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Foundation Scotland - Baillie Gifford International Fund
Created: 01/08/2024
News/Events Category: Funding and FinanceThis fund is aimed at supporting registered charities who are working in International Aid Development to deliver their work. Primarily, the fund aims to increase participation with climate action and encourage behavioural change.
Baillie Gifford is committed to funding the following priorities:
- Increasing knowledge, understanding and participation with climate action
- Developing community-led initiatives in relation to climate action that encourage greater community power
- The types of activity the fund aims to support include projects that:
- Educate and inspire people to engage in climate action
- Build local skills, tools and resources to promote understanding and action
- Create ‘green’ skills and jobs for local people
- Support sustainable farming initiatives or ethical food systems
Fund award sizes
Maximum: £5,000
Annually awarded: £55,989
Notes on award amounts:
The fund can support core costs as well as project costs. However, it can only support applications where the grant request is at least 25% of the total costs.
A maximum of 11 grants will be made. Based on previous years, this fund has a success rate of 52% at the point of enquiry.
Annual total available for 2024.
Who can apply
The fund prioritises smaller charities with an income of maximum £5 million, and those where the grant request is not less than 25% of the total project costs.
The fund also prioritises applications for work being delivered in areas where it has previously not provided much support, such as South America, Australasia, and East and Southeast Asia.
As well as the standard Foundation Scotland eligibility criteria, applicants must be registered charities (i.e. registered with OSCR or the Charities Commission in the UK, or an equivalent overseas).
Maximum annual income: £5,000,000
How to apply
Apply online via Foundation Scotland website.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 10 September 2024.
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