Our grants
We provide a range of grants for organisations that make a positive difference to those in need. Areas of support include poverty, homelessness, health and wellbeing, education and training. We also provide smaller grants to individuals requiring specialised disability equipment. Our eligibility checker below will help you quickly determine your eligibility to apply for one of our grants and, once an application has been made, our friendly team will support you through the process.
Types of funding
Minibuses & specialist vans
Grants for minibuses and other specialised transport resources
Regional grants
Multi-year grants for core funding, salaries and ongoing running costs for projects.
Social investment loans
For eligible property purchases.
Enable grants
For organisations and individuals needing disability equipment or transport resources.
Regional focus
The Steve Morgan Foundation is committed to bringing positive change to the areas closest to Steve's heart. We provide regional grants and Enable grants across Merseyside, North Wales, North Shropshire and Cheshire, west of the M6. Please view our map for a guideline to the eligible areas.
What we support
We support funding applications which address one or more of the following categories of need. We do not support applications related to animals, the arts, the environment, religions or local branches of national organisations.
Community cohesion
Development, education and training
Disability
Disadvantage and poverty
Homelessness and addiction
Mental health and wellbeing
Committed to transparency
The Steve Morgan Foundation is an IVAR ‘Flexible Funder’ – this means we work hard to adopt the principles of open and trusting grant making. These principles include how we communicate, our openness and transparency and our ability to be flexible.
We believe that with better information, funders can be more effective and strategic decision makers. Using the 360Giving Data Standard, our awarded grants since April 2020 are available as an Excel file below. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org . This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to be used and shared as they wish. The data must be attributed to the Steve Morgan Foundation. For more information on 360Giving, visit threesixtygiving.org
See Excel ReportOur FAQs
Here are some answers to the most commonly asked questions about our support. If you need further information, do get in touch. Please note that all funding is provided at the discretion of the trustees and on occasions, trustees may make exceptional funding awards as they see fit.
Local branches of national charities which are based within the remit area, or programmes delivered locally by organisations working on a national basis, are not generally supported.
Partnership Funding, which is an invitation only programme, may include organisations with a national profile.
Enable applications are means tested and applicants may be asked to make a contribution to the overall cost of the equipment.
As part of the assessment process a member of the Grants Team and a Trustee will visit the organisation.
Application process
Please use the eligibility checker below. After answering the questions, if you are eligible to apply for a grant you will be directed to the relevant application form. Our friendly team will review your application and are available to provide support throughout the process.
Eligibility checker