[WiLT] City Parochial Foundation (CPF) Open Programme - 30th May 2009

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City Parochial Foundation (CPF) - London

CPF is an independent charitable foundation which aims to enable and
empower the poor of London to tackle poverty and its root causes, and
to ensure that its funds reach those most in need. Each year it
expects to make funds of approximately £6.5 million available, of
which over £5 million is allocated to its open programme, and the
remainder to its special initiatives and commissioning.

There are many ways in which issues of poverty can be addressed,
though the Foundation does not have sufficient resources to support
all needs.  CPF's open programme has four priority areas. These are:
* To improve employment opportunities for disadvantaged people;
* To promote the inclusion of recent arrivals to the UK;
* To promote social justice (policy change and campaigning work);
* To strengthen the voluntary and community sector (in the areas of
research, campaigning and policy change and evaluation and learning).

CPF expects to make approximately 100 grants each year through its
open programme. There is no minimum or maximum size of grant and the
amount you request should be the amount you need.  However, the
average grant is currently £52,000 in total, although a significant
number of grants are smaller (between £5,000 to £30,000) and a few are
larger (more than £70,000).

The amounts requested may be spread over one, two or three years and
in some cases over longer periods, if there is a good reason to do so.
For example, if you are awarded a grant of £45,000, this could be
£15,000 over three years, or £25,000 in the first year and £20,000 in
the second. CPF will not normally make grants that exceed £100,000.

Exceptional cases

We will also fund exceptional work to tackle poverty which falls
outside our open programme.  Organisations will need to demonstrate
clearly how their work is genuinely exceptional and you are advised to
speak to one of our officers if you wish to apply under this heading.
Generally we will only make a handful of grants under this category
each year.

CPF has comprehensive funding guidelines available on its website or
which can be requested from its offices. Please read these funding
guidelines in full before making an application. The guidelines set
out how you should go about making an application.

They have three closing dates a year by which proposals are to be
submitted. They are:
7 February for the June Grants Committee;
30 May for the October Grants Committee;
25 October for the March Grants Committee.
You may submit your proposal at any time but it will only be assessed
once the next closing date has passed.

City Parochial Foundation, 6 Middle Street, London, EC1A 7PH
Tel: 020 7606 6145
Fax: 020 7600 1866
Email: info at cityparochial.org.uk
Website: http://www.cityparochial.org.uk/cpf/grants/