Community Foundation for Calderdale supports local voluntary groups and charities that address disadvantage and expand opportunity for people in Calderdale, with a clear emphasis on practical community benefit. Its core grant rounds are small, responsive awards for organizations working on homelessness and housing, poverty and disadvantage, mental health and wellbeing, community cohesion, and environmental projects, alongside a separate enterprise/business fund and a place-based wind farm community fund. The foundation is distinctly local: most funding is restricted to Calderdale or even specific HX postcodes / a 7.5 km radius around Ovenden Moor Wind Farm.
Primarily small local grants, usually up to £5,000 through recurring seasonal open rounds, plus occasional larger place-based awards up to £10,000 from the Ovenden Moor Wind Farm Fund. Funding is application-based rather than invite-only, with quarterly-style general grant rounds and separate themed funds for eligible local groups.
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Apply through the relevant open grant round and make the local fit explicit: show direct benefit to Calderdale residents, align clearly to one of the strategic priorities, and note any HX-postcode or Ovenden Moor radius eligibility where relevant. For the general grants, watch the seasonal deadlines (summer, autumn, winter) and keep requests modest and project-specific, as awards are typically capped at £5,000.
Current and upcoming funding from Community Foundation for Calderdale that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Open to voluntary and community organisations that can provide practical help as well as guidance and advice to support low-income households and demonstrate how they build resilience and use a 'no wrong door' approach.
Deadline: Applications due by 10.00 am Thursday 4 June 2026.
Who can apply: Most grants follow the general CFFC eligibility: constituted VCSE groups, registered charities, CICs with restrictions, CASCs with community benefit. See CFFC eligibility page for full details. (Individuals cannot apply.)
Deadline: Opens: 2026-06-01, Closes: 2026-07-03 (Summer 2026 round)
Who can apply: See CFFC eligibility page. Generally constituted VCSE groups and charities working in Calderdale. Individuals not eligible.
Deadline: Opens: September 2026; Closes: October 2026 (exact dates TBA)
Who can apply: See CFFC eligibility page. Organisations must meet governance and charitable purpose requirements.
Deadline: Opens: October 2026; Closes: December 2026; Decisions: January 2027
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