support local charities, community and voluntary groups in Surrey whose work benefits our communities. We welcome applications from both new and established groups and also have 5 Funds that award grants to support individuals.
The grant funding we award is made possible by local Donors, spread across 85+ Funds. When considering your application, we will match it with the criteria our various Funds have set across the county.
Grants for groups
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Tell us what you want to do and how much you would like to apply for. Our Grants Team will review your EOI against our Fund’s criteria and will advise you if we can invite you to make an application. We will send you the full application form at least a month before the deadline.
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After reviewing your EOI our Grants Team will contact you. If we are able to invite you to apply we will send you a link to the online application form and give you a deadline for your application. Complete the online application form and attach your supporting documents.
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Once we have received your full online application and supporting documents we will process your application. Our Grants Team will complete due diligence checks and review the content of the application. Applications will then be shared with our Donors who will make the final decision. Your application may be considered by several of our Donor Fund. We will notify you of the funding outcome by the date provided for the round, typically within 3 months of the full application being submitted.
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If you receive a grant we will ask you to send us an End of Grant report. This report not only shows that you completed your project but helps us tell the world how you are improving our community.
“No one is as effective at linking donors with charitable organisations and ensuring that our support is used to the best effect”
— Nigel & Alison, Dancer Fund
