Grants awarded

The grants we award range in size from a few hundred to tens of thousands of pounds. Some grants tackle short-term immediate issues and may be in response to specific political developments. Occasionally multi-year grants are made.

Information about grants is published on this website once the grant has been formally agreed.

Our grants are also published to the 360Giving standard* and are available to download as an Excel spreadsheet.  See below for a full list of grants starting with the most recent.

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  • Our House

    Political alliance building for the new chartist movement

    £67,478 over 16 months to shape an alliance of political, civil society, cultural, and community leaders capable of building political pressure and securing commitments to democratic reform while winning shared power at the local level.

    Amount: £67,478
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2026
  • Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute

    Influence Conduits: The Impact of Indirect Financial Influence in UK Politics and Policy

    £56,811 over one year to map the financial pathways through which domestic and foreign actors fund ostensibly independent policy organisations.

    Amount: £56,811
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2026
  • Constitution Unit, University College London

    Strengthening UK checks & balances

    £69,276 over one year to provide policymakers and campaigners with crucial information and practical recommendations on safeguarding checks and balances, to include the operational independence of constitutional regulators, the impartiality of the civil service, the resilience of the House of Commons, and electoral reform.

    Amount: £69,276
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2026
  • Jo Cox Foundation

    Deepfakes and Democracy: Catalysing UK Legislative Reform

    £54,797 over one year to establish a critical evidence base on the prevalence of deepfake sexual abuse material targeting UK MPs and to transform this data into a catalyst for legislative reform on disinformation.

    Amount: £54,797
    Theme: Disinformation
    Date: 2026
  • Rights & Security International

    Building Collective Power for Protest Rights in Northern Ireland

    £43,135 over one year to use training, outreach and joint advocacy to make concrete improvements in the environment for protesters in Northern Ireland.

    Amount: £43,135
    Theme: Political rights - Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2026
  • Future Advocacy

    Clean Up Westminster

    £65,000 over six months for their ‘Clean Up Westminster’ strategic communications campaign

    Amount: £65,000
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2026
  • Labour for a New Democracy

    Leveraging Labour’s leadership contest in support of PR

    £10,000 over four months to enhance their capacity through the critical period of the Makerfield by-election and Labour Leadership race

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2026
  • Claire Hanna MP

    Democratic Voices

    £25,818 over one year to provide capacity to support her work advocating for institutional reform in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £25,818
    Theme: Democratic Voices
    Date: 2026
  • Alex Sobel MP

    Democratic Voices

    £24,072 over one year to provide capacity to support his work as a longstanding champion of democratic reform and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections.

    Amount: £24,072
    Theme: Democratic Voices
    Date: 2026