OUR APPROACH
CHK Foundation undertakes its own research to determine the charities it wishes to consider for funding and will make direct contact to begin discussions about opportunities. Applications for funding are therefore not invited.
We award grants under different programmes, including
CHK Main Grants
For the 5 years to December 2028, we are using our Main Grant Programme to support UK registered charities working to protect the environment, or helping young people leaving secondary education to transition successfully into employment
CHK Discretionary Fund
Grants from this fund are made at the discretion of the trustees in line with their philanthropic interests
CHK Emergency /Disaster Fund
Grants from this fund provide financial support for charitable work both nationally and internationally in response to natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
CHK Grassroots Fund
This Fund was set up in 2025 to offer multi-year grants to around 15 small charities that are aiming to strengthen communities and help people living in/near the Cotswolds who need support because of family crisis, poor health, social isolation, end of life care, costs of living crisis and other challenging circumstances
CHK Next Generation Fund
Offers grants to around 12 UK registered charities that are working to address issues of interest to the younger generation of the Founder’s family
OUR AWARDS
Open data
Data about grants (awarded after 1 January 2020) is available in the spreadsheet below* . This spreadsheet is also used by 360Giving, an initiative that aims to help UK funders publish their data in an open and standard format online. You can explore our grantmaking, and that of over 100 other funders, using 360Giving’s GrantNav and Insights tools.
Click here to link to an entry about CHK Foundation on 360Giving’s GrantNav.
*CHK grant data on Excel spreadsheet – this is updated 1-2 per year:
CHK Foundation Grant awards from 1 Jan 2020
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Examples of recent grants
2026 CHK Emergency /Disaster Grants
Award to Disasters Emergency Committee for the DEC Venezuela Earthquake Appeal.
Award to Médecins Sans Frontières for the Ebola Crisis Fund
Award to Handicap International ( operating as Humanity & Inclusion) for humanitarian work in Lebanon
Award to British Red Cross Society to support humanitarian work in Lebanon
Award to Saint Patrick’s Humanitarian Incubator to support Insulate Ukraine
Award to The International Medical Education Trust for the Emergency Campaign for War Victims in Palestine
Examples of 2026 CHK Foundation Main Grant Recipients and Awards
Bloomsbury Football Foundation to support the delivery of the Bloomsbury Football Foundation strategy over the next 12 months
ClientEarth to support the delivery of the ClientEarth strategy over the next 12 months
Rainforest Trust to support the delivery of the Rainforest Trust strategy over the next 12 months
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) to support the Student Wellbeing Service
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation for two Apprentices training in the 2026-27 and 2027/28 Seasons.
Victoria And Albert Museum for the Schools and Further Education Strand of the V&A East Learning Programme
Axiom Maths. Unrestricted grant, to further the charitable objects
Royal National Theatre to support the National Theatre Skills Centre
Royal Academy Of Music for the new The Royal Academy of Music at London City Island
Now Teach. Unrestricted grant, to further the charitable objects
Coln Restoration Group. Unrestricted grant, to further the charitable objects
Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust to cover the cost of one Nuffield scholarship and two Next-Gen scholarships
The Nucleo Project. Unrestricted grant, to further the charitable objects
The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon to support the 2026 touring production of First Encounters: Julius Caesar