Grant funders

The Shears Foundation

Private foundation

United Kingdom

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Given in 2025 £508k
Typical grant £6,000 Middle half £5,750 to £6,000
New grantees in 2025 94% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

94% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 0% 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

North East 98 grants · typical £6,000
Yorkshire and The Humber 63 grants · typical £5,883
North West 53 grants · typical £5,750
London 27 grants · typical £5,500
South East 9 grants · typical £6,000
East of England 3 grants · typical £10k
South West 2 grants · typical £5,625
East Midlands 2 grants · typical £43k

Top local authority areas

Newcastle upon Tyne 39 grants · typical £5,900
Manchester 33 grants · typical £5,750
Bradford 25 grants · typical £5,948
York 17 grants · typical £5,500
North Yorkshire 16 grants · typical £5,942
Northumberland 15 grants · typical £6,000
Gateshead 15 grants · typical £6,000
North Tyneside 11 grants · typical £6,000
Islington 10 grants · typical £7,750
Sunderland 9 grants · typical £5,500

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

Latest grants made

West End Refugee Service West End Refugee Service £60k 6 Aug 2026
Funding and Development Manager Funding and Development Manager £5,000 11 Jul 2026
Cranfield Trust Cranfield Trust £6,300 11 Jul 2026
St Oswald's Hospice St Oswald's Hospice £97k 11 Jul 2026
The Nipple Innovation Project The Nipple Innovation Project £5,160 11 Jul 2026
abandofbrothers ABandOfBrothers £8,150 11 Jul 2026
All Saints Landmark Centre. All Saints Landmark Centre. £6,300 11 Jul 2026
Search CIO (services for older people) Search CIO (services for older people) £6,300 11 Jul 2026
Standing Tall Standing Tall £6,300 11 Jul 2026
Survive (support for survivors of rape and sexual abuse) Survive (support for survivors of rape and sexual abuse) £6,300 11 Jul 2026

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