Clothworkers Foundation — Small Capital Grants (up to £15,000)
Clothworkers' Foundation
What they fund
Capital costs for small and medium-sized charities: building purchases, construction or refurbishment, vehicles, equipment, and digital infrastructure projects like apps, databases and websites.
Who can apply
- UK-registered charities and not-for-profit organisations with an appropriate asset lock, such as CICs limited by guarantee without share capital and Community Benefit Societies, with an annual turnover under £2 million
- Must work with disadvantaged and marginalised people, with at least 50% of service users from one of the funder's priority groups
- CICs with share capital cannot apply
- Organisations that received a grant from them in the past five years
- Those declined in the past six months (same project cannot be reapplied)
- Organisations promoting a particular religion or serving only one religious group
- Organisations promoting a political party
Show all 14 exclusions
- Organisations with over £10 million annual income
- Second-tier or infrastructure organisations (CVS, membership groups without direct service delivery)
- Hospices and NHS charities
- Grantmaking organisations
- Mainstream schools, colleges or universities (except special schools for disabled students)
- PRUs and alternative provision providers
- Almshouses
- Organisations whose core activity is community transport
- Cannot fund salaries, overheads, volunteer expenses, training, rent, equipment for one-off use, consumable items, one-off events, retrospective costs, or vehicle leasing
- CICs with share capital
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Grant details
UK-wide.
Organisations that embed lived experience across their work. Projects that will make a significant change to the organisation's work. Building ownership is particularly prioritised as it increases sustainability.
Small grants up to £15,000. Large grants over £15,000 also available but this brief focuses on the small grants stream.
No specific decision timeline stated. In 2024, 47% of organisations that passed initial eligibility checks received funding.
Complete an eligibility quiz, then submit an application. Full application process details available on their website.
Demonstrate how your organisation embeds lived experience in your work and how the capital project will create significant positive change. Capital assets like buildings are valued for their role in long-term sustainability.
Demand is high — capital funding is rare and competitive. Success rate was 47% in 2024 for eligible organisations. Focus on how the capital asset will transform your work and sustainability, not just the immediate project need.