Grants available for up to £10,000
Our grant programme gives small animal charities and organisations the chance to apply quickly and easily for funding up to £10,000.
We know that applying for grants can be time consuming and confusing and we know that the time and resource of those working or volunteering for small animal organisations is stretched.
That’s why our grant application process is as short and simple as possible. Below are common questions regarding eligibility, what we fund, how to apply and much more. If anything below is unclear, or if you have any more questions that aren’t covered, please feel free to get in touch.
Funding is available for a variety of projects that help animals live better lives. We will fund and support all animals, and related activities to protect them, that fall within our priority areas below:
As a small Foundation, we have to manage our grants carefully to ensure the greatest impact. As a result, whilst we recognise the value of the following, we would recommend that you do not apply for funding for:
Additionally, we do not award grants for birds (kept as pets), fish and amphibians (kept as pets) and so-called exotic pets which we do not feel should be kept as pets unless their support directly relates to issues caused as a result of abandonment.
We do not award grants to licensed zoos or any organisations actively breeding.
We are flexible on the type of support that each applicant requests, but this can include the following:
In order to help as many animals and animal organisations the current maximum grant per organisation per year is £10,000. The minimum grant available is £1000. We cannot accept applications outside of these amounts and they will not be considered. Please note the maximum grant available for running costs (for example, food, vet bills, general funds, medications etc.) is £5000. Grants above £5000 (up to the maximum of £10,000) are only available for capital build, equipment purchases and tangible items.
We will consider repeat funding, but new applications will need to be submitted and they will be considered along with other applicants.
We welcome applications from the following:
In order to apply and be eligible for grants from us, organisations must have an annual income across all income streams of less than £250,000 (last reporting period), with proportionate reserves (typically up to 12 months for smaller organisations), and be based or have representatives in the UK. If you are an organisation outside the UK we will consider on a case-by-case basis.
Applications from individuals who do not form part of one of the above groups will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
We appreciate that smaller charitable organisations and groups have limited resource, so we have made our application procedure as easy as possible, whilst still allowing us to make informed choices. You will find the application form below.
We can only accept applications via our online application form. We cannot accept
applications by post, email or in any other format. Applications received in
this way will not be processed or reviewed.
All of our shortlisted applications will be contacted directly for further discussion about their work and the funding request.
Shortlisted applications will require a references of good standing, and must submit their accounts and annual budget. You will not require references at application stage.
We appreciate that smaller organisations may not be large enough to need to submit formal accounts and in these cases, overview budgets will be permitted.
We cannot accept applications other than on our application form, and only via our website. We cannot accept applications by post, email or in any other format. Applications received in this way will not be processed or reviewed.
We are a small Foundation with limited resource and a very small team, with no full time staff members. However, we aim to review applications regularly, though we are unable to give a timeframe for this review.
If you are not successful you will be given a reason why. If the reason is ineligibility, then please do not reapply, for other reasons you are welcome to reapply but you will need to resubmit the form. However, unsuccessful applicants will need to wait 12 months before reapplying (unless advised otherwise by The Belforte Foundation).
Please note that we will not automatically place unsuccessful applications into the next application period, so should you be unsuccessful you will need to reapply once timings above allow.
You will be required to update The Belforte Foundation with the results and impact of the grant money received. This must be within 6 months of payment of the grant and must be on the reporting form which will be sent following receipt of the grant payment.
As a small organisation awarding to small organisations, we are conscious to not over burden grant recipients with large reporting criteria and the form should not take long to complete, but we do have a duty of care for our funds.
Failure to complete the reporting form in the given timescale may result in clawback of the grant, and will result in exclusion from future grants and grant applications.
The reporting form will ask the following questions: