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.
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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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.
Current and upcoming funding from Oxfordshire Community Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
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.
Deadline: EOI closes 5th June at midday
Who can apply: For charitable organisations seeking transformational change and a stronger base for delivering core work.
Deadline: Next closing date for submissions Friday 12th June at midday
Who can apply: Open to groups working in the Didcot surroundings.
Deadline: Coming winter 2026
Who can apply: Open to organisations working to strengthen preventative and early intervention domestic abuse support in Oxfordshire.
Deadline: Expressions of Interest open 4th June 2026
Who can apply: For small charities and community organisations seeking training and development support.
Deadline: Coming autumn 2026
Who can apply: For organisations helping people with unaffordable essentials in Oxfordshire.
Deadline: Coming winter 2026
Who can apply: For organisations working to help Oxfordshire residents live independently and healthily for as long as possible.
Deadline: Coming autumn 2026
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