Existing Funds
Funds under management and their criteria
This page shows all of the Funds currently managed by the Foundation. If you are considering applying for a grant you only need to complete one application form to access any of these funds. Please see our Apply for a grant section for more information.
| Name | Criteria |
| Acorn Fund | To support social and community activities, encouraging community involvement and self-help and support innovative charitable activity within Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. |
| The ACG Grassroots Fund for Essex | To support small, local voluntary and community groups and organisations that are active in Essex. What is a Grassroots Fund? Find out here... |
| Baker Tilly Charitable Fund | To benefit voluntary and community groups throughout Essex |
| Bartella Charitable Fund | To support charitable activity helping disadvantaged children/young people living in the Chelmsford district. |
| Belinda Starling Memorial Fund | To support disadvantaged young people in Essex, in developing their literary, drama or musical talents. Read more... |
| Jerome Booth Charitable Fund | To support Charitable activity in Essex. |
| Britvic Community Fund | To support charitable or community activity in Essex, with a particular focus of supporting organisations working with families in the Chelmsford area. |
| Chiron Fund | To support new and existing methods of social and community activities, encourage community involvement and self-help within Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. |
| Colchester Fund | To support a wide range of local charitable activities in the Colchester district. |
| Coombewood Amenity Fund | To support people suffering with mental health problems in South Essex. |
| Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund | To support voluntary and community groups working with people of any age, but preferably under 25, providing general educational training and development within the Braintree District. |
| William Julien Courtauld Medical Trust Fund | To support Organisations who are helping people with medical/health needs in Braintree. |
| e2v Foundation | To benefit voluntary and community groups in areas where e2v has representation.Read more... |
| Essex & Suffolk Water Abberton Scheme Community Fund | To support voluntary groups in communities as and when they are affected by works related to the expansion of the Abberton reservoir. |
| Essex & Suffolk Water Community Fund | To meet the needs of the community in the districts serviced by Essex & Suffolk Water. |
| Essex County Council Chairman's Fund | To support groups that are increasing the knowledge of local arts, heritage and culture of young people |
| Essex County Council Millennium Fund |
To support young people, carers, the community and the local environment. |
| Essex County Council Tree Initiative Project | A County wide initiative to help Voluntary and Community groups plant 25,000 trees , shrubs and hedgerow plants. |
| Essex County Fire & Rescue Service Charitable Fund | To support organisations helping vulnerable people to understand and reduce the risk of fire in the home and road traffic incidents |
Fair Share Trust - Basildon Fair Share Trust - Tendring |
Fair Share Trust is a £50 million UK-wide programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund and managed for Essex by Essex Community Foundation. It is aimed at building social capital, community capacity and improving the environment in areas that have not received their fair share of Lottery funding |
| The FMW Community Fund | To support Organisations working with young people. |
| The Thomas and Evelyn Gepp Grassroots Charitable Fund | To support small, local voluntary and community groups and organisations that are active in Essex. What is a Grassroots Fund? Find out here... |
| Grassroots Grants and Endowment Challenge | To support small, local voluntary and community groups and organisations that are active in Essex, Southend and Thurrock. |
| The Greenfields Community Fund | To benefit voluntary and community groups in the administrative area of Braintree district |
| The Harlow Education Trust | To support the development of skills, knowledge and talent of young people living in Harlow. |
| The Roger & Jean Heath Charitable Fund | To support new and existing methods of social and community activities, encourage community involvement and self-help within Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. |
| The Hew Watt Family Charitable Fund | To support Charitable activity in Thurrock. |
| High Sheriffs' Fund (inc. Essex Crimebeat) |
To support local initiatives devised to make communities safer places to work and live. To find out more click here |
| The Hutton Charity | To support medical care and research within hospitals and similar charitable institutions across Essex with a preference to the district of Chelmsford. |
| Local Area Agreement / Voluntary Sector Engagement Fund | to support VCS organisations whose executives are undertaking specifically defined leadership roles within the Local Area Agreement (LAA) Funding is available to compensate for the time spent on LAA county-wide work that goes beyond the immediate interests of the organisation concerned. |
| Margaretting Fund | To support charitable activities within the Chelmsford District. |
| The Angela & Ian Marks Charitable Fund | To support social and community activities, encouraging community involvement and self-help and support innovative charitable activity within Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. |
| The Mersea Island Community Fund | To support community groups and charities on Mersea Island. |
| Milsom Charitable Trust | To support Charitable or Community activity in Essex |
| Michael Pratley Grassroots Charitable Fund | To support small, local voluntary and community groups and organisations that are active in Essex. What is a Grassroots Fund? Find out here... |
| PB Charitable Fund | To support new and existing methods of social and community activities, encourage community involvement and self-help within Essex, Southend and Thurrock. |
| Royal London Community Fund | To support a wide range of local charitable activities in and around Colchester. |
| The Searle Trust | To further within the area of the Civil Parish of Debden such religious and other community purposes being charitable of the Church of England or other Christian organisation. |
| The Skills Investment Fund | To support Voluntary and Community organisations working to expand the skills base throughout Essex |
| Southend Fund |
To support charitable activities in Southend-on-Sea district. Read More |
| Sport Relief Fund |
To support organisations providing sport and exercise opportunities for people that are excluded or disadvantaged. |
| The Alastair & Patricia Stewart Charitable Fund | To support Voluntary and Community groups throughout Essex |
| WOMAC | Women on the Move against Cancer |
Womens Fund |
The Women’s Fund has been set up within Essex Community Foundation to address some of the issues that are of particular relevance to women and their children. |
