What CCF Won’t Fund


Cumbria Community Foundation will not award grants for:

•          Animal welfare

•          Contact Boxing (unless you are applying to Comic Relief)

•          Businesses and personal profit

•          Deficit funding

•          General large appeals

•          Medical research and equipment, except where donor advised

•          Activities which are normally the responsibility of central or local government

•          Sponsored events

•          Many of our funds will not fund Statutory bodies

•          Awards from the same in a 12 month period

•          Projects which duplicate and existing service in a area

•          Fundraisers and fundraising events

•          Advancement of religion including buildings solely for religious purposes

•          Party political activities

•          Retrospective funding unless through a disaster appeal

•          Purchase of vehicle unless fundholder directed

•          Groups with less than 3 unrelated committee members or directors

•          Groups or individuals who have not returned their monitoring form

•          Beautification projects

•          National organisations who do not have a local committee or office within Cumbria

•          CICs who cannot show they are working towards financial stability

•          Education establishments unless via PTA or Friends of Schools