The Garfield Weston Foundation

Founded in 1958 the Garfield Weston Foundation is a UK based, general grant-giving charity endowed by the late W Garfield Weston and members of his family. In the year to 5 April 2006, the Foundation supported 1,533 applications with grants totalling over £38 million.

Thier website was launched in January 2005 as a single source of information for organisations considering applying for funding.

The Foundation is recognised by UK Inland Revenue as an approved charity for tax purposes (reference number X96978).

Who do they fund?

The Garfield Weston Foundation has helped a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Our recent rounds of funding have helped projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Social, Religion, Youth and Environment.

Note: Heritage projects have recieved funding from this Foundation in recent years.