Cord Global
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Cord Global makes grants only to NGOs whose activities fit the purposes of one of its programmes, so check your work against its themes of peacebuilding, freedom of religion or belief, climate change, women's empowerment, Indigenous people's rights and poverty relief before you write.
- Its stated priorities are Worldwide and a list of named countries including Bangladesh and Uganda.
- Neither its annual report nor its website publishes a way to apply, and no grant range is stated, so a small, carefully costed request is the realistic starting point, since it has made small grants to 33 grassroots organisations.
- Because it works almost exclusively in partnership and values mutually empowering relationships, an approach is likely to go better as a conversation about shared goals than as a cold application, and you should be ready to report spending against budget and progress towards objectives.
- Organisations that are not NGOs, or whose work does not fit a Cord programme, do not meet its stated criteria.
Overview
Cord Global is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1070684).
Cord Global is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to advance peace and reconciliation among people anywhere in the world, and to prevent and relieve poverty among people anywhere in the world. It paid £366,304 in its most recent annual report, and it has made small grants to 33 grassroots organisations. Its peacebuilding work has 3 strands.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Cord makes grants to NGOs as part of some projects, where their activities fit the purposes of the relevant Cord programme. It works almost exclusively in partnership with local and international organisations, and its projects include sub-grants to partner organisations. Its peacebuilding work addresses issues that lead to violence by strengthening grassroots organisations and creating opportunities for them to work with people in power. Its stated programme themes include freedom of religion or belief, climate change, women’s empowerment and Indigenous people’s rights; its charitable purposes also include relieving poverty. Cord works in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. It values partnerships that are mutually empowering and interdependent, with shared goals, clear expectations, accountability, dialogue and consultative decision-making, and local ownership.
Themes
- Peacebuilding
- Freedom of religion or belief
- Climate change
- Women’s empowerment
- Indigenous people’s rights
- Poverty relief
Geographic Focus
Priority: Worldwide; Bangladesh; Burundi; Cambodia; Laos; Thailand; Uganda; Vietnam; Myanmar.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website.
Who can apply:
- NGOs where the activities of the NGO fits with the purposes of the Cord programme.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Cord makes grants to NGOs whose activities fit the purposes of its programme.
- Partner NGOs report expenditure against budget and progress towards objectives.
- Cord values partnerships that are mutually empowering and recognises the qualities and capacities partners bring.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Bangladesh
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Myanmar
- Thailand
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- International
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £1,560,720 | £1,590,559 | £422,455 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £1,482,843 | £1,541,774 | £281,370 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £1,966,664 | £1,677,585 | £361,694 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £1,443,345 | £1,642,086 | £469,507 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £1,785,024 | £1,527,065 | £366,304 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- cord.org.uk
- cord.org.uk/our-work/how-we-work/partnership · read on 30 October 2026
- cord.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do · read on 30 October 2026
- cord.org.uk/our-work/areas-of-work · read on 30 October 2026
- cord.org.uk/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- cord.org.uk/our-work/where-we-work · read on 30 October 2026
- cord.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- cord.org.uk/our-work/how-we-work · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
Applying to Cord Global?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- cord.org.uk
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission