Charities Aid Foundation: Coronavirus Emergency Fund

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Track grant Notes

Overview

This is intended as a rapid response fund, and they aim to make payments to selected organisations within 14 days of application.

They anticipate high numbers of applicants and unfortunately it is likely that they will not be able to offer a grant to all eligible applicants.

Who can apply?

Organisations with a charitable purpose and charitable activities, which had income of £1million or less in their last financial year.

This includes:

UK registered charities (registered with Charity Commission, Scottish Charity Regulator or Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, or as shown in the Charities Act 2010)
Organisations registered with Companies House or the Public Mutuals Register, as a charitable or not-for-profit entity, eg Community Interest Companies, Companies Limited by Guarantee and others
Unregistered entities and social enterprises.

How much can you apply for?

Organisations in the UK with charitable activities can apply for up to £10,000 to support day to day activities in the current health emergency or your Covid-19 emergency response activities.

It is possible that not all grants will be made at the full amount. Please apply for an amount that will make a suitable difference to the size and activities of your organisation.

What can you apply for?

You can apply for unrestricted funding for core costs, staffing, volunteer costs, supplies and equipment, communications or other critical charitable areas. You must be able to describe how an emergency grant will improve the situation for your organisation and community.

Please make only one application. Multiple applications will slow the process down and only one grant is possible for any organisation.

Please remember that this is intended as an emergency fund to enable your charitable activities to continue at the moment in whatever way is needed; it is not designed to replace other lost income in the longer term.

How will they prioritise grants?

They anticipate that there will be a high level of requests for support now and in the weeks ahead. They will do their best to manage this proactively and provide a rapid response to organisations which need support. However, they are going to have to prioritise grants, and they may need to focus on:

Charities, and other organisations, whose established charitable activities are at risk of being severely reduced to the detriment of vulnerable groups
Organisations that are having to deliver core services in fundamentally different or unusual ways in order to respond to the crisis and still reach their beneficiaries
Organisations that are deeply embedded with communities and have established networks to deliver their charitable activities
Organisations experiencing current cashflow problems, rather than concerns that future income will be reduced.

How will they make decisions?

The information you provide will be used by them to confirm that your organisation is eligible for funding, that your activities are charitable and suitable for the CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund. They will carefully but swiftly review the answers in your application form, check your website/social links and publicly available records.

Unfortunately, they anticipate that there will be a large number of eligible organisations which they cannot fund. There are a number of other Covid-19 response funds being established throughout the UK for various purposes, and they will endeavour to signpost to other funds where possible.