Deadline: 30-Jan-23
The Community Foundation for Calderdale is inviting applications for the General Grants Rounds 2022.
Priorities
With regard to General Grant applications, CFFC will prioritise applications which contribute to the Foundation’s strategic priorities, these are:
Funding Information
- The General grants round offers grants of up to £5,000 to eligible Voluntary Sector organisations.
- CFFC is especially keen to support applications from Calderdale communities that have been particularly affected by the pandemic and the lockdown.
- Grant applications for under £1,500 can be made using the online application form.
- Grant applicants for over £1,500 can be made using the online application form
Eligibility Criteria
- Constituted voluntary, community and faith groups run for and by local people (Note: Individuals cannot apply)
- Registered charities and groups with charitable purposes working in Calderdale, (including Charitable Incorporated Organisations, IPS etc)
- Community Interest Companies (CICs) who do not, and cannot, pay dividends
- Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) whose Governance documents include a clear community benefit clause, open membership and an asset lock
- Schools (except private, fee charging schools), whether part of the Local Authority or direct funded in some way, to apply for grants for activities which are clearly extra-curricular. NB Schools must be able to provide the documentation required.
- They expect that the groups they fund will be those:
- Whose governing body is entirely voluntary (although out of pocket expenses may be paid), (some exceptions, e.g. CiCs).
- Whose members do not receive any financial benefit, (some exceptions e.g. except CiCs)
- Whose income and assets are used for exclusively charitable purposes (and any remaining assets are transferred to a charitable organisation)
- That does not pay any dividend or distribute any surplus to shareholders or members
- Those whose Constitutions/Governing Documents contain a “Dissolution Clause/Asset Lock” which states that in the event of the Organisation closing, its assets will go to an organisation with similar community benefit aims.
- That groups governance set up meets the 7 principles of Good Governance
- They expect organisations whose previous years income is in excess of £5k will be registered as Charities, CIOs, CiCs or will have some form of other appropriate legal status. This is a legal requirement. If organisations apply to CFFC who have had an annual income of more than £5k but have not registered, then this will be a requirement before a grant is awarded.
- They carry out due diligence on any applying organisations financial situation.
- This includes looking at accounts to ensure that the applying organisations is a going concern and that there are no financial worries or any indications that this is the case.
- They will check registered charities, CICs etc with the Charity Commission and Companies House, as appropriate, to ensure that their returns to the appropriate authority are in one time, and where this isn’t the case, they will approach the applying organisation for an explanation.
- If the explanation for a late return is not felt to be reasonable a grant award will not be made, and applications will not be considered from that organisation until the situation is rectified.
Ineligible
- General appeals
- Retrospective applications (i.e. the funding of activities that have already taken place or the repayment of money that has already been spent)
- Projects that would normally have been funded from statutory sources (e.g. Calderdale CMBC, the local Education Authority, Social Services or Central Government).
- Religious activities or projects that promote religion, although they may fund activities carried out by faith groups for wider community benefit.
- Political activities.
- Projects where the main beneficiaries are animals.
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Calderdale.
For more information, visit https://cffc.co.uk/general-grants-round-2022-2/
