What's Going On?

The Boring Fund helps small non-profit organisations (based in the UK) cover a bit of the boring costs that keep them running. Boring but essential things like insurance, web hosting, admin time: the stuff that’s always so hard to find funding for. ​​

​Small, grassroots organisations shouldn’t have to jump through endless hoops to get support. We want to take away the red tape that so often makes fundraising complicated, intimidating and unfair for people doing the proper work on the ground, particularly for marginalised groups. (Big funders with wads of cash, please take note!)

The Boring Fund keeps things easy with the simplest application process, £200 grants, and no reporting.

​Who can apply?

Organisations that:

• are not-for-profit

• are based in, and primarily delivering work in, the UK

• have a UK bank account in the name of the organisation

You can apply to The Boring Fund if you are a:

• Charity

• Community Interest Company (ltd by guarantee or by shares)

• Limited Company

• Constituted community or voluntary group/ unincorporated association

​You can’t apply as a:

• School

• PTA or “Friends of” group for a larger organisation

• Individual, sole trader or partnership

• For-profit company that pays profits to directors, shareholders or members​

You must be a small organisation.

• Annual turnover (amount of money coming into the org) under £150,000

• Very small number of paid staff e.g. 0-3 people who do the day to day running of things and juggle all the jobs, probably part time or freelance. (you may have a wider pool of freelance group leaders or volunteers or whatever but I’m talking about main people who put the work in to run the organisation)

• No fundraising team or regular paid fundraising staff member

• No confirmed core funding or significant multi-year funding- doing stuff on a shoestring, making it work, scrabbling to find enough money for the ongoing boring costs.

All grants are for £200. There will be 30+ grants available. You can use a grant for a couple of different things if one of them costs less than £200, or put the £200 towards the cost of something more expensive.

The grant is to spend the money on something boring and behind-the-scenes, that would otherwise be more difficult to fund e.g. insurance, accountancy, admin time, web hosting, training, office costs etc. Essential but unsexy costs. The grants are not for project delivery or anything too exciting.

Closing date 30 November – We’ll contact you either way by Friday 19 December and let you know how to claim your grant if you were successful.