Oxfordshire Community Foundation supports small, local charities and community groups across Oxfordshire with a clear emphasis on tackling inequality, strengthening community services, and helping residents live healthier and more independent lives. Its funds are often collaborative or pooled with local businesses and donors, and it backs both direct-service work and organisational growth for established charities. A distinctive feature is its mix of place-based poverty relief, community capacity building, and initiatives that connect wellbeing with nature, employment, and rural life.
Annual Giving$2.5M
Focus Areas
Oxfordshire Grassroots CharitiesPoverty Relief and Cost-of-Living SupportCommunity Capacity BuildingIndependent Living and Healthier AgingNature-Based Wellbeing and EmployabilityCharity Organisational Development
Giving Approach
Primarily provides local grants of about £5,000-£50,000 through themed funds, often via competitive rounds or pooled collective funds. It supports project, core, capital, and running costs, with some programmes aimed at seed funding or transformational growth for stronger Oxfordshire charities. Application windows are time-bound and at least some funds use an expression-of-interest stage before full submission.
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How to approach this funder
Monitor the website closely for fund-specific deadlines and EOI dates, as rounds are time-limited and vary by programme. Applicants should be Oxfordshire-based, clearly show local community benefit, and match the fund theme closely—especially for capacity-building, cost-of-living relief, or nature-and-wellbeing projects. Strong applications will explain both immediate impact and how the grant strengthens the organisation’s ability to serve local people over time.
Notable grantees:
• Aspire Oxfordshire
• FarmAbility
• Family Centre Donnington Doorstep
• Children Heard and Seen
• Archway Foundation
Open Grant Opportunities
Current and upcoming funding from Oxfordshire Community Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Open nowCloses in 10 days (Jun 5, 2026)Award: Up to $50K
Thriving in Nature Fund
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Who can apply: Open to charitable organisations in Oxfordshire. Supports work that unites people with nature; this round places a stronger emphasis on food and farming and engagement/skills development within the farming community.
Deadlines and eligibility are summarized from public sources and may change — always confirm the details on the funder's official application page before applying.