Good Thinking Society
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Good Thinking Society gives around £8,400 a year, and its small grants offer totals £5,000, divided into five grants of £1,000 each, so a modest request near that amount suits its scale.
- Its themes are grassroots skepticism, skeptical activism, scientific education and understanding evidence, so your project should sit clearly within one of them and be something that could not go ahead without this funding.
- It is reluctant to fund salaries, so a request built mainly around staff costs is unlikely to fit.
- Its website describes a two-stage route for its Small Grant Awards, an initial application followed by a fuller application from a shortlist, and it asks that projects be completed or started sooner rather than later and that recipients send updates.
- No wider application process is published, so check its website for the current route before you write.
Overview
Good Thinking Society is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1147404).
Good Thinking Society is a charity registered in England and Wales that aims to encourage curious minds, promote rational enquiry and support mathematical learning. Its own work includes maths teaching, awareness-raising campaigns, investigations of alternative health treatments and public factsheets. Its grants go to UK-based institutions and individuals, particularly in education, and it welcomes projects in the UK and overseas. Its annual giving is £8,400, and its small grants offer totals £5,000, divided into five grants of £1,000 each.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Good Thinking awards grants to individuals and institutions in furtherance of its charitable objects, with grants made to UK-based institutions and individuals, particularly in education. Its small-grant offer seeks to encourage grass roots skepticism through projects contributing to skeptical activism, scientific education, understanding of evidence and similar themes. It welcomes projects in the UK and overseas and invites applicants whose project fits these aims but could not go ahead without funding. The Society's own work encourages curiosity and rational thinking through maths teaching, awareness-raising campaigns, investigations of alternative health treatments and public factsheets. Its small-grant application process began with an initial application, followed by a shortlist invited to submit a fuller application.
Themes
- Grassroots skepticism
- Skeptical activism
- Scientific education
- Understanding evidence
Geographic Focus
The UK; overseas.
What they don't fund
- Small Grant Awards only: salaries, which it is reluctant to fund
How to apply
For the Small Grant Awards described on the site, an initial application was followed by a shortlist asked to submit a more detailed application.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Applicants are encouraged to apply for a project that fits the themes and could not be undertaken without some funding.
- Projects should be completed or established sooner rather than later.
- Recipients are required to provide updates on their project from time to time and upon completion.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Good Thinking Society.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Full Fact£4,000year to 5 April 2025
- Sense about Science£2,000year to 5 April 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£2,400).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 5 April 2021 | £198,225 | £178,934 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2021 |
| year to 5 April 2022 | £154,626 | £165,260 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2022 |
| year to 5 April 2023 | £139,999 | £214,315 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2023 |
| year to 5 April 2024 | £239,317 | £207,917 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2024 |
| year to 5 April 2025 | £354,414 | £289,905 | £8,400 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 5 April 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
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
- goodthinkingsociety.org
- goodthinkingsociety.org/projects/small-grants · read on 25 October 2026
- goodthinkingsociety.org/about · read on 25 October 2026
- goodthinkingsociety.org/contact-us · read on 25 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 5 April 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.
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