Standard Grants – Veterans Foundation

The VF gives priority to charities and organisations who can demonstrate that they are directly involved in the provision of support to those in need. We seek to prioritise organisations who have a low to medium income.

We can only accept one grant application per funding round. Additionally, we areunable to accept further grant application until six months has passed since your last grant application was submitted. The grant amount which you are requesting should be proportionate to the organisation’s annual income.

The Veterans’ Foundation encourages applications from under-represented groups such as:
• People with additional support needs
• Ethnic minorities
• LGBT+ community
• Female groups

The range of charities and organisations supported by VF is extensive and includes areas such as, but not limited to: homelessness, employability, financial disadvantage, disability, welfare issues, mental health, support for families and children and assistance during older age.

Whilst we will accept grant applications from organisations that do not exclusively support Armed Forces’ beneficiaries, information will be required as to why the service given to Armed Forces’ beneficiaries differs from your other services.

Information on what the additional/different needs of these beneficiaries are, and why your organisation is best placed to deliver the project should be included in your application.

Key dates for Standard/Salary Grants funding rounds:

The Veterans’ Foundation encourages you to submit an application as soon as you can complete it, but the deadlines for submission of standard and salary grant applications are by midnight on:

30th March 2026 – for a decision by end of June 2026.

All registered charities and other not-for-profit groups that support our beneficiaries mentioned earlier, may apply. The following exceptions apply:
• Groups with an annual income above £100,000
• Community Interest Companies (CICs) Ltd by shares
• CIC’s or other companies who have registered a ‘Persons with Significant Control’ on
Companies House
• Private Limited Companies (PLCs) Ltd
• Statutory organisations – Local Authorities, NHS, Educational institutions
• Individuals

Grants of up to a maximum of £30,000 are available. This can be for one year or a multi-year grant for up to three years (e.g., £10,000 per year, over three years).

This is a rolling funding programme, with no specific closing date.  Applicants may submit no more than one application per quarter for all funding streams. (But if a previous award exists, the application will be accepted 6 months from previous award date.) And no more than ene application per quarter may be submitted, with the quarterly periods being

1^st January – 31^st March,

1^st April – 30^th June,

1^st July – 30^th September

1^st October – 31^st December.