For environmental charities

Grants, compliance and impact — for UK environmental charities.

CharityIQ helps environmental and conservation charities find nature and climate funders, stay compliant, and evidence the habitat, carbon and engagement outcomes funders ask for — grounded in your data.

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The reality for environmental charities

  • Nature and climate funding is growing but competitive, spread across a few large foundations and the National Lottery.
  • Funders want measurable environmental and engagement outcomes — habitat restored, carbon reduced, people reached.
  • Small conservation teams spend field time, not bid-writing time.

How CharityIQ helps

AI grant writing

Draft applications to environmental funders in your voice, grounded in your project data and each funder’s criteria, with every claim cited.

Charity Commission compliance

Annual return, SORP 2026 and trustee-duty checks handled, so governance never gets in the way of delivery.

Impact measurement

Turn monitoring and survey data into the outcomes funders fund — habitat and species restored, carbon reduced, and people engaged with nature.

Funders for environmental charities

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Its “Our Natural World” aim funds work to restore species and habitats and sustainable food and water — core costs from £30,000, over three to five years. The National Lottery Community Fund Funds community-led projects tackling the climate and nature emergency and connecting people with nature. The John Ellerman Foundation Grants for environmental conservation alongside its wider programmes. The Ernest Cook Trust Funds outdoor learning and connecting children and young people with the natural environment. Garfield Weston Foundation Flexible grants to charities across the UK, including environment and conservation.

A snapshot of current UK funders · reviewed June 2026. CharityIQ’s Grant Finder matches you to the ones you’re eligible for.

Running a smaller organisation? See our guide to grants for small charities.

Outcomes funders ask for

Habitat and species restored Carbon and emissions reduced People engaged with nature Volunteering and participation Behaviour change

Not sure how to evidence these outcomes? Start with our free theory of change template.

Match your environmental charities to live UK grants — free.

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Frequently asked

Major funders include the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (Our Natural World), the National Lottery Community Fund’s climate and nature funding, the John Ellerman Foundation, the Ernest Cook Trust and Garfield Weston. CharityIQ’s free Grant Finder matches you to the ones that fit.

It turns your monitoring and survey data into the outcomes funders fund — habitat and species restored, carbon reduced, and people engaged with nature — with sources funders can check.

Yes — it is built for small UK organisations, with a free Grant Finder forever and paid plans from £49/month.

Built for environmental charities doing the most with the least.

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