The Foundation has published its new strategy, A Time for Bold Transitions (2025-2030), which aims ‘to respond to this age of significant disruption and interconnected global threats’ and it has ‘re-committed’ to its aim to advance wellbeing for people, society and the natural world.

The Foundation has dispensed with funding categories and will now focus on funding charitable organisations that at their core are committed to ensuring the rights of people, society and the natural world for current and future generations.

In order to be considered for funding, organisations will need to demonstrate ‘that intrinsic to their approach’ they are:

Changemaking organisations that understand their role within existing and/or new systems and have a clear strategy for how and why they intend to make change.
Committed to advancing justice through the active involvement of individuals and communities with personal or direct experience of the issues.

And they will need to share how their work relates to at least one of the following:

Tackling the triple planetary crisis by mitigating and adapting to climate impacts, reducing pollution, and protecting and restoring nature.
Building greater trust and connection, reducing polarisation within society and increasing the levels of participation and influence in the political process.
Promoting the development and adoption of economic models and systems that support people and planet, and reduce wealth inequalities.
Advancing equity and justice for marginalised communities impacted by these issues.

Grants of up to a maximum of £60,000 per year are available with a maximum of £180,000 up to five years and will support core costs, including (but not limited to):

Staff salaries, training and expenses.
Day-to-day running costs and operations.
Monitoring and evaluation, including research.
Communications and digital innovation.

Applications will be considered from registered, excepted or exempt charities who are doing work that has a national footprint or a wide reach, such as working in more than one country, region or county.

Eligible organisations will be UK based registered charities with an annual income of between £100,000 and £10 million. Consideration may be given to a company limited by guarantee, including CICs, with an asset lock or as a fiscally hosted organisation.

The Foundation will be running weekly Q&A sessions from 25 June to 12 August. Details can be found on the Foundation's website 'apply for funding' page

There is a two stage application process. The first step is to submit a proposal describing what the organisation is seeking funding for.

Applications can be submitted at any time. For more information, please visit ellerman.org.uk/apply-for-funding