John Moores Foundation

Open (ongoing) Addiction and substance misuse Adult Education/Learning Advice services Black and minority ethnic Children (0-12) Communities Community and neighbourhood development Community development Dependants and carers Education and learning Family and parenting Gender equality and sexual orientation good relations Governance and charity law Health promotion Health, wellbeing and sport Healthcare services Housing and homelessness Human rights and equality Human rights and justice Monitoring and evaluation Multiculturalism organisational development Poverty and deprivation Racial equality Refugees and asylum seekers Social inclusion Social welfare and poverty Voluntary and community infrastructure volunteering Young people (13-25) Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

They are a responsive funder and would like to help groups achieve their targets and outcomes in their own way. If a group receives a grant from the Foundation, additional support may be offered to the group by their Community Groups Development Worker in areas such as fundraising, strategic planning and trustee development and by their Monitoring & Evaluation Worker to set up systems and provide feeedback that best meet their needs, capacity, etc.

GRANTS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

Preference is given to organisations seeking funding for projects which fall within the Foundation’s target areas for giving which are:

running costs
capacity building
volunteer training and out of pocket expenses

What do they like to fund

Applicants should also be registered charities or be in the process of applying to be one.

The types of organisations / projects

Those that are:

trying to help communities to come together to work effectively on the issues that matter to them
working in partnership with others to build trust and cohesive communities
providing advice and support
trying to change attitudes and broaden horizons

People

Those suffering from poverty and financial crisis
Those in or at risk poor physical or mental health
Those in social, physical and cultural isolation
Black, Asian and minority ethnic people
Refugees
Women including girls, especially those at risk of violence and abuse
Children and young people aged 5 and over
Those suffering discrimination
Families needing support
Homeless people
Carers
Adults with few or no educational qualifications

Funding Levels

Grant size varies, but they prefer to give smaller grants to a larger number of projects.
Small schemes are preferred because capacity and ambition are likely to be better matched, and people are more likely to be stimulated to further effort.
Applications will not normally be considered from organisations with an annual income of over £250,000 or with large reserves.
The maximum grant available is £5,000 for one year.
- Multi-year grants are only made in exceptional circumstances.
- If an organisation has received a grant for three years in a row, it will not be eligible for a further grant until at least a year has elapsed since the end of the previous one.

Notes

Unsolicited applications that fall outside their policy criteria are not considered

Northern Ireland grant making statistics 2023/24

During the year 2023/24, the Foundation received 183 applications, of which 114 were from Merseyside and 69 from Northern Ireland. In 2023/24, in Northern Ireland, John Moores Foundation awarded grants to 62% of the organisations that applied for funding. In total, these organisations requested £1,160,016, and John Moores Foundation awarded £131,350 (11.32%) of this via one—or two-year grants.

In Northern Ireland 100% of grants were for £5,000 or less, with an average of £3,203.

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