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Foundation Scotland Annual Report and Financial Statements (year ending 31 March 2026)

Foundation Scotland is Scotland's community foundation, channelling grants and investment from donors, companies and renewable energy community benefit funds to community groups across the country. Its Annual Report covers the year to March 2026, when it made 5,729 awards worth £43.7 million.

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Foundation Scotland connects people and organisations who want to give with the communities that need support. It manages donor and corporate funds and a growing number of community benefit funds linked to renewable energy, with new funds in Moray, the Scottish Borders, Shetland, Fife and East Lothian and the NnG Offshore Wind Farm Fund. Its £15 million Response Fund has supported all 59 Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland and 50 development trusts. It also runs place-based work such as the Edinburgh Regenerative Futures Fund, offers Grassroots Boost micro-grants, and helps community enterprises grow through recovery support and community share investment.

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Foundation Scotland made 5,729 awards in 2025-26, up 59% from 3,600 in 2024-25.
Key Metric 2 The value of awards rose 35%, from £32.3m in 2024-25 to £43.7m in 2025-26.
Key Metric 3 Applications nearly doubled from 5,369 to 8,041, and 44 new funds were established during the year.

Key Outcomes

  • The £15 million Response Fund supported all 59 Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland and 50 development trusts, including £800k distributed to 15 trusts, plus automatic £500 cost-of-living uplifts for grantees.
  • Move On received around £16,700 from the Bairdwatson Charitable Trust to employ a Development Worker helping young people aged 16-25 gain qualifications, improve confidence and progress into education, training or employment.
  • Action Porty received a £20,000 community share investment towards the community-led redevelopment of a church building into a community space.

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Scotland

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