The Shanta Foundation

Registered charity 1107793 · since 2005theshantafoundation.co.uk·Africa, India, United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£735k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The foundation's stated aims are health, shelter and education, with water also in its ethos, so a small charity whose work fits those themes has a clear reason to look at it, and its stated focus is the UK, Africa and India.
No grant range or typical grant size is stated, so size any request to your project's real costs rather than to a figure you have assumed.
Neither its annual report nor its website publishes an application process, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown to ask whether it takes approaches and what it needs.
The foundation says it chooses projects carefully, and its family takes an active role including site visits, which points to a relationship-led funder; how competitive it is, is not stated.
No exclusions or eligibility rules are stated, so do not rule yourself out, but if your work falls outside the stated themes or places, ask before you write.

Overview

The Shanta Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1107793).

The Shanta Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1107793) that aims to help people in a similar position to its family, providing health, shelter and education through projects with partners. Its projects include work with schools, universities and health institutions, and it describes projects in the UK, Africa and India. Its annual giving is £735,188.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Shanta Foundation supports health, shelter and education projects, and its stated ethos also includes water. It aims to help people in greatest need through self-funded and jointly funded projects with partners. Its projects include work with schools, universities and health institutions. The family carefully chooses projects to match these aims and takes an active role from fundraising through site visits. It seeks to ensure that funds reach beneficiaries directly and at minimal cost, and follows projects through completion. The foundation describes projects in the UK, Africa and India.

Themes

Health
Shelter
Education
Water

Geographic Focus

The UK; Africa; India.

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.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Projects are carefully chosen to match the Foundation’s aim of providing health, shelter and education.
The family takes an active role in each project, including through on-site visits.
The foundation seeks to ensure that funds reach beneficiaries directly and at minimal cost.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Africa
India
United Kingdom

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Shanta Foundation.

Every Well Water FoundationNo public processGave £89,035 The Pakhar FoundationNo public processGave £340k JCD FoundationRollingGave £1.1M The ELMA Foundation (UK)Invitation onlyGave £5.2M Clive Richards FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £703k The Maarif Foundation UKNo public processGave £765k Kamal India Foundation UKNo public processGave £38,544 The Arisaig Partners FoundationRollingGave £232k Tara Getty FoundationRollingGave £686k Babulilm Foundation UKNo public processGave £537k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£451,626	£445,592	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£864,371	£820,645	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£137,500	£191,417	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£149,440	£149,812	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£736,425	£739,852	£735,188	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— 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.