The Community Foundation in Wales
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £3,178,440 | 67% | 236 |
| General charitable purposes | £2,378,905 | 50% | 178 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £2,009,444 | 42% | 119 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £1,721,340 | 36% | 122 |
| Disability | £1,587,446 | 33% | 119 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £1,459,820 | 31% | 114 |
| Health and saving lives | £1,223,014 | 26% | 93 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £998,513 | 21% | 71 |
| Recreation | £916,583 | 19% | 89 |
| Other charitable purposes | £851,142 | 18% | 49 |
| Amateur sport | £740,434 | 16% | 84 |
| Religious activities | £517,601 | 11% | 41 |
| Accommodation and housing | £381,543 | 8% | 17 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £367,636 | 8% | 24 |
| Animals | £128,777 | 3% | 9 |
| Overseas aid and famine relief | £33,000 | 1% | 5 |
| Armed forces and emergency services | £19,700 | 0% | 3 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £340,391 |
| 2024 | £1,269,715 |
| 2023 | £1,841,464 |
| 2022 | £939,640 |
| 2021 | £352,114 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 406
- Grants on 360Giving
- 681
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £4,941
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £149,555
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 124 of 406
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Powys57
- Cardiff53
- Rhondda Cynon Taf30
- Carmarthenshire27
- Newport26
- Swansea25
- Flintshire22
- Wrexham21
- Denbighshire19
- Neath Port Talbot17
- Pembrokeshire15
- Ceredigion15
- Bridgend13
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
We are dedicated to promoting philanthropy and strengthening local communities by awarding grants to high-impact grassroots projects across Wales. We provide a grant-making and fund management service for a range of donor Fund holders: people and organisations who recognise the value of our philanthropy services in stewarding their charitable giving and maximizing its impact and legacy.
- Status
- Registered on 15 March 1999
- Income in its latest year
- £3,188,872, year ending 31 March 2026
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
- This funder on the Charity Commission register
- This funder is itself a Welsh charity. See its OpenCharity page.
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archdiocese of Cardiff-menevia | £34,660 | 360Giving | 2023, 2025 |
| Ysgol Caer Drewyn PTFA | £1,000 | 360Giving | 2025 |
| Paul Sartori Foundation Limited | £8,000 | 360Giving | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Togs Centre | £50,000 | 360Giving | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Jig-so Children's Centre | £55,250 | 360Giving | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Cardished | £5,250 | 360Giving | 2024, 2025 |
| St Davids Diocesan Board of Finance | £40,000 | 360Giving | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| The Widows, Orphans and Dependants Society of the Church in Wales | £4,000 | 360Giving | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Rekindle | £9,750 | 360Giving | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Pembrokeshire Samaritans | £4,500 | 360Giving |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.