The Red Eagle Foundation

Registered charity 1179117 · since 2018redeaglefoundation.org·Kent·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£100 to £5,000

Grant range

From the funder's website

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Its work fits best where a child needs equipment the NHS does not provide, or where a child with a life-limiting illness needs a wish, since these are the themes it names.
Grants are generally single payments between £100 and £5,000, so a modest request fits, though larger awards may be made in exceptional circumstances.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but they must be made through the online form, as applications by other means are not accepted.
Organisations based or incorporated outside Kent should not apply, nor should requests for overseas expeditions, higher education tuition fees, animal charities, or political, non-secular or discriminatory projects, and anyone with a successful application in the previous two years is highly likely to be rejected.
The funder looks for benefit that is wide-ranging, profound or long-lasting, and recipients must provide feedback and evidence that the grant was used as awarded, so plan to show both.

Overview

The Red Eagle Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1179117).

The Red Eagle Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, formed to promote the empowering of disadvantaged children. It aims to relieve the needs of children with mobility, mental health and learning difficulties, and those from a disadvantaged financial background, particularly by funding equipment not provided by the NHS. It has merged with Kent Wish Foundation and now also grants wishes to children with life limiting illnesses. Its total grant budget is currently around £25,000-£50,000 per year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Red Eagle Foundation aims to empower disadvantaged children, particularly those with mobility, mental health and learning difficulties and those from disadvantaged financial backgrounds. It funds equipment not provided by the NHS and makes grants primarily to individuals, registered charities and other charitable organisations in Kent, for physical and mental health. It also grants wishes to children with life-limiting illnesses, seeking to bring joy to the child and family. Trustees primarily consider the benefit a grant will provide; successful applications typically demonstrate benefits that are wide-ranging, profound and/or long-lasting. Grants are generally made as single payments, and recipients must provide feedback and evidence that funds were used for the awarded purpose.

Themes

Physical health
Mental health
Mobility support
Learning difficulties
Wishes for life-limiting illness

Geographic Focus

Kent.

What they don't fund

Overseas expeditions
Higher education tuition fees
Organisations incorporated or based outside of Kent
Non-secular, political or otherwise discriminatory projects
Animal charities
If you have had a successful application in the previous two years then it is highly likely that your application will be rejected
Wish applications only:
- The recipient of the wish must be aged under 18 years of age with a life threatening illness
- The recipient of the wish must be aged under 30 years of age and undertaking end of life care
- All applications must come from Kent based families
- be an individual needing medical equipment not available on the NHS
- have not successfully applied for a Wish in the previous 12-month period
- be available and open to appear in any press/publicity surrounding the Wish

How to apply

Organisations apply for grants by completing the online application form; applications made by other means are not accepted.

Who can apply:

Grants are made primarily, but not exclusively, to individuals, registered charities, and other charitable organisations within Kent.

What to send:

Tell us about your project and the background surrounding the reason for your grant.
Consent to the use of personal data supplied in processing and reviewing the application; confirm that personal data relating to any other individuals is supplied with their consent.

Applying again: If you have had a successful application in the previous two years then it is highly likely that your application will be rejected.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Trustees primarily consider the benefit a grant will provide, and successful applications typically demonstrate a wide-ranging, profound and/or long-lasting benefit.
Grant recipients must provide feedback and evidence that the grant was used for its awarded purpose.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Kent

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Red Eagle Foundation.

The Cherry Family FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £210k Red Hill Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £106k The Philip and Connie Phillips FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £328k The Alan Sugar FoundationInvitation onlyGave £6.1M Bedgebury FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £177k Hollick Family FoundationNo public processGave £990k The Elaine and Angus Lloyd Charitable TrustRollingGave £115k Colyer-Fergusson Charitable TrustMixed deadlinesGave £4.7M The David Pickford Charitable FoundationInvitation onlyGave £136k Kent Community FoundationRollingGave £2.9M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£74,218	£42,024	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£52,099	£72,410	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£137,538	£148,431	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£211,218	£189,138	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£271,590	£258,797	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

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.