Quintessentially Foundation

Quintessentially Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1144584).

Quintessentially Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1144584). It provides funding, raises awareness and facilitates partnerships to support small but mighty local community organisations in the UK, with a mission to light up the lives of children and young people facing severe disadvantages. Its flagship is The Firefly Project, which funds, supports and incubates small charities delivering high-impact support to children and young people in London through tailored multi-year partnerships. The annual report gives £442,942 awarded in grants, and the foundation has seven named charity partners.

Priority Areas

Quintessentially Foundation provides funding, raises awareness and facilitates partnerships for small community organisations. Its flagship Firefly Project focuses on small, frontline youth charities in London, especially those working in communities facing the greatest disadvantage and supporting children and young people affected by poverty. The foundation identifies, funds, supports and incubates these charities through tailored multi-year partnerships, helping them increase their impact, scale sustainably, build resilience and extend their reach. Its approach combines grants with capacity-building, training, volunteering, expertise and connections, so partner organisations can strengthen and grow and support more young people. The wider mission also describes supporting local community organisations in the UK.

Themes

• Child poverty
• Youth support

Geographic Focus

The UK; London.

An organisation can use the contact form to put itself on the foundation’s radar for research towards joining The Firefly Project; the foundation contacts those it considers a good fit.

What the charity says:

• The foundation looks for small, frontline youth charities in the capital.