Grant funders

The Mercers Charitable Foundation

Private foundation

United Kingdom

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Given in 2025 £7.2m
Typical grant £90k Middle half £70k to £102k
New grantees in 2025 83% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

83% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 18% 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

London 286 grants · typical £77k
North East 63 grants · typical £82k
South East 39 grants · typical £75k
East of England 28 grants · typical £73k
West Midlands 27 grants · typical £80k
East Midlands 17 grants · typical £80k
South West 12 grants · typical £42k
Yorkshire and The Humber 11 grants · typical £95k

Top local authority areas

Westminster 33 grants · typical £96k
Camden 25 grants · typical £75k
Islington 25 grants · typical £99k
Tower Hamlets 23 grants · typical £75k
Hackney 19 grants · typical £75k
Southwark 19 grants · typical £80k
Lambeth 14 grants · typical £75k
Newcastle upon Tyne 14 grants · typical £74k
Hammersmith and Fulham 12 grants · typical £70k
Lewisham 11 grants · typical £75k

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

Latest grants made

The Heritage Crafts Association Grant to The Heritage Crafts Association £20k 22 Jul 2026
Compact for Race Equality in South Tyneside Grant to Compact for Race Equality in South Tyneside £95k 2 Jul 2026
Acts Trust Grant to Acts Trust £95k 2 Jul 2026
Women at the Well Grant to Women at the Well £81k 2 Jul 2026
The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation Grant to The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation £95k 2 Jul 2026
H&F Giving Grant to H&F Giving £105k 2 Jul 2026
SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT (previously ST MICHAEL'S CENTRE PARTNERSHIP BYKER) Grant to SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT (previously ST MICHAEL'S CENTRE PARTNERSHIP BYKER) £95k 2 Jul 2026
Face Front Inclusive Theatre Grant to Face Front Inclusive Theatre £86k 2 Jul 2026
King's Lynn Night Shelter Grant to King's Lynn Night Shelter £122k 2 Jul 2026
Footprints in the Community Grant to Footprints in the Community £95k 2 Jul 2026

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