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Scotland’s community foundation

foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported
foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported
foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported
foundation Scotland logo including photos of projects supported

Foundation Scotland is an independent funder, and is Scotland’s only Community Foundation.


Since 1996, we’ve helped distribute more than £200 million to charities and community groups across Scotland, creating happier, fairer, and more sustainable communities. 

All over Scotland, local groups and charities have ideas and plans for how to make their communities happier, fairer, and more sustainable. What they often lack is the financial support to help make those ideas happen.

We work with funders, donors and philanthropists who want to support and strengthen the building blocks of these communities. We help them to channel their giving in a way that is most meaningful to them, or to support communities that they have a particular connection with.

We also work in partnership with communities themselves, so that they can maximise funding opportunities from place-based funds, such as community benefit funds provided by the renewables sector - like wind farms.

And we offer social investment opportunities that enable social enterprises, community organisations and charities to grow and deliver positive social impact.

For a quick introduction on how we make a difference, watch our animation.

More about us

Over the past 12 months

We’ve paid out

£20.9m

through this many grants

3195

and this many funds

285

Learn more about our impact

Social Investment support

Foundation Scotland has extended support for the third sector even further by providing innovative social investment opportunities to social enterprises in Scotland.

Social investment expands on our community foundation's core grantmaking services providing access to a greater range of funding options across Scotland.  Find out more.

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Our news

Fund News

Langhope Rig community fund supporting local young people

The Langhope Rig Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has awarded over £40,000 to community projects, including those that provide support to local young people.

Fund News

New Development Officer supporting Douglas and Glespin communities

A new, dedicated Development Officer is now in place to support local community groups and projects across Douglas and Glespin.

General News

Half a million pound funding powers grassroots climate action in central Scotland

£500,000 has been awarded to five Community Climate Action Hubs in Scotland’s central belt to enable local communities to tackle climate change and its impacts.

General News

What can UK policy learn from the Scottish experience of community benefit funding?

In response to their recent working paper on mandating community benefits, over 45 organisations have signed an open letter to the UK government.