The Mccarthy-Dixon Foundation is a Northampton-based community foundation focused on meeting immediate basic needs for people facing hardship across Northamptonshire. Its support centers on food parcels, Christmas meals, school-family assistance, and practical help for people referred through schools, NHS services, mental health/crisis partners, domestic abuse services, and children’s/social care agencies. The foundation appears especially embedded in local delivery, often working through referrals, venue partnerships, volunteers, and community events rather than conventional open grantmaking.
Local, hands-on, in-kind and small-scale practical support delivered through referral partners, community venues, and seasonal events (especially Christmas). Rather than large competitive grants, it appears to provide direct assistance, food parcels, and logistical support through trusted local organizations and volunteers.
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This is likely a relationship-based, local referral-driven funder rather than an open-application grantmaker. Nonprofits serving Northamptonshire residents should emphasize direct need, clear referral pathways, and practical outcomes such as food support, crisis relief, or family stabilization; partnership or invitation through local schools, health, or social services may be the best route in.
Current and upcoming funding from The Mccarthy-Dixon Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Not available to the general public. Referrals are accepted from existing partner organisations and recognised local support providers, including Northamptonshire schools and welfare/social care organisations.
Who can apply: Available to Northamptonshire schools and recognised local organisations providing welfare and social care support. Not available directly to the general public.
Who can apply: Available to Northamptonshire schools and local organisations providing welfare and social care services. Not available directly to the general public. School partners and recognised local support providers may refer clients or request access to the food parcels.
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