Sources of Funding
Below you will find our sources of funding.
Organisation | Amounts available | Description | Target countries | Sectors | Eligibility |
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Scottish Government International Development Small Grants Programme | 60000 GBP | To build capacity and upscale small international development organisations | Malawi; Rwanda; and Zambia | Multiple | Must have a presence in Scotland, must be established as not for profit organisation. |
Scottish Government International Development Small Grants Programme | 10000 GBP | Capacity Building and Feasibility Study grants | Global | Opportunities for small organisations | Must have a presence in Scotland, must be established as not for profit organisation. |
Lord Provost of Glasgow | Small grants | Focuses on health and education, health facilities and IT equipment for schools | Malawi | health, education, water and sanitation | Projects which focus on health, education, water and sanitation. |
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow | 1000 – 10,000 GBP | To improve healthcare for those in challenging circumstances, globally. | UK and global | Health | Nominated/sponsored by a Fellow or Member. |
UK Aid | 50000 GBP | Open to small UK-registered charities and not-for-profit organisations. | All DFID priority countries | Multiple | Non-governmental organisations (NGOs). |
Commwealth Scolarships Commission | varies | The main UK government scholarship scheme sponsored by DFID | All Commonwealth countries | Sustainable Development | |
British Medical Association | varies | Grants to cover travel and accommodation for individuals and multidisciplinary teams. | Low income countries | Health | BMA members and non-members are welcome. |
Burdett Trust for Nursing | varies | Supports nurse-led projects to inmprove the patient care environment. | UK and global | Midwifery | Supports nurse led projects. |
Comic Relief | varies | Adopting new tools to achieve the greatest impact around our funding. | Multiple – UK, SE Asia and Africa | Children, Mental Health, Gender Justice | Medium sized organisations (£250,000 – £10m annual turnover) . |
UNICEF Innovation Fund | varies | Funds for early stage, open-source technology that benefits children. | UNICEF countries | Technology which will improve childrens lives | Companies that improve childrens live. |
The Laerdal Foundation | 30,000 USD | Research and development in acute medicine and newborn in low-resource settings. | Low income countries | Newborn resuscitation, prehospital care. | Costs directly related to the project. |
Sheffmed | ENT services | Malawi | Health | Equipment and training for ENT in Malawi. | |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 100,000-300,000 USD | Grants that help us learn from global ideas that can help health in the U.S. | USA and global | Health | Generally focuses non profits and public agencies. |
The Gloag Foundation | varies | To relieve poverty and encourage the advancement of education. | Africa | Health | Applications are by invitation only. |
The Tolkien Trust | varies | Charities who have been approached by The Tolkien Trust. | The Trust does not publish any guidelines | Disaster relief, overseas aid and development. | |
The Wood Foundation | varies | Making Markets Work for the Poor in Africa; Developing Young People in Scotland | Scotland, Tanzania, Rwanda | Economic development | Smallholder tea farming in Tanzania and Rwanda. |
Funding databases. | |||||
Scottish International Development Alliance | varies | Members of SIDA are able to access the funding database of Trustfunding.org.uk | |||
Trust Funding | varies | Offers in-depth information on 4,500 grant-making charities | Global | Varies, subscription required to access the database. | Varies |
BOND funding guide | Varies | A list of the largest open grant-funding options. | Global | Varies | UK-based NGOs |
BOND funding opportunities | Varies | Gives deadlines for upcoming calls, includes research funding opportunities | Global | Varies | Project and research |
UKaid funding | Varies | A searchable database of funding opportunities | Global | Varies | Project funding |