THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST
Grants, usually for between £2,000 and £10,000, are available for UK animal welfare charities for projects or activities in the UK and overseas that benefit and protect animals, relieve the suffering of animals, address the conservation of wildlife and/or encourage a greater understanding of animals.
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o Application deadline: FRIDAY 10th JANUARY 2025.
o Funder: The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust (founded 1982. Charity number 326358: Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 31st December 2023: £925,000 (2022: £605,173; 2021: £441,200; 2020: £395,000)).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities, although charities with an annual income of under £5,000 do not need to be registered to be able to apply.
o Key Words: Capital, Revenue, Animal Welfare, Conservation of wildlife, Education, Overseas, United Kingdom.
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The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust provides grants of between £2,000 and £10,000, with no specific requirement for matched funding, for revenue projects as well as occasional grants of up to £35,000 (as a matched funding contribution towards capital projects) for UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas whose activities include one or more of the following:
o To conserve wild life.
o To encourage the understanding of animals, and
o To relieve animals from suffering.
The Trust favours small-medium sized charities (charities that aren’t registered and have an annual income of under £5,000 are also eligible to apply) that meet the following criteria:
o Are able to demonstrate an active re-homing and rehabilitation policy for animals taken into their care.
o Involved with conservation of wildlife, when the rescue, rehabilitation and (where appropriate and possible) the release of animals.
o Registered with the Charity Commission unless their annual income is under £5,000, with independently examined and up-to-date annual accounts, and
o Smaller animal welfare charities registered in the UK and working in the UK or abroad.
During the year ended 31st December 2022, the Trust made donations totalling £925,000 (2022: £605,173; 2021: £441,200; 2020: £395,000) to UK registered animal welfare chanties working in the UK and overseas involved with the care of dogs, cats, rabbits, equines and numerous wildlife ranging from hedgehogs to elephants.
The larger than normal level of donations for the year were accounted for by the Trust celebrating its 40th anniversary of grant-making by making additional awards totalling £412,000.
A list of all grants awarded during the year can be viewed on pages 15-18 of the Trust’s annual accounts.
Funding is not available for:
o Charities offering sanctuary to animals, with no effort to re-home, foster or rehabilitate, unless endangered species.
o Charities registered outside of the United Kingdom.
o Charities that do not have a realistic destruction policy for animals that cannot be given a reasonable quality of life, be that medical or behavioural.
o Charities that spend more than a reasonable proportion of their annual income on administration or cannot justify their costs per animal helped.
o Charities which import dogs or other animals from overseas, unless they fulfil the additional listed criteria.
o Charities with available reserves equal to more than one year’s expenditure, unless it can be demonstrated that reserves are being held for a designated project.
o Individuals.
o Loan applications.
o Overseas charities for funds for capital expenditure, or
o Veterinary schools, unless the money can be seen to be directly benefiting the type of animals the Trust would want to support (for example, welfare-related or low-cost and first-opinion vet-treatment projects.
Further information, guidance and an application form is available on the Trust’s website.
The next deadline for applications is Friday 10th January 2025 for consideration at the Trust’s Spring 2025 meeting.
Contact details for the Trust are:
Barbara Georgiou
Trust Administrator
The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
PO Box 469
London
W14 8PJ
Email: jsawt7@gmail.com
(The Trust does not advertise a phone number.)