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.

Case studies

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  • WebRoots Democracy

    Minority Report: Exploring the impact of police-use of FRT

    to investigate the impact of the police’s use of live facial recognition technology (FRT) on minority groups in the UK

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: webrootsdemocracy.org

  • Professor Peter John, King’s College London

    Register to Vote 2021

    to use randomised controlled trials to find out how to increase the electoral participation of low-voter-registration groups

    This grant has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic

    Amount: £55,384
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2019

  • Represent Us

    VoteSmart2019

    to increase engagement with tactical voting

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: representus.uk

  • The Activate Collective

    to build capacity and pilot a programme to recruit, champion and fund female community activists from disabled, low income and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds

    Amount: £45,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: www.timetoactivate.org

  • Campaign Together

    Campaign Together for a Progressive Government, 2019

    to train 10,000 progressive canvassers to help progressive front runners win in 50 marginal seats at the 2019 General Election

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: campaigntogether.org

  • Runnymede Trust with Voice4Change England

    Voter Participation of Ethnic Minorities at 2019 General Election 

    to run a research and voter participation project for BAME communities at the snap General Election

    Amount: £14,800
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2019
    Website: www.runnymedetrust.org

  • Operation Votey McVoteface

    Northern Organiser: Votey McVoteface

    to employ a northern organiser for the duration of the General Election campaign in order to get more live-aboard canal and river boat travellers to register and vote

    Amount: £3,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: mcvoteface.org.uk

  • Compass

    Up to Us: Renewing democracy

    to build an ambitious national campaign around the opportunity of a general election to develop support inside and outside Parliament for a Citizens’ Convention

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: www.compassonline.org.uk

  • Shout Out UK

    No Vote, No Voice

    to engage the most disengaged young people in the snap General Election, through music tracks, events and short videos as part of their ‘No Vote, No Voice’ project

    Amount: £9,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2019
    Website: www.shoutoutuk.org