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Key Points for Clients
- East London Community Foundation offers a flexible, quick and easy alternative to setting up a charitable trust
- A named Fund can even be set up in a one hour meeting
- We deal with all aspects of administration and investment management
- Our administration charges are low
- We offer a guarantee that your client's gift will be used in accordance with their wishes, offer a personal donor service and can award grants in the donor's name
- We can help your business clients achieve their Corporate Social Responsibilities by establishing a corporate giving programme
- We can plan and manage publicity if desired
- We respect anonymity if preferred
- We can help reactivate existing inactive or dormant charitable trusts
- We support projects that are charitable, educational or benevolent in nature. We use our proven expertise in grant assessment and our in-depth knowledge of local needs to help clients develop criteria and fund projects through making grants
- Our expertise is rooted locally in East and North East London but we are also able to fulfill any commitments that your clients may have with designated charities elsewhere in London, the UK or abroad
- Maximising value: we may be able to match the value of your client’s donation once or several times over by leveraging in other funding and/or by finding other donors or other funds interested in working in partnership to support a particular charity or project.
- Giving through the Community Foundation is more enjoyable and rewarding. Your clients can see how their gift makes a difference. For more information on how to set up a Fund visit Set up a Fund
| Key: | |
| Named Endowment Funds | start at £25,000 |
| Flow Through Funds | start at £10,000 per annum |
| Acorn Funds | start at £1,000 a year or £78 a month |
| Sponsorship | ranges from £500 - £10,000 |
| Individual Membership | is from £75 per annum |
| Company Membership | is from £350 per annum |
| Support the East London Fund | from £10 a month |
We help communities in London, particularly those in North East London, in Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

