Applying for a Grant

Criteria – who we can help

• DSCT makes grants to registered charities and not-for-profit  organisations for purposes which meet its charitable objectives.
 We do not make grants to individuals.

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• We are a small charity and grants rarely exceed £2000. Our  preference is to make awards to small organisations to which this  sort of sum can make a real difference.

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• Our funds are almost all raised in Devon and it is unlikely that
 we will make a grant to a body whose beneficiaries are not
 Devon residents.

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• We review each application very carefully to assess both its  potential effectiveness and its financial viability, and also that it  meets our charitable objectives.

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• We prefer to make grants in support of specific projects. We do not  normally make grants to cover ongoing running costs of a charity.

 

• We always ask for a report on how our grants are spent and  welcome the opportunity to visit projects we have supported.