War on Want

Registered charity 208724 · since 1962waronwant.org·International·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£61,465

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From the Charity Commission register

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. Don't spend time on an approach; the similar funders below support the same kind of work.

Key takeaways

The work fits if your organisation is a grassroots group in the Global South working on public renewable energy, food sovereignty, livelihoods, or debt, tax and trade, which are the themes the charity names.
It takes applications by invitation only and says unsolicited applications cannot be considered, so organisations should not send a cold request and should wait for an invitation or an existing link before applying.
The grant range is not stated, and its total giving was £61,465 in its most recent reported year, so any eventual request should be modest and sized to that.
Because entry is by invitation, the process seems relationship-led, and how invitations are issued is not explained.
Organisations that work outside the Global South or on other themes should not apply, and neither should any group that approaches the charity without an invitation.

Overview

War on Want is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 208724).

War on Want is a charity registered in England and Wales, and its stated mission is to fight the root causes of poverty and human rights violations as part of the worldwide movement for global justice. Through the Azadi Fund, it provides grants and practical support to grassroots organisations in the Global South, helping them connect, share expertise and build effective movements. Its giving totalled £61,465 in its most recent reported year, according to the Charity Commission register.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Azadi Fund makes grants and provides practical support to grassroots organisations in the Global South, helping them connect, share expertise and build effective movements. Its grant-making focuses on publicly controlled renewable energy; reclaiming food systems through land, water and food rights; livelihoods, including living incomes, fair work and public services; and transforming the global economy through debt, tax and trade. It supports efforts to challenge profit-led and extractive models, advance food sovereignty and ecological justice, and strengthen worker-led and cross-movement organising. Its approach is rooted in solidarity and in shifting power towards just, equitable and ecological transitions that serve the global majority.

Themes

Public renewable energy
Food sovereignty
Livelihoods
Debt, tax and trade

Geographic Focus

Priority: Global South.

What they don't fund

Unsolicited applications for funding from War on Want cannot be considered

How to apply

The charity states that it takes applications by invitation only.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to War on Want.

Frederick Mulder FoundationInvitation onlyGave £684k ActionAid UKNo public processGave £29.3M Global Greengrants Fund UKInvitation onlyGave £2.8M PepsiCo FoundationInvitation onlyGave £38.6M The Gaia FoundationNo public processGave £457k M&G Community FundInvitation only Be Global FoundationRollingGave £218k Global DialogueInvitation onlyGave £1.7M ZVM Rangoonwala FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £2.3M Global Fund for Children UK TrustNo public processGave £5.5M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,731,116	£1,704,661	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£4,167,101	£1,928,317	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£2,022,533	£1,920,100	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£2,106,607	£2,476,867	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£4,048,876	£2,728,272	£61,465	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: 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.