About us | Charities Aid Foundation

About Charities Aid Foundation

We are a leading charity and bank seeking to connect vital organisations, institutions and individuals working to ensure everyone has a stake in the future. We exist to accelerate progress in society towards a fair and sustainable future for all.

For over 95 years, we’ve acted as a meeting point for companies, private philanthropists, fellow foundations, governments, charities and not-for-profit enterprises. Our independence, expertise and international reach enable hundreds of millions of pounds each year to move across sectors and borders and arrive safely with thousands of charities to make a greater impact.

CAF group consists of Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in the UK, including CAF Bank; CAF America; and CAF Canada.

We also lead an international network of like-minded charitable organisations. We collaborate to inspire innovation, share best practice and improve cross-border giving in support of civil society.

Charities

We enable charities and social enterprises to do more life-changing work through our advisory services, funding and finance solutions.

These include strategy and planning, banking, investments, fundraising tools and social investment.

Our work with charities

Donors

We partner with companies and private donors to realise greater impact with their giving.

Our regulatory expertise and sector-leading charity validation ensure effective, quick and safe cross-border giving.

Our work with individual donors

Our work with businesses

Public sector

We work with governments, non-profit organisations and charity partners to achieve maximum impact, including delivering large-scale grantmaking programmes.

We act as a voice of the charitable sector with Government, policymakers and regulators to ensure appropriate conditions for donors, charities and social enterprises.

Our policy and campaign work

Our press office

How we deliver for charities

Enabling charities to do more for their communities.

North East Young Dads and Lads: Finding corporate partners

How the young men's charity diversified their income and strengthened their long-term sustainability with our charity advisory support.

jumping for joy outside new charity home

Snowdrop Project: Creating stability and safety with a permanent home

How the trafficking charity secured a new home to continue its vital work with a loan from CAF Bank.

HISBE: Making sustainable food accessible to all

How sustainable social enterprise HISBE Food opened its first and second stores with social investment from CAF Venturesome.

Supporting corporate giving programmes to deliver real social impact.

TSG: Co-designing a corporate giving strategy to tackle the digital divide

How we supported Technology Services Group to identify their focus, create an impact statement and design an impact framework.

Johnson Matthey Science and Me Programme

Johnson Matthey: Aligning strategy with purpose

How Johnson Matthey are improving access to STEM education with their flagship global community impact programme, Science and Me, with our advisory support.

AstraZeneca: Partnering to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals

How AstraZeneca have reached 12m+ young people in tackling non-communicable diseases with our grantmaking and verification support.

Empowering individuals to give with greater impact.

John Sharp: Saving lives at sea

How a CAF Legacy pledger followed in his ancestor’s footsteps to fund the upgrade of a RNLI lifeboat.

Private client: Delivering lasting impacts for nature

How a CAF client is creating a wilder Kent in memory of his late wife.

Martin Lewis: Achieving long-term social impact

How the consumer champion uses a CAF Charitable Trust to give strategically to the causes that matter to him.

Trends and insights for the charitable sector

Our thought leadership in research, insight and policy work helps inform and shape the giving landscape in the UK and around the world. Our expertise is routinely sought to represent the sector and offer constructive and informed views to bring clarity to public debates in support of the work charities do.