Mit Foundation (uk)

Registered charity 1158803 · since 2014mitfoundationuk.mit.edu·England, United States, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£7.3M

Annual giving, year to 30 June 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The foundation's stated purpose is grants to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help its students, through student and faculty aid, capital renovations and research, so a charity whose work does not involve that institution is unlikely to match what it describes.
Its grant range is not stated, so there is no published guide to a realistic request size.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown on its website to ask whether it would consider your work before you prepare a full request.
Its objects also let the trustees fund other exclusively charitable purposes at their discretion, but nothing in the register or the annual report shows that they do so in practice.

Overview

MIT Foundation (UK) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1158803).

MIT Foundation (UK) is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1158803) whose principal activity is advancing learning and education, particularly at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It provides grants to that institution to assist students attending it, and its funding covers student and faculty aid, capital renovations and research. It paid £7,310,735 in grants in its most recent annual report.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation’s principal activity is advancing education, particularly through support for students at its named university beneficiary. It provides funding for student and faculty aid, capital renovations and research, and describes its grants as assisting students attending the institution. It solicits gifts from alumni, parents and friends to support this work. Donors may recommend that a gift support a particular purpose or programme, provided it is consistent with the foundation’s objective of advancing and promoting charitable educational work. Its objects also allow the trustees to determine other exclusively charitable purposes at their discretion.

Themes

Education
Student and faculty aid
Capital renovations
Research

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

United States
England
Wales

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Mit Foundation (uk).

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2021	£1,732,209	£1,792,479	£1,785,425	Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022	£1,338,491	£1,340,196	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£5,434,459	£5,431,278	£5,383,059	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£405,515	£397,555	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£7,295,395	£7,300,051	£7,310,735	Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£1.8M grants

YE 2023

£5.4M grants

YE 2025

£7.3M paid

In 2 of the 3 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.

Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for that 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.