On this page, is the continued list of all the individual funds from which we make our grants at Sussex Community Foundation.
Fund name | Fund summary | Areas supported | Application process | Application deadlines |
Laing Fund | Supports organisations providing services for children & young people, with a focus on disadvantaged boys and older people. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
Lawson Fund | Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations adressing disadvantage and health issues and providing services for older people; children & young people; people with disabilities. Also for projects promoting arts & culture. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | All rounds |
Lewes & district Flood & Disaster Relief Fund | Supports small charities and community groups addressing disadvantage. | Lewes | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
Lewes Fund | Supports small local charities and community groups addressing disadvantage. Grants of up to £2,000. | Lewes Town and surrounding villages | General round application form | Autumn round (September deadline) |
Leyden House Fund | Supports small community groups and charities providing services for people with a disability. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund | Supports charities and community groups undertaking environmental, educational, community and charitable activities. | East Sussex – 10km radius around Little Cheyne Court Windfarm | Specific guidance and application form. | Summer/Autumn round (May/ September deadline) |
Frank and Lorna’s Fund | Supports smaller charities addressing homelessness, domestic abuse, drug & alcohol misuse, and supporting disadvantaged children & young people to reach their potential. | Bognor, Littlehampton and Chichester | General round application form | All rounds |
Lynn Foundation Fund | Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations working in the following areas: health, wellbeing and safely; arts, culture and heritage; skills, education and work; community cohesion and social capacity; isolation, disadvantage and access to local services; environment and public spaces. |
Sussex-wide with particular interest in Arun and Worthing districts, Selsey & Bognor |
General round application form | All rounds |
Margaret Greenhough Fund | Supports not-for-profit organisations promoting music. | Brighton & Hove | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
Marit & Hans Rausing Fund | Supports charities and groups addressing the root causes of disadvantage. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | All rounds |
Meads Fund | Supports charities and community groups that actively promote the inclusion of all members of the community. Grants of up to £20,000 over three years. | Eastbourne | Specific guidance and application form. | Summer round (May deadline) |
Millicent Mather Fund | Supports small charities and community groups, with a focus on those involved in education and the arts. | West Sussex | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
Munday Family Fund | Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations addressing disadvantage providing services for children & young people; people who are homelessness; and people with dementia. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
Newhaven EZ Community Fund | Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations, with a focus on encouraging a sense of place and building the thriving community; innovation in community participation, addressing inequality, raising aspirations and developing opportunities for active engagement. | Newhaven | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
Nick & Gill Wills Fund | Supports charities and community groups providing services for women who are vulnerable or at risk of abuse, exploitation or violence and promoting equality and women’s rights. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Summer round (May deadline) |
Nino Fund | Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations focusing on benefitting the environment and promoting environmental sustainability; reducing waste and energy use; promoting healthy living and the outdoors and nature conservation. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | All rounds |
Now! Charity Sustainable Communities Fund |
Supports smaller charities and not-for-profit organisations working to reduce waste and environmental impact through adopting measures that repurpose, recycle and repair products and materials. |
East Sussex and Brighton & Hove | General round applications form | Summer round (May deadline) |
Open Door Fund | Supports charities providing services for people who are homeless and vulnerably housed and on low budgets, in financial hardship or in debt, or who have difficulty managing their finances. A preference for preventative work, projects using creative approaches and educating financial literacy. | West Sussex | Specific guidance and application form. | Autumn/Spring round (September/ January deadline) |
Price Family Fund | Supports charities and community groups, providing services for children & young people. | Mid Sussex, Crawley and Horsham | General round application form | All rounds |
Purple Fund | Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations addressing social isolation among older people and people with mental health problems. A preference for creative projects and those using contact with cats or other animals to address disadvantage. | West Sussex, with a preference for Arun district | General round application form | All rounds |
Rampion Fund | Supports organisations that benefit the broad community, in particular those focussing on benefitting the environment and ecology, climate change and energy. Grants of up to £10,000. | From Littlehampton Harbour in the west, to Beachy Head in the east and up to the A272 near Twineham in the north | Specific guidance and application form. | Spring round (January deadline) |
Cubitt & West Charitable Fund | Supports grassroots charities and community groups providing services for children with special needs and their families. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | All rounds |
Rye Fund | Supports charities and community groups initiatives benefitting the local community, with an emphasis on improving social, cultural and educational provision; promoting Rye as a sustainable social and economic hub of the surrounding community; and improving and maintaining the built environment. Grants of up to £1,500. | Rye and surrounding villages within a 9km radius | General round application form | Autumn round (September deadline) |
Sachs Trust Fund | Supports charities and community groups. Grants of up to £1,000. | Lewes and within a ten-mile radius of the town | General round application form | Summer round (May deadline) |
Selits Fund | Supports charities and community groups providing opportunities for disadvantaged children & young people. Grants of up to £1,000. | Brighton & Hove | General round application form | Summer round (May deadline) |
Sierra Gorda Fund | Supports small community groups and charities that address disadvantage and build stronger communities. Also for those working in the arts. | East Sussex, with a preference for Hastings, St Leonards and Rother | General round application form |
Spring/Summer round (January/ May deadline) |
Sue Addis Memorial Fund |
Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations working to address mental health issues or violence against women and girls. |
Sussex-wide, with a preference for Brighton & Hove | General round application form |
Spring round (January deadline) |
Surviving Winter Fund | Supports community and voluntary groups addressing fuel poverty and social isolation, providing services for people facing thess issues to eat well and keep active. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Autumn/Spring round (September/ January deadline) |
Sussex Crisis Fund | Supports charities helping people affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Sussex. | Sussex-wide | Specific guidance and application form. | All rounds |
Sussex Giving Fund | Supports a range of organisations and projects addressing deprivation and disadvantage. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | All rounds |
Tulip Family Fund | Supports small charities and community groups providing services for refugees and women. Also for projects encouraging diversity and providing mental health support. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Summer round (May deadline) |
Welton Fund | Supports charities and not-for-profit organisations that benefit the local environment and promote environmental sustainability; reduce waste and energy use; promote healthy living and the outdoors; and nature conservation. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Spring round (January deadline) |
West Sussex High Sheriff Fund | Provides small grants to small local voluntary and community groups and organisations. | West Sussex | Not open application fund | Other |
Westdene Fund | Supports individual young people (16-25 years) who show outstanding musical talent. Grants of up to £1,000. | Sussex-wide | Specific guidance and application form. | All rounds |
Westoute Fund | Supports a range of charitable causes with an emphasis on preventative work to minimise disadvantage. Projects focussing on addressing drug & alcohol misuse, mental health issues and homelessness. Also for supporting people who have offended and young people. | Sussex-wide | General round application form | Summer round (May deadline) |
William Alexander Fund | Supports groups providing services for: disadvantaged children & young people, the elderly, refugees & asylum seekers. Also for projects adressing drug & alcohol misuse and mental health issues. | Brighton & Hove | General round application form | All rounds |
William Reed Fund | Supports local or national organisations providing social welfare projects. | Crawley and surrounding area | General round application form | All rounds |
Worthing & Adur Fund | Supports small charities and community groups. Grants up to £1,000. | Worthing and Adur | General round application form | Summer round (May deadline) |