The UK Online Giving Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Applications are rolling, and organisations apply by registering through the Benevity Causes Portal, so there is no fixed round to wait for.
- No grant range is given, so it is not clear what size of request is realistic; support depends on donors recommending an organisation, subject to the Foundation's discretion.
- Completing the Cause Profile in the portal can increase an organisation's opportunity to connect with additional donors, so that is the first step to take.
- The stated geographic focus is all over the world.
- A small organisation should therefore expect its support to depend on donors finding it through the platform.
Overview
The UK Online Giving Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1164887).
The UK Online Giving Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its objective is to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of the charity sector by maximising donor contributions to eligible charities, through a donor-advised fund. It connects charitable and nonprofit organisations in the UK and abroad with companies and their employees, and sends pooled donations to nonprofit organisations worldwide through the Benevity donation platform. The annual report gives £149,111,000 paid, while the overview facts state that £159m was donated to over 80,000 charities in over 150 countries.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Foundation connects charitable and nonprofit organisations in the UK and abroad with companies and their employees. It raises, aggregates and sends donations to nonprofit organisations worldwide, using a donor-advised fund model: donors recommend recipients, while the Foundation retains discretion over distributions. Its support flows through the Benevity donation platform, with charitable organisations receiving pooled contributions recommended by employees, customers, companies and individual donors. Donations are aggregated and sent to recipient organisations monthly. The Foundation says this approach makes giving more efficient and reduces the administrative work organisations otherwise undertake in processing and acknowledging individual donations. Organisations seeking support register through Benevity's Causes Portal.
Geographic Focus
All over the world.
How to apply
Charitable and nonprofit organisations register through the Benevity Causes Portal to receive support through its donation platform.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Completing the Cause Profile in the Benevity Causes Portal can increase an organisation's opportunity to connect with additional donors.
- Donor recommendations ordinarily lead to distributions to the recommended organisation, subject to the Foundation's discretion.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £117,234,759 | £113,632,853 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £176,561,784 | £171,443,793 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £182,573,000 | £180,140,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £199,615,000 | £200,089,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £166,341,000 | £165,896,000 | £149,111,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
— 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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- ukogf.org/our-mission · read on 31 October 2026
- ukogf.org/faqs · read on 31 October 2026
- ukogf.org · read on 31 October 2026
- ukogf.org/contact-us · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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