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 three different programmes:
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.
OUR AWARDS
Open data
For awards from 1 January 2020, we publish our grants via 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.
Our grant data can also be downloaded in the following Excel spreadsheet:
CHK Foundation Grants awarded and paid from 1 Jan 2020
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Examples of recent grants
Recent CHK Emergency /Disaster Grants
Award to Afghanaid for the Emergency Earthquake Appeal helping those impacted in Afghanistan’s eastern provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, and Laghman.
Award to Médecins Sans Frontières for further humanitarian work in Sudan
Award to the Disasters Emergency Committee for the Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
Award to Action Syria to support health and education programmes in Syria and neighbouring countries
Disasters Emergency Committee Middle East Humanitarian Appeal (for work in the ceasefire)
Examples of current CHK Foundation Main Grant Awards
Award to The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to support their Introduction to Horticultural Level 1 Qualification
Unrestricted Award to Cotswolds Rivers Trust to further their Charitable Objects
Award to The Springboard Charity to support work with young people to develop key skills for their transition from education to employment.
Award to The Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust to support scholarships with a link to Sustainable Agriculture
Award to support the delivery of the Client Earth strategy over the next 12 months.