Grant funders

Masonic Charitable Foundation

Private foundation, England

Also known as MCF, The Freemasons' Charity, The Masonic Foundation

United Kingdom

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Given in 2025 £6.5m
Typical grant £37k Middle half £15k to £60k
New grantees in 2025 86% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

86% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 5% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

South East 216 grants · typical £15k
London 197 grants · typical £30k
South West 141 grants · typical £15k
North West 139 grants · typical £18k
East of England 132 grants · typical £15k
West Midlands 95 grants · typical £15k
East Midlands 85 grants · typical £15k
Yorkshire and The Humber 77 grants · typical £15k

Top local authority areas

Islington 27 grants · typical £60k
Birmingham 22 grants · typical £22k
Bristol, City of 21 grants · typical £29k
Southwark 18 grants · typical £33k
Westminster 17 grants · typical £35k
Oxford 17 grants · typical £25k
Leeds 17 grants · typical £15k
Wiltshire 16 grants · typical £18k
Camden 15 grants · typical £47k
County Durham 15 grants · typical £20k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

HMDT Music MCF Large Grant £57k 19 Jan 2026
Sheffield Mencap and Gateway MCF Large Grant £60k 19 Jan 2026
Area 43 MCF Large Grant £60k 16 Jan 2026
The Boathouse Youth (The BHY) MCF Large Grant £60k 16 Jan 2026
Citizens Advice Mid Lincolnshire MCF Large Grant £60k 16 Jan 2026
Moving On Durham MCF Large Grant £60k 16 Jan 2026
British Dyslexia Association MCF Large Grant £60k 14 Jan 2026
Accrington Stanley Community Trust MCF Large Grant £60k 14 Jan 2026
Gingerbread Family Support Ltd MCF Large Grant £59k 14 Jan 2026
Wealden Sailability MCF Festival £7,458 8 Jan 2026

Data: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales register of charities, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0); Contains grants data published by UK grantmakers via 360Giving GrantNav. Each award names its publisher and licence. (CC BY 4.0, OGL v3.0 or CC0 1.0, as published by each funder (CC BY-SA data excluded)); Masonic Charitable Foundation, via 360Giving GrantNav