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The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) is a Quaker trust which supports people who address the root causes of conflict and injustice. This support is provided, primarily, through funding applied for by applicants.
JRCT’s founder, Joseph Rowntree said you must tackle the roots of a problem to achieve any lasting benefit; if you only treat the “superficial manifestations” of social or economic problems then you will ease the symptoms for a time but make no lasting difference.
In order to engage in philanthropy which challenges the existing power imbalances in society to effect real change, JRCT does not shy away from supporting those working on unpopular or contentious issues.
JRCT believes in creating dialogue to support change towards a better world. They recognize that change can take many years to achieve. The Trust is willing to take the long view, and to take risks. They try to be flexible enough to respond to the changing needs and demands of our world.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
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Is about removing problems through radical solutions, and not simply about making problems easier to live with
- Has a clear sense of objectives, and of how to achieve them
- Is innovative and imaginative
- And where the grant has a good chance of making a difference.
Within its areas of interest, the Trust makes grants to a range of organizations and to individuals.
If your organization is a registered, excepted or exempt charity based within any of the four jurisdictions of the UK and all of your work fits within their published programmes, they encourage you to consider applying for unrestricted or core support, although you may apply for programme or project funding if you prefer.
If you are based outside the UK and you are registered as a charitable organization in your local jurisdiction, you may apply for general support if all of your work fits within their published programmes, and the following criteria are also met:
- your organization is governed by an unpaid board
- your organization is not for profit
- your organization's formal purposes fall within the list of charitable purposes recognized within English law.
For all other organizations or individual applicants, you may apply for a specific project or defined programme of work that would provide public benefit and further their aims as set out in their published policies.
The Trust cannot fund organizations or work that is party political (eg supporting or opposing a political party) or which is commercial in nature or otherwise intended for private benefit.
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The Trust only accepts applications online via their grants management system.
Before you set up an account, please check whether you are eligible to apply for funding. See the What we fund and Eligibility pages, paying particular attention to the general exclusions.
You must have an account for the grants management system in order to be able to make an application - for account registration and application deadlines, please see the When to apply page. Please do not register for an account if you are not eligible.
Further instructions on how to apply for an account are available on the Apply now page.
A list of the Trust's programme areas and deadlines will be displayed in the Funding Rounds section of your portal.
To open the application form, click on the blue Apply Now button next to the programme area you are applying to. If you judge that your application directly relates to more than one area, and are able to clearly demonstrate this in your proposal, select Cross cutting.
You do not have to complete your application form in one session. Ensure you click on Save Draft before logging out. When you log back in, your draft application will be in the 'Draft' area of the 'My Applications' section.
You will need the following documents when making your application, which must be in PDF format.
- Narrative proposal
- Budgets
- Accounts
- Governing document (non-charities only)
- Early closing report (existing grantees only)
Additional guidance on these documents is available on the Apply now page.