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POWERING TRANSFORMATIVE FUNDING

foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported
foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported
foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported
foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported

Making a difference throughout Scotland

Since 1996, we’ve helped distribute more than £200 million to charities and community groups across Scotland, creating happier, fairer, and more sustainable communities.


All over Scotland, local groups and charities have ideas and plans for how to make their communities happier, fairer, and more sustainable. What they often lack is the financial support to help make those ideas happen.

We work with funders, donors and philanthropists who want to support and strengthen the building blocks of these communities. We help them to channel their giving in a way that is most meaningful to them, or to support communities that they have a particular connection with.

We also work in partnership with communities themselves, so that they can maximise funding opportunities from place-based funds, such as community benefit funds provided by the renewables sector - like wind farms.

And we offer social investment opportunities that 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 us

Over the past 12 months

We’ve paid out

£20.9m

through this many grants

3195

and this many funds

285

Learn more about our impact

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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Our news

General News

Revitalising Trusts project recovers Scotland's missing millions

Over £5 million from dormant trusts revitalised, with “more to come”

General News

Electricity Infrastructure Consenting in Scotland consultation

We recently collaborated with Corra on a response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Electricity Infrastructure Consenting in Scotland consultation.

Fund News

Moorfoot projects flourish with £16,000 long-term funding support

Organisations in Moorfoot have received long-term funding from the Carcant Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund to support local development initiatives and resources over the next three years.

Fund News

£45,000 funding boost from new Community Fund

Five community projects have received funding in the first round of grant-making from the newly launched Cockburnspath & Cove Community Fund.