POWERING TRANSFORMATIVE FUNDING


Making a difference throughout Scotland
We help people and organisations to fund good causes, strengthening Scotland’s communities and creating a lasting impact.
Since 1996, we’ve helped distribute more than £170 million to charities and community groups across Scotland, creating happier, fairer, and more sustainable communities.
We support philanthropists to help their personal giving make the most difference. We work with donors to invest in community action that enables people and places to flourish. We work alongside communities to ensure that local funds are distributed by communities themselves. And we offer social investment opportunities to enable social enterprises, community organisations and charities to grow and deliver positive social impact.
For a quick introduction on how we make a difference, watch our animation.
More about usConnecting donors to communities
Over the past 12 months
We’ve paid out
£20.9m
through this many grants
3195
and this many funds
285
Investing in Enterprise
Foundation Scotland has extended support for the third sector even further by introducing innovative social investment opportunities to social enterprises in Scotland.
Social investment expands on our community foundation's core grantmaking services providing access to a greater range of funding options across Scotland. Find out more about social investment, including details of our Investing in Enterprise Fund.

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