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The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust

RS Macdonald Charitable Trust Small Grants

Small grants of up to £20,000 from the RS Macdonald Charitable Trust for registered charities working in Scotland within its themes: tackling child abuse and neglect, visual impairment, neurological conditions and animal welfare. They can fund running costs for small, often volunteer-led community initiatives (no more than £10,000 a year, over up to three years) or one-off work that develops a charity, such as equipment, partnership work or evaluation. There is no deadline; applications are assessed on a rolling basis.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £20,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Registered charities based in, or operating in, Scotland, whose work addresses one of the Trust's funding themes: tackling child abuse and neglect, visual impairment, neurological conditions, animal welfare, or medical research (Scottish universities can apply only under medical research)
  • Individuals, organisations that are not registered charities, and projects that do not deliver a benefit in Scotland are not funded
  • There is no limit on charity size, but reserves are taken into account
  • Charities serving a broad group can only apply for projects set up specifically to address a theme
  • The Trust generally funds one grant per organisation at a time, and asks declined applicants to wait 12 months before reapplying

What it funds

  • Running costs for small, community based initiatives, often which are volunteer led (up to £20,000 in total but no more than £10,000 per year)
  • One-off pieces of work which can help develop a charity, such as the purchase of equipment or infrastructure, the development of partnership work or service evaluation (up to £20,000, over no more than one year)

the request must fit within one of the Trust's funding themes. Revenue or capital, project or core costs can be considered.

What it will not fund

  • Individuals
  • Organisations that are not registered charities
  • Projects that do not deliver a benefit in Scotland

How to apply

  1. Check eligibility (an online eligibility checker is available) and read the application guidance; the Trust is happy to discuss ideas by phone or email first
  2. Complete the short online grant application form with basic organisation and project details (it can be saved and resumed)
  3. Upload the project proposal and accounts; the application is not accepted until at least two documents are uploaded
  4. Look for an email confirming receipt, and contact staff if it does not arrive within a few minutes

Have ready

  • Project proposal of no more than three pages (budget can go on a fourth page), covering the need and how it was identified, the project and timescale, which theme it supports, why your organisation is well placed, intended outcomes and how you will measure them, other funding secured or sought, how it will be sustained, and a detailed budget
  • Most recent audited or independently examined accounts (plus current-year funding information if they are out of date)
  • Plans, permissions and warrants for capital building projects

PDF format is preferred. Medical research applications also need a full research proposal and a lay summary.

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