Apply for a grant | Veterans' Foundation

Applying for a grant from the Veterans’ Foundation:

The Veterans’ Foundation provides grants to eligible organisations that provide assistance to serving and former members of the armed forces community, operational qualified seafarers and their immediate families.

The trustees will consider a range of factors including the projects or items being funded, the number of beneficiaries, the importance of the grant to the applicant organisation, the efficiency of the organisation and the needs of the beneficiaries. Please ensure that you read the grant guidance relevant to the funding programme you select before applying for a grant from the Veterans’ Foundation. The guidance and application form differs for each of the funding programmes.

How to apply:

If you think your project matches our aims, please click below on "Apply Now for..." for the relevant funding programme and complete the eligibility checker.

If you are eligible to apply, our online application portal will signpost you to the relevant form. Please note the guidance and application form differs for each of the funding programmes.

Funding Programme	Amount Available	Funding Round Closing Date	Programme Guidance	Eligibility Checker and Forms
Small Grants	£500 - £5,000	This is a rolling funding programme, with no specific closing date. Applicants may submit no more than one application per quarter for all funding streams. (But if a previous award exists, the application will be accepted 6 months from previous award date.) And no more than ene application per quarter may be submitted, with the quarterly periods being 1^st January – 31^st March, 1^st April – 30^th June, 1^st July – 30^th September 1^st October – 31^st December.	Small Grant Guidance for Applicants	Apply Now For a Small Grant
Standard Grants	£5,001 - £30,000	See key dates below for quarterly Standard Grant funding rounds.	Standard/Salary Grant Guidance for Applicants	Apply Now For a Standard Grant
Salary Grants	Up to £25,000 per year for up to three years (Max £75,000)	See key dates below for quarterly Salary Grant funding rounds.	Standard/Salary Grant Guidance for Applicants	Apply Now for a Salary Grant
Major Grants	£100,000 - £200,000 (spread over one to three years)	Expression of Interest accepted from 14 Feb until midnight 28 Feb 2025.	2025 Major Grant Guidance for Applicants	Apply Now for a Major Grant (Expression of Interest)

In addition to reading the relevant funding programme grant guidance, please read our What We Will Not Fund, Standard/Salary Application Form Questions, and Small Application Form Questions to learn more about applying for a grant through one of our funding programmes.

Key dates for Standard/Salary Grants funding rounds:

The deadlines for submission of standard and salary grant applications are:

20th January 2025 - for a decision by end of March 2025
31st March 2025 - for a decision by end of June 2025
21st July 2025 - for a decision by end of September 2025
8th October 2025 - for a decision by end of December 2025.

Limit to number of applications: Due to high demand in grant funding applications, please note, if you have an existing grant award, you may submit an application for a new grant after 6 months from the date of the previous award.

We hope that the information provided here is useful but if you need further support and guidance before applying, please e-mail grants@veteransfoundation.org.uk

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