We are a registered charity that exists to make Sussex a fairer and more equal place. We do this by enabling local people to support local causes, making grants to small charities and voluntary groups working in communities across Sussex.
Through our philanthropy advice we help to match our supporters’ aims with the many small, effective local charities offering solutions to local issues.
Since 2006, we've given £40 million in grants to over 3,500 organisations and £26 million is in endowment to provide for future generations across Sussex.
Our founder and first Chairman was the late 10th Duke of Richmond and Gordon. He felt that Sussex needed a community foundation to support the smaller charities and community groups often overlooked when local people and companies thought about giving to charity.
"People look at Sussex as quite well off and comfortable but there are pockets of deprivation. It is in my view a scandal that there are areas in Sussex which are in the bottom 20 per cent of national measures of social deprivation."
Over the past 20 years, we've awarded £40 million in grants to more than 3,500 charities and community organisations, supporting projects that tackle poverty, improve health, help people reach their potential and act on climate.
We are a proud member of UK Community Foundations (UKCF), a movement of 47 accredited and independent community foundations. As individual community foundations we are locally rooted, and as UKCF members we are nationally connected.
Community foundations draw on local insight to shape philanthropy and strategic funding. Each year, we collectively mobilise over £180 million to grassroots charities and community groups throughout the UK.
UKCF works with national strategic partners to enable investment in communities at scale.
Whether you want to support a particular issue, give where your support is most needed or create a lasting fund for future generations, we can help you find a way to give that works for you.
Together, we can help create a fairer, more equal Sussex.
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