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Parry Family Charitable Foundation

Parry Family Charitable Foundation Grant Programme

Main and small grants for discrete projects run by small and medium-sized UK charities and not-for-profit organisations, from a small foundation that wants long-term relationships rather than one-off gifts. Priorities are helping people in need, tackling poverty, and saving lives and improving health, through three hubs: invited Partner Charities, a Homeless Hub of local homelessness charities, and a Community Hub of small local charities. The 2026/27 grant budget is £60,000 with about 12 grants forecast; no grant sizes are published. Applications start with an initial enquiry, open year-round.

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You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • UK-based exempt or registered charities and not-for-profit organisations whose operational focus is the UK, mainly small or medium-sized with focused aims
  • The Foundation looks for well-run, operationally and financially efficient charities with great leadership, clear objectives and a proven track record, spending most of their income on front-line work and depending heavily on voluntary and private-sector funding
  • Not-for-profit organisations are most likely to be supported through the Community Hub (small local charities, often volunteer-run)
  • Organisations must meet the Charity Commission's public benefit test
  • The Foundation deals only directly with organisations, not intermediaries, and wants to build long-term relationships

What it funds

  • Discrete projects or activities, including the purchase of equipment, funding programmes and new jointly agreed initiatives
  • New, imaginative and great value for money projects, including 'matched funding'
  • Proposals in the priority areas of People in Need, Tackling Poverty, and Saving Lives and Improving Health
  • Small Grants: a broader range, including small-scale projects and partial funding of a bigger initiative or programme (general funding only exceptionally)

priority is given to charities in the Partner Charities, Homeless and Community hubs. Main grants are only for discrete projects, usually as a single payment; multi-year proposals are considered only in exceptional cases.

What it will not fund

  • Charity overheads or general running costs
  • Individuals directly
  • Establishing or adding to a charity's endowment fund or reserves
  • Charities with high levels of uncommitted cash and/or investments
  • Animal charities
  • Charities concerned with the efficiency of the armed forces, police, fire and rescue or ambulance services
  • Religious charities, to further or foster religious belief
  • Charities focused on citizenship or community development
  • Human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation, or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity focused charities
  • Projects that would normally have been covered by statutory bodies, including central and local government
  • Retrospective funding of completed projects
  • General appeals, mail shots or requests for donations without a specific project purpose
  • Charities with a national or international footprint (unlikely to be supported)
  • One-off grants to charities with no realistic prospect of a long-term relationship (not attractive to the Foundation)

arts, culture, heritage or science charities, amateur sport charities and environmental charities are rarely supported (specific environmental projects with traceable deliverables are welcomed).

How to apply

  1. Read the Strategy & Policy and Grant Process documents and the grant record on the website to check you fit
  2. Make an initial enquiry via the website (preferred), by email, or by post as a last resort
  3. If invited, complete the application form the Foundation emails you (Main, Small, Partner Charity or Homeless Hub form) and return it with supporting documents
  4. Work with the trustee who champions your application while it is appraised

successful grants must be complemented by a communications plan publicising the grant to the public and the Foundation's supporters.

Have ready

  • Current and previous years' annual reports and accounts
  • Project outline: nature, description, target beneficiaries and benefits
  • Grant proposal benefit analysis
  • Detailed business plan/financials for the project
  • Risk analysis for delivery of the proposal
  • Proof of registration (registered charities), or evidence of status, constitution and rules, and testimonials (exempt charities and not-for-profit organisations)

application forms are not on the website; they are sent after a successful initial enquiry.

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