Equity Programmes

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Racial Equity Programme

In 2023, we launched our Racial Equity Programme.

This programme is not open to applications.

The programme emerged from the work we did to improve our grantmaking in 2020-21, and it sits within a broader approach to equity across our current five-year strategy.

Image showcases a group of Black people together at a construction site, wearing hard hats and high-vis vests. The photo was provided by our Racial Equity Programme grant recipient Ubele (from the Wolves Lane Centre).

Racial Equity grants

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This £1.35 million initiative strategically supports Black and minoritised-led organisations with three-year unrestricted funding. The Racial Equity Programme sets out to strengthen lived experience-led organisations that we believe can make an impact on racial equity in our society.

Working alongside our Learning Partners, we are intentionally building trust-based relationships, founded on deep knowledge of each organisation's strategic goals and supported through ongoing conversations about progress against these goals.

The following organisations are part of our current Racial Equity portfolio (links open in a new tab):

Ten Years’ Time and Liberating Knowledge are the Learning Partners to both The Foundation and our grantees.

Image: Grantholders The Ubele Initiative.

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Racial Equity portfolio

The following organisations are part of our current Racial Equity portfolio:

Economic Equity Programme

In 2024, we launched our Economic Equity Programme, supporting organisations implementing strategies designed to increase economic stability or security for individuals and communities.

This programme is not open to applications.

A group of six people are standing on a London rooftop holding a light-blue banner that says 'H&F Community Energy'. The image is provided by Economic Equity Programme grant recipient Repowering London.

Economic Equity grants

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The £1.35 million programme has a dual purpose – to provide these organisations with multi-year, core funding to advance their strategies, and to help us become a more equitable funder, particularly for organisations led by those with lived experience of the issues they address. As with the Racial Equity Programme, we intentionally considered organisations at different stages of strategic and financial development, and which are working in ways and spaces that are new to us (including campaigning, community-owned energy and community-led housing).

The following organisations are part of our current Economic Equity portfolio (links open in a new tab):

We will appoint a Learning Partner to support us and the grantholders over the life of the programme.

Image: Grantholders Repowering London.

Economic Equity portfolio

The following organisations are part of our current Economic Equity portfolio:

Disability Equity Programme

In 2025, we launched our Disability Equity programme.

This programme is not open to applications.

Image includes six people grouped together, four of whom are wheelchair users. The image is from our Disability Equity Grant Recipient ALLFIE (copyright Qais Khan).

Disability Equity grants

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As with our Racial Equity and Economic Equity programmes, we are providing multi-year unrestricted funding to support the strategies of organisations led by and for people with disabilities and working towards greater equity in this area.

We will share the names of grantholders and our learning partner as they are confirmed.
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Our first Disability Equity grantholder is ALLFIE (opens in a new tab) (The Alliance for Inclusive Education).

Image: Grantholder Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE).

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