Welcome to the Charities Aid Foundation

We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work.

Personal giving From one-off donations to long-term giving, or designing your personal philanthropic strategy, we work together to help you realise your giving ambitions. Corporate giving You have the vision for making a difference. So do we. We help you plan how to give based on your goals. Services for charities Helping your charity or social enterprise become more resilient. Insights Discover the latest insights for donors and charitable organisations to help create a greater impact About us We are a leading charity, working at the centre of the giving world. We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work. Donate

Personal giving

From one-off donations to long-term giving, or designing your personal philanthropic strategy, we work together to help you realise your giving ambitions.

DISCOVER OUR PERSONAL GIVING SOLUTIONS

Find a charity and donate

Search our database of over 160,000 charities and donate to the organisation that mean the most to you.

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Discover effective ways to give

We match our strategic, insight led approach with your giving ambitions, so you give in the way you want, to the causes you want, at the right time for you.

DISCOVER OUR PERSONAL GIVING SOLUTIONS

Get a giving account Give through a Charitable Trust Make a large, one-off gift Give through your payroll Give as a dual US/UK taxpayer Leave a legacy gift

Maximise your impact

From strategic advice to grantmaking and social investment, we can work together to drive meaningful change.

Explore our impact accelerator

Get strategic advice Provide social investment

Services for professional advisers

We offer seamless support and expertise to strengthen your own. A trusted philanthropy partner to help your clients make a measurable difference to the causes they care about.

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Resources for effective giving

Expert content to help inspire and inform your giving

EXPLORE OUR PERSONAL GIVING RESOURCES

Corporate giving

You have the vision for making a difference. So do we. We help you plan how to give based on your goals.

DISCOVER OUR CORPORATE GIVING SOLUTIONS

Discover effective ways to give

We combine our in-depth sector expertise, governance support, and tax-efficient giving solutions to help your company (and your employees) make meaningful change.

EXPLORE OUR CORPORATE GIVING SOLUTIONS

Get a company giving account Set up payroll giving Set up a corporate foundation Inspire workplace fundraising

Maximise your impact

From strategic advice to grantmaking and social investment, we can work together to drive meaningful change beyond corporate charitable giving.

EXPLORE OUR IMPACT ACCELERATOR

Get strategic advice Create a grant programme Provide social investment

Resources for effective giving

Resources to help inspire and inform your corporate giving.

EXPLORE OUR CORPORATE GIVING RESOURCES

Services for charities

Helping your charity or social enterprise become more resilient.

DISCOVER HOW WE SUPPORT CHARITIES

Funding for charities

As a charity, we understand the financial challenges you face. We’re here to help strengthen the long-term resilience of your charity or social enterprise.

EXPLORE OUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Fundraise online Manage your CAF donations Apply for an unsecured loan Apply for secured loan Prepare a grant application

Charity banking and investments

Through our subsidiaries CAF Bank and CAF Financial Solutions Limited (CFSL), we work with you to find the best place for your money.

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Current account Savings accounts Secured loans Investments

Strategic consultancy

We've been working with charities for over 100 years. So, we know that if your charity is going to have real impact you need the right support and strategy in place.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CHARITY ADVISORY

Resources for charities

Expert resources to help navigate rising costs and build your charity’s resilience.

EXPLORE OUR RESOURCES FOR CHARITIES

Insights

Discover the latest insights for donors and charitable organisations to help create a greater impact

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Research

Discover insight into donor behaviour, key issues affecting charities and responses to significant UK events.

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Blog

News and opinions from the experts in charitable giving and the sector

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About us

We are a leading charity, working at the centre of the giving world. We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work.

Find out more about CAF

100 years of CAF

From a £1,000 legacy to distributing over £1 billion to charities annually.

FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY

Governance and policies

As a registered charity (number 268369) we operate in a specific way. Learn more about how we are run with essential information on leadership and governance.

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Annual reports Our trustees and executives Legal and regulatory information Standards and conduct policy Sustainability commitment

Press office

View our latest press releases or contact us for commentary on philanthropy, corporate giving and issues facing the charity sector.

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Public affairs and policy

We use our expertise in philanthropy and charitable giving to amplify the charity sector’s voice and needs, working with government, policy makers and regulators to bring about change.

EXPLORE OUR POLICY WORK

Partner with us

The CAF Network is a group of locally led, independent organisations from across the world. Our partners work at the forefront of philanthropy. They offer local expertise on pressing causes, and offer expertise on donating into their countries

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Careers

At the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), we don’t just talk about impact, we actively shape it. Find a rewarding and meaningful career at CAF, where together, we give more.

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CORPORATE GIVING

Maximise the impact of your corporate giving

Harness your business and its people to drive positive social change

Corporate giving with greater purpose and impact

Our Impact Accelerator team – CAF's centre of excellence for impact – is here to help you achieve more with your corporate giving. We align your goals to real needs, working together to create strong social organisations that drive meaningful change for the communities that matter to you.

Helping you enhance your giving

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to giving with impact. The work we do is bespoke and based on your business’ ambitions. It includes research and analysis, strategic development, tools for measuring and increasing impact, hands-on internal and external engagement, as well as delivery through bespoke grantmaking and social investment programmes.

Impact advisory

Working closely with your team, together we'll define the impact you’re aiming for and create a strategy to achieve it. This may involve researching specific causes, engaging stakeholders across your business, suggesting charities, or designing an impact framework.

Advisory services

Grantmaking

We'll work with you to design a grant programme that makes a measurable difference to the communities that matter most to your organisation, using fair, accessible and transparent grantmaking practices.

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Social investment

Amplify the impact of your corporate giving, and support several social organisations by offering the affordable and flexible repayable finance they need to sustain and grow their impact.

Social investment

How we work with you

Using our Design, Deliver and Learn model, we turn your giving goals into reality.

1

Design

From defining your values and objectives to developing frameworks to measure impact, we draw on our wealth of experience, sector knowledge and research to design best in class strategies to fulfil that impact.

2

Deliver

In collaboration with your team, we provide expert support to deliver programmes that effectively meet your ambitions and impact goals.

3

Learn

Focusing on insight and impact, we capture the social impact of your contributions, sharing learnings and reviews in funder reports to strengthen future activity.

How can we maximise your impact? Talk to us about the ways we can boost your corporate giving.

Why work with CAF?

Social investment pioneers

We’ve provided social investment since 2002, making us one of the first and most active social investment funds in the UK.

Expert grantmakers

Since 1976, we have delivered tailored, transformative grantmaking programmes in the UK and internationally that are effective, bold and that fund for success.

100 years’ experience

Over the last 100 years, we have led the way in developing innovative approaches to giving.

£1 billion

We distribute over £1 billion to non-profits around the globe every year.

Global reach

We partner with membership bodies and other organisations to enable safe and effective cross-border giving and advocate for philanthropy around the world.