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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  • Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute

    The Blockchain Backdoor? Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics

    £54,297 over one year to deliver the UK’s first comprehensive investigation into the democratic risks of political donations made in cryptocurrency

    Amount: £54,297
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/research-groups/centre-for-finance-and-security

  • Politics Project

    Democracy Network

    £21,806 over six months to host and support the Democracy Network during a scoping and design phase

    Amount: £21,806
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: thepoliticsproject.org.uk

  • Democracy Club

    Democracy Network

    £52,806 over six months to host and support the Democracy Network during a scoping and design phase

    Amount: £52,806
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: democracyclub.org.uk

  • Make Votes Matter

    Project 17

    £60,000 over eleven months to influence the UK Elections Bill by demonstrating the breadth of public and political support for PR

    Amount: £60,000
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.makevotesmatter.org.uk

  • Full Fact

    Full Fact: The Elections Bill

    £49,592 over one year to support your work influencing the government’s Elections Bill, advocating for the inclusion of robust measures to address the joint challenges of mis- and disinformation in UK democracy and historically low levels of public trust in politics

    Amount: £49,592
    Theme: Disinformation
    Date: 2025
    Website: fullfact.org

  • Fair Vote UK

    Civil Society Coordination for the Elections Bill

    £57,660 over seven months to coordinate civil society response to the government’s upcoming Elections Bill

    Amount: £57,660
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: fairvote.uk

  • Shout Out UK

    #SeneddBound

    £89,197 over eight months to launch #SeneddBound, an impartial, Wales-wide digital initiative aimed at promoting voter registration amongst young people aged 16-35

    Amount: £89,197
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.shoutoutuk.org

  • My Life My Say

    MLMS Advocacy 2026

    £73,449 over one year for a programme of advocacy and mobilisation, which will pursue two interconnected objectives: securing the extension of the voting franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds, and increasing youth voter registration and turnout among 16 to 30-year-olds in the May 2026 devolved and local elections

    Amount: £73,449
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.mylifemysay.org.uk

  • Bangladeshi Women’s Association of Wales

    Empowering Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Voters in Wales

    £25,972 over nine months to deliver a community-led voter engagement project in Cardiff and Newport to increase participation among minoritised and racialised communities, Commonwealth students, and other underrepresented voters, including those aged 16.

    Amount: £25,972
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
    Website: bwaw.org.uk