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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  • Fair Vote UK

    Civil Society Coordination for Representation of the People Bill

    £47,100 over eight months to sustain and extend their role as the central convener and coordinator of civil society engagement around the Representation of the People Bill and to ensure that this coordination remains effective through the Bill’s passage and into its early implementation phase.

    Amount: £47,100
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2026
  • Democracy Network

    (Democracy Club & The Politics Project)

    £449,826 over 35 months to relaunch and develop the Democracy Network as shared infrastructure, enabling the democracy sector to strengthen how organisations connect, coordinate and collaborate, reducing duplication and enabling more effective collective influence.

    Amount: £449,826
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2026
  • Big Brother Watch

    Protect Free Speech and Privacy in Protest

    £54,038 over one year towards your project to protect free speech and privacy in protest contexts in the UK.

    Amount: £54,038
    Theme: Political rights - Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2025
  • Hillsborough Law Now

    £45,000 over one year to secure the passage and implementation of the Public Authorities Accountability Bill (Hillsborough Law).

    Amount: £45,000
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2025
  • Reprieve

    Campaign to End Citizenship Stripping

    £39,980 over one year to challenge the racist and discriminatory practice of citizenship stripping by the UK Government.

    Amount: £39,980
    Theme: Political rights - Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2025
  • Workers Policy Project

    Democratic Engagement in Areas of Economic Insecurity

    £28,711 over one year to pilot an employment rights and democratic engagement programme in two UK localities: the North East where Reform UK won high numbers of council seats, and the South West, where rates of insecure work and isolation are highest.

    Amount: £28,711
    Theme: Voter participation and election system reform
    Date: 2025
  • Who Targets Me

    Monitoring online political ads in the 2026 UK elections

    £59,500 over nine months to strengthen transparency and accountability in UK political advertising ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd and English local elections, while shaping debate and reform around the forthcoming Elections Bill.

    Amount: £59,500
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2025
    Website: whotargets.me
  • Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

    Improving Democratic Resilience in Emergencies

    £20,331 over six months to improve the UK’s democratic resilience in emergencies, through a focus on public health crises.

    Amount: £20,331
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2025
  • Autonomy Institute

    Turning up the heat – pushing political finance reform further through data-led collaboration

    £49,279 for a one-year project to map and analyse who benefits from political donations, the associated business networks, and the extent of these connections, using data methods unavailable to journalists.

    Amount: £49,279
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2025
    Website: autonomy.work