Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund: Grants for Global Development
/OVERVIEW: The Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund supports youth employment, freedom of speech, peace-building, and reconciliation.
IP TAKE: This organization supports smaller, grassroots, and local organizations rather than those with a national or international agenda. This funder is not approachable or accessible, making it a very hard nut to crack.
PROFILE: The Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund is one of 17 nonprofits in the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Each nonprofit is a separate legal entity and operates grantmaking programs independent of the group. Established in the United Kingdom in 1953, the fund has a one-page website that offers some background information. This funder supports civil liberties, Jewish causes, scientific and medical research, youth, and general global development work.
In global development, this funder is concerned with youth employment, freedom of speech, peace-building, and reconciliation. Grantmaking beyond global development only benefits organizations based in the UK.
Grants for Global Development
The Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund does not have an explicit global development grantmaking program. Grants related to global development are made through its “Overseas” category; however, it prioritizes projects and programs in developing countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. This funder’s internet presence is limited to a brief list of interests on the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts’ webpage. According to financials this funder also makes very few grants overall, only two to global development in 2019, which went to the Canon Collins Trust and Peace Direct.
Important Grant Details:
Grant range from £10,000 to £100,000, but most awards fall between £10,000 and £25,000. To learn more about the types of organizations supported by the fund and at what level, explore its latest annual report at the bottom of its landing page.
The fund prioritizes giving to UK-based organizations, but occasionally makes awards to organizations beyond the UK. It does not accept unsolicited grant applications or requests for funding, and while it does not explicitly refuse to accept unsolicited applications, it warns that such requests are “unlikely to be successful.”
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