The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund (UK)
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The fund's listed themes are community development, education, health, poverty relief, arts and culture and humanitarian relief, so check that your work fits one of them before applying.
- Its named grants are large: the typical grant falls between $100,000 and $1,300,000, with a median of $200,000, so a much smaller request would sit outside the band most of its named grants fall in, though that band is not a ceiling.
- It accepts applications on a rolling basis, but it publishes no address, email or phone number, and Charities Aid Foundation America (CAFA) and Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, L.P. review applications on the directors' behalf, with a director or officer approving each grant.
- Its geographic focus is given as "Priority: Worlwide", so check how that priority applies to your work.
Overview
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund (UK) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1120148).
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund (UK) is a grant-making charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to promote, for the public benefit, the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, the advancement of religion and any other exclusively charitable purposes. It provides grants to a wide range of charitable projects in the UK and abroad, and its listed awards include educational support for universities and a medical school, as well as community and medical grants. The annual report gives its annual giving as $4,038,438.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 30 June 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Fund supports charities and charitable activities that build and stabilise communities, increase educational opportunities, advance health, relieve poverty, promote arts and culture, provide humanitarian relief and further other charitable purposes. Its grants support charities working in these fields and other exclusively charitable purposes under English and Welsh and United States law. The register describes it as making grants to a wide range of charitable projects in the UK and abroad. Its listed awards include educational support for universities and a medical school, as well as community and medical grants.
Themes
- Community development
- Education
- Health
- Poverty relief
- Arts and culture
- Humanitarian relief
Geographic Focus
Priority: Worlwide.
How to apply
Charities Aid Foundation America (CAFA) and Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, L.P. review grant-eligibility applications and other funding requests on the directors’ behalf. A director or officer must expressly approve each grant application on behalf of the Board; Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, L.P. then distributes the funds.
The charity does not publish an address, email or phone number to send an application to.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 6 grants in year to 30 June 2025 by size
Median $350k (year to 30 June 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Trustees of Princeton University · Education$1,278,000year to 30 June 2025
- Brown University of Providence · Education$510,500year to 30 June 2025
- Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Education$500,000year to 30 June 2025
- American fund for Emmanuel · Community$200,000year to 30 June 2025
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Education$150,000year to 30 June 2025
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Medical$100,000year to 30 June 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients ($1.3M).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2021 | £7,587,629 | £2,479,390 | £2,188,005 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2021 |
| year to 30 June 2022 | £1,721,732 | £3,236,568 | £2,939,104 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2022 |
| year to 30 June 2023 | £1,394,935 | £3,449,965 | £3,144,995 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2023 |
| year to 30 June 2024 | £1,369,882 | £3,760,695 | £3,445,120 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2024 |
| year to 30 June 2025 | £3,721,067 | £3,447,233 | $4,038,438 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 3 of the 4 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
Year to 30 June 2025 not shown: grants paid were reported in US dollars and income in pounds.
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 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
- Annual report (year to 30 June 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission