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Welcome to The Kent Family Foundation home page.  Formerly The Kent Family Charitable Trust, we now have full UK charity status (registered number 1207157).

The transfer of assets from the trust is now complete and we will be considering applications for grants on a quaterley basis in Janaury, April, July and October.

Our Causes

Our Causes

As defined in our constitution we are only able to make grants to registered UK charities.

As the number of good applications exceeds the funding we have available, we use the following criteria to help us in make decisions on how best to allocate funding.

  • Applications that have the greatest impact on reducing human suffering (e.g. extreme poverty or the lack of basic human rights as defined by the UN Declaration of Human Rights)
  • Applications that have the greatest impact on reducing suffering in non-human sentient animals
  • Applications from charities that have objectives and are managed in a way that is consistent with humanist principles
  • Applications where a small grant might enable a larger project to go ahead, such as meeting a shortfall in funding or which encourage larger grants or fund-raising
  • Applications where there is a high degree of likelihood of the proposed impact being achieved

Recent Projects

The projects listed below have been funded partially or wholly by our Foundation (inlcuding its predecessor the Kent Family Charitable Trust) or are causes where a member of the family has had a personal involvement. 

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We have worked on a range of projects giving each a mix of our time and financial resources as required. (Including the Foundation’s predecessor the Kent Family Charitable Trust),

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Resources

Here are some links and downloads to useful information.

Applying for Grants

Please read this section before contacting us regarding a grant.  We receive many more requests than we can fund – roughy 20:1 in value terms.   To help avoid spending time on an application which is unlikely to be succesful please check the following:

  • We only make grants to registered UK charities
  • We only make grants that align closely with our preferred causes and humanist principles
  • Applications must be made using our application form
  • Please submit information or contact us electronically using the info@ email or the contact us form
  • We consider applications once per quarter

Documents and Forms

Application form (pdf)

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Our grant making policy

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