Roddick Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Roddick Foundation supports organizations focused on a variety of causes in the U.S. and around the world but gives funding priority to U.K.-based nonprofits.
IP TAKE: This progressive U.K.-based funder seeks organizations affecting social change on a “measurable scale.” Grantseekers will really need to network to get on Roddick’s radar, which is difficult, especially for organizations that aren’t based in the U.K.
PROFILE: Incorporated in 1997 and currently based in West Sussex, England, Roddick Foundation is a “[f]amily run, independent and progressive organization dedicated to the support of visionary organizations and individuals who show leadership and results in making this a more just and kind world.” Areas of grantmaking interest include arts and culture, education, the environment, human rights, Indigenous rights, media, social rights and more. U.K.-based organizations number significantly among its grantees.
Grants for Arts and Culture
While the Roddick Foundation lists arts and culture as a significant funding area, it does not give much information about how it chooses which arts projects to support.
Past grantees include Arts & Lectures UCSB, Outside In, and Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.
Grants for Environment
The foundation names support for the environment as one of its key focus areas; however, it does not name specific priorities for its giving in this area.
Past grantees include the Community Environmental Council, the Final Straw Foundation, Stop Ecocide and the U.K. Grain Lab.
Grants for Security and Human Rights
The foundation does not offer much information regarding specific giving priorities in the human rights space, but grantmaking has prioritized initiatives for refugees and survivors of trafficking.
Past grantees include the Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile, Safe Passage and the Prisoners Education Trust.
Grants for Journalism
While Roddick names media as a grantmaking area of interest, but does not name specific areas of interest for its giving. Investigative and independent journalism appear to be priorities.
Past grantees include On the Road Media, Mother Jones, John Pilger/Strand Films and the Centre For Investigative Journalism.
Grants for Education
The foundation names support for education as one of its key focus areas; however, it does not provide much information about how it chooses which education-related organizations to support.
Past grantees include Black Mountains College, Children on the Edge and Shine Literacy.
Grants for Indigenous Rights
The foundation recently named Indigenous rights as an area of focus, although it does not name specific goals for its grantmaking in this area.
Grantees include Amazonia Real, the Native American Community Board, Ibraim do Nascimento Santos and Synchronicity Earth.
Grants for Health, Immigrants and Refugees, LGBTQ, Women and Girls
The fondation’s social rights giving area gives broadly to protect the rights of vulnerable people. Unfortunately, the foundation does not name specific giving priorities for this grantmaking area.
Grantees include the Abortion Access Front, Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, the Whole Woman’s Health Alliance and Friends, Families & Travellers.
Important Grant Details:
Roddick Foundation grants generally range from £10,000 to £50,000.
Grantmaking is global in scope, but many grantees, including those that work globally, are based in the U.K.
The Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications or requests for funding.
To learn more about the types of organizations the foundation supports, explore its Who We Have Funded and How Our Funding Helps pages.
This funder does not provide a clear avenue for getting in touch. An address is provided below.
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CONTACT:
The Roddick Foundation
PO Box 838
Chichester, West Sussex
England PO19 9XP
