The majority of our grant-making is to groups, in particular small community and voluntary groups that are charitable in purpose and are working for the benefit of people in Kent and Medway.
Core support funding
Kent Community Foundation recognises that frontline organisations invest a great deal of resource into applying for funding, and sometimes find it challenging to secure funding for their core work and overheads. To acknowledge this, we have been supporting groups with unrestricted funding since 2018. In 2021, we awarded thirteen charitable organisations funding towards their core costs through our 20th Anniversary Fund - Core Support. The thirteen groups whose applications were successful each received £12,000 this year, which will be followed by a second grant of £9,600 in April 2022 and a third of £6,000 in April 2023, towards their core costs, including utilities, rent, and staffing costs.
Funding Application Journey
We have created a series of three videos (Apply for Funding, Assessing you Application and Decision Time) to help you through the application process when you apply to Kent Community Foundation for funding for your charity, community group or project. Watch the videos below or download the information here.