Deadline: 26-Oct-21
The Hertfordshire Community Foundation (HCF) is seeking applications for its Large Grants Program to tackle identified needs in Hertfordshire.
The HCF Large grants invite applications from projects that are addressing identified need within Hertfordshire. Successful applications from this programme are funded by a range of the individual, family and corporate funds managed by HCF.
Funding Information
Grants of up to £5000 for groups
What can be funded?
The HCF panel is happy to consider a wide range of requests including:
- Staffing costs
- Capital equipment
- Project costs
- Volunteer costs
- Applications can include a reasonable contribution to overheads
Criteria
HCF are looking for projects that:
- Are meeting an identified need in the county – they encourage groups to reference evidence where available. They encourage applicants to reference their own Hertfordshire Matters reports or other relevant research or data where appropriate.
- Can demonstrate how the money requested will help them to make a positive difference (i.e. have clear objectives and outcomes)
- Are well thought through and costed appropriately
- Are well connected to the communities they serve
- Will be able to spend the funding requested within 12 months of the grant being awarded
Eligibility Criteria
- The group must be a not for profit, charity, community or voluntary group with a written constitution or governing document
- The governing document must include the groups aims or purpose, objectives and a dissolution clause or asset lock which states what would happen to any funds should the group have to close.
- The group must be governed by a voluntary trustee or management committee with a minimum of three members, at least two of whom must be unrelated.
- The group must have a bank account in its own name, with at least two unrelated signatories
- The group must have all the relevant policies in place for its work, including Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding.
- The group must be working to meet the needs of the local community in Hertfordshire
- The group must be based in Hertfordshire, or be able to show specifically how the funding they are applying for will benefit people in the county.
Ineligible
There are some groups that the Foundation prefers not to fund. These include:
- National Charities without a Hertfordshire focus
- Business or profit making enterprises
- Organisations where any one person has significant control
- Groups with more than one year’s unrestricted reserves
- Statutory organisations including schools, parish councils and CCGs
- Organisations that cannot benefit public benefit as defined by the Charity Commission
- Individuals
For more information, visit https://www.hertscf.org.uk/hcf-large-grants
