THE CAVE FOUNDATION

THE CAVE FOUNDATION - Grants up to £7,000 for local and national charities in England and Wales working in the fields of health, welfare, conservation and animal welfare (applications may be made in writing at any time)

The Cave Foundation (also known as the Wilfrid and Constance Cave Foundation) makes grants to local and national charities in England and Wales delivering projects in the following fields:

o Health.
o Welfare.
o Conservation; and
o Animal Welfare.

Eligible expenditure can include:

o Buildings;
o Core costs;
o Research;
o Running costs.
o One-off projects.

Grant awards are usually between £1,000 and £7,000.

During the year ending 5 April 2017 the Foundation awarded 35 grants totalling £144,000 (2016: 36 grants totalling £176,000). The average award was slightly over £4,000.

There is no requirement for match funding.

Awards over the last two years have included quite a number of grants to South West based organisations, some of which are:

o Children’s Hospital South West (£3,000);
o Chulmleigh College (£2,000);
o Dulverton Congregational Church (£2,000);
o Exmoor Search and Rescue (£3,000);
o Minehead School Pastors (£1,000);
o Moorland Mousie Trust (£3,000);
o Simonsbath Festival (£2,000);
o Two Moors Fesrival (£4,000);
o West Countries Rivers Trust (£2,000); and
o Wiltshire Air Ambulance (£2,000)

A list of all awards made during the year can be found on page 10 of the Foundation’s annual accounts.

Individuals are not eligible to apply.

The Foundation does not maintain a website.  Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.

Applications should be made in writing and are considered by the Foundation every 6 months.

Contact details for the Foundation are:

The Cave Foundation 
New Lodge Farm 
Drift Road 
Winkfield 
Windsor 
SL4 4QQ 
Email: tcf@eamo.co.uk
(The Foundation does not advertise a phone number.)

(Source: GRIN)