Maximum value£ 50,000 – no deadline
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign for projects that address Aviva’s current themes of climate champions and financial empowerment.
Further details
Background
The Aviva Community Fund is provided by Aviva Plc, a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London. It is the largest general insurer and a leading life and pensions provider.
Please note this is a match-funding initiative delivered in partnership with Crowdfunder and thus not a traditional grant scheme (funds awarded are conditional upon applicants first securing crowdfunding via Crowdfunder’s platform).
Objectives of Fund
The Aviva Community Fund has been running for the last five years. It recently joined with Crowdfunder to support projects that are looking to raise up to £50,000.
One of Aviva’s objectives is to build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.
To that end, it is providing this match funding opportunity to help small charities and communities causes to test innovative ideas and explore new sustainable strategies without fear of risk in the areas of Climate Action and Financial Wellbeing.
From 30 March 2023, Aviva is working with partner Save Our Wild Isles to offer match funding to support community nature projects.
The maximum grant available is £50,000.
Aviva will match each donation up to £250.
For example, if someone gives £5, Aviva will double it to £10. If they give £250, Aviva will match it, so the cause gets £500. Organisations can receive up to £50,000 in match funding. Pledges will be matched at a rate of £2 to every £1 donated, 2:1 match funding will apply to pledges of up to £250, The maximum value of 2:1 match funding a project can receive is £5,000.
From 30 March 2023, projects that are accepted to Aviva’s Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund will receive 2:1 match funding from Aviva – 30 March 2023 until £1 million of funding has been allocated: Homepage | Aviva Community Fund
Who Can Apply
Applications will be accepted from one of the following types of organisations:
- Charity and Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Community Interest Company (CIC)
- Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG)
- Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC)
- Constituted community group.
To be eligible, organisations must:
- Be based in the UK
- Have been operating for at least 12 months at the time of submission
- Have an annual income of no more than £2 million (can be averaged over the last three years) and a bank account in their own name
- Have a safeguarding policy if it supports children or vulnerable people
- Be a living wage employee (if the organisation employs people)
- Have an active board of trustees or directors or management body.
Projects can only be submitted by UK residents who are aged 18 years or older and who use a UK IP address and not a disposable email address.