We know that funding purpose-based activities and causes can sometimes be a struggle, but help is at hand....
Our client, Crowdfunder.co.uk has a multitude of match funding pots available to support your fundraising efforts. You can also bring along your own match funding from a corporate or individual donor to incentivise further giving! Read on to find out more about the funding pots available on Crowdfunder.co.uk
Aviva Community Fund
The Aviva Community Fund is a long-standing funding pot which supports organisations that boost the resilience of their communities, including helping people to take control of their financial wellbeing during the Cost of Living Crisis. The fund offers up to £50k in additional funding per eligible project.
Sport England
Sport England currently offer two extra funding pots – Active Together and Places & Spaces. Active Together provides up to £10k to organisations working to keep communities physically active, whilst the Places & Spaces fund offers up to £10k to organisations looking to improve the places or spaces needed to help keep communities physically active.
Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation
The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation have a total funding pot of £100k available for charities and CIC’s with new projects that are; making green choices for their community, helping to combat health and wellbeing issues to improve the quality of life or helping community through financial hardship. The Foundation may pledge up to 50% of the project target, up to a £5k maximum pledge.
Multiple Funding Pots
It’s even possible for projects to qualify for multiple funding pots on Crowdfunder.co.uk. The Drug of Art is one such project that obtained additional funding from two sources - (NET and BA Better World funding - both now fully allocated).
Bring Your Own
You can even bring your own funds from a corporate or individual donor to the platform. By doing this, not only can you highlight how much more you will be able to achieve with the extra funding, you can also raise awareness and publicity for your donor. Here are some example projects who have brought their own match funding to Crowdfunder:
Turn2us – This project promoted their corporate match funder, Royal London, who are doubled all donations to help the millions of UK households who faced rising living costs.
Habitat for Humanity - This appeal to support those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine was very generously matched by Rolls-Royce by up to £1m!
There are also a plethora of regional funds available such as Cornwall Climate and Nature Fund, Crowdfund Lambeth and Creative Scotland.
Discover more funds here, or get in touch with one of our team today to talk about how your organisation could benefit from additional funding on Crowdfunder.