Compassionate Mind Foundation

Registered charity 1120364 · since 2007compassionatemind.co.uk·Derbyshire·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The Compassionate Mind Foundation's research funding is limited to work on its own particular model of compassion, so check that your project is squarely about that before applying, since research not focused on this model is excluded.
Its stated figure for a single research project is up to £4,000, and it does not fund indirect costs, overhead or administrative fees, so build your budget around direct research costs.
Your organisation must agree to waive all overhead and administrative fees and to use the money solely for research, and you will need to account for spending and report on the work afterwards.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so there is no deadline to wait for, but you must download the application form and send it to the Foundation.
Derbyshire is stated as a priority, not as a condition of applying, so applicants elsewhere should not be put off, though projects must have a prospect of impact and publication to be considered.

Overview

Compassionate Mind Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1120364).

The Compassionate Mind Foundation promotes wellbeing through the scientific understanding and application of compassion. It supports research and teaching of an evolution and contemplative informed compassion focused approach to human difficulties, and provides workshops, conferences and resources for clinicians and individuals. Its research funding gives up to £4,000 per project to research studies and pilot projects. It also runs the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Fund, which offers scholarships to workshops and conferences for those who would not otherwise be able to attend.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Foundation’s research funding supports research studies and pilot projects advancing the scientific understanding and application of its particular model of compassion. It is especially interested in work on compassion processes, measurement, treatment interventions and innovations; projects should have a prospect of impact and publication. Pilot projects may lead to larger funding applications. Applicants’ organisations or institutions must agree to the funding conditions, including using the grant solely for research and waiving overhead and administrative fees. Alongside the grant fund, the Foundation supports research and teaching of an evolution-informed, biopsychosocial compassion-focused approach to human difficulties, and provides workshops, conferences and resources for clinicians and individuals.

Themes

Compassion-focused research

Geographic Focus

Priority: Derbyshire.

What they don't fund

Research Funding only:
- research studies and presentations not focused on this particular model of compassion
- indirect costs
- overhead and administrative fees

How to apply

Applicants download the application form and send it to Jaskaran. Applications are considered by Prof Paul Gilbert and the Foundation’s research panel, with external advice if necessary.

Who can apply:

Research Funding: If a grant is awarded, the applicant’s organisation/institution must agree to waive all overhead and administrative fees, and further agree that the funds will be used solely for research purposes conducted by the applicant.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Projects must have a chance of impact and publication to be considered.
The applicant’s organisation or institution must waive all overhead and administrative fees and ensure the grant is used solely for research.
Successful applicants must account for expenditure and provide feedback on the activity undertaken.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Derbyshire

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Compassionate Mind Foundation.

The Fusion21 FoundationInvitation onlyGave £1.1M Woodroffe Benton FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £376k The JGW Patterson FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £757k The Trevor Hemmings FoundationRollingGave £519k J P Moulton Charitable FoundationRollingGave £333k Cumbria Community FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £6.5M Stanley FoundationRollingGave £62,290 Manolo Blahnik FoundationNo public processGave £491k The Watches of Switzerland Group FoundationRollingGave £1.4M The Yusuf and Farida Hamied FoundationNo public processGave £6.1M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 July 2021	£557,602	£351,305	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2021
year to 31 July 2022	£634,649	£545,948	£5,000	Accounts for year to 31 July 2022
year to 31 July 2023	£635,445	£771,110	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2023
year to 31 July 2024	£861,404	£915,027	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2024
year to 31 July 2025	£938,507	£956,059	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 July 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

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.