Our Donors
The Foundations major donors all have an interest in supporting the community through grants awarded by the Foundation.
The Community Foundations Main Grants Programme
The Foundations main grants programme is made up of various named funds. See below for the special areas of interest that these funds cover.
- Bill & Val Rooney Fund
Supports a wide variety of applications for voluntary and community groups in Calderdale with a particular interest in projects benefiting elderly people.
Bill & Val Rooney - Donor Profile [pdf, 171Kb] - Dean Clough Fund
Supports a wide variety of applications for voluntary and community groups in Calderdale particularly those that benefit children and young people.
- Gartland Family Trust
Supports a wide range of groups across Calderdale but especially considers projects that benefit people with learning difficulties.
Ann & Tony Gartland - Donor Profile [pdf, 118Kb] - General Fund
Supports a wide variety of applications for voluntary and community groups in Calderdale.
- Halifax Courier Fund
Supports applications that benefit young people either with sports or where a community facility is concerned.
- Individual Fund
The Individual Fund supports people facing disadvantage or deprivation and whose needs cannot be met readily from any other source, be it statutory or charitable. This fund is able to help meet a wide range of needs in many differing situations, particularly to help provide essential items for people in crisis. It does not support student fees or expedition expenses. The maximum amount available is £100 and all applications have to be completed by a referring agency, eg. Citizen's Advice Bureau or Social Services.
- John Smith's Fund
John Smith's particularly like to support community facilities that are of benefit to a diverse range of people.
- Kathleen Mary Denham Fund
Supports a wide variety of applications for voluntary and community groups in Calderdale.
- Kingscliffe Fund
Supports projects involving young people between 10 and 20 but only in Brighouse, Rastrick, Northowram & Lightcliffe.
- Provident Financial Insurance Division Fund
Provident Financial Insurance Division Fund particularly likes to support projects that benefit young people.
- Todmorden Fund
Supports a wide variety of applications for voluntary and community groups operating in Todmorden.
- Werner Townley Fund
Aims to promote community cohesion and harmony in Calderdale.
Myra & Clare Townley - Donor Profile [pdf, 203Kb]
