Grant Programmes
We currently offer a range of grant programmes. Each has its own guidelines to help you apply. Please read the guidelines thoroughly before making your application.
The types of projects and services you can apply for a grant towards through our Main and Small Grants Programmes are listed on the What We Fund page of this website. The things we do not give grants for are listed on the Not Normally Funded page.
Our Main Grants Programme is for grants of £10,000 p.a. or over. There are two types of Main Grant:
- Capital Grants
One off grants for purchase or refurbishment of a building or purchase of specialist equipment.
- Revenue Grants
Grants of up to three years for things like core costs (including salaries and overheads), or the running costs of a specific project (including staffing costs).
Our County Grants Programme supports the work of small organisations and charities in eight counties with which the Henry Smith Charity has a historical connection.The eight counties are Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Suffolk, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex. To be eligible to apply for a County Grant, your organisation’s annual income must be below £250,000, unless you are working county-wide, in which case your income must be below £1 million.
Medical Research
Grants of up to three years for research undertaken by recognised ’Centres of Excellence’.
Holiday Grants for Children NB - this programme is closed. No further applications can be made in 2013.
One off grants of up to £3,000 for organisations, schools, youth groups etc specifically for holidays or outings for children under the age of 13 who are disabled or who live in areas of high deprivation.
Other grants include those for Kindred of Henry Smith, and for poor Clergy, but these are not open access grant programmes.