Built for UK Community Interest Companies
GrantNest researches and filters funding opportunities for CICs, so you can focus on grants you can realistically apply for instead of digging through charity-only funds, closed schemes and irrelevant databases.
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A fund can look perfect until you reach the eligibility section and discover CICs cannot apply. GrantNest is designed to cut out that wasted research before it reaches you.
A promising fund can quickly turn out to be charity-only or restricted to a different organisation type.
More search results do not mean more realistic funding options.
A good opportunity is much less useful when you discover it just before the deadline.
GrantNest does the filtering first.
How GrantNest works
We research funding opportunities available across the UK.
We check official funder guidance to establish whether CICs are eligible to apply.
We highlight what is open, what is changing and what may deserve your attention first.
We check official funder information at fund level. Individual eligibility still depends on your organisation, project and the funder's full criteria.
Funding Radar
Knowing a grant exists is only the start. Funding Radar helps you see what has opened, what is closing, what may be returning and where it could be worth looking next.
Signal
Radar note · Worth exploring if your work fits the fund's priorities. Check project fit before investing time in an application.
Signal
Radar note · A short deadline can make a technically suitable opportunity poor value if you would need to build an application from scratch.
Signal
Radar note · If this fund returns, having your project outline, costs and evidence ready could give you more application time.
Representative Funding Radar examples — not live funding opportunities.
The final eligibility decision always sits with the funder. GrantNest excludes opportunities where CIC eligibility cannot be verified from official funder information.
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Not access to another database. GrantNest is paying for the research, checking and filtering that happens before you decide whether an opportunity deserves your time.
Finding opportunities
Without GrantNest
Search multiple funding websites and databases.
With GrantNest
Start from opportunities already researched with CICs in mind.
Checking eligibility
Without GrantNest
Open guidance documents and investigate organisation eligibility yourself.
With GrantNest
CIC eligibility has been checked against official funder information before inclusion.
Deciding where to focus
Without GrantNest
Build your own shortlist from scratch.
With GrantNest
Use Funding Radar signals and notes to decide what deserves a closer look.
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Inside an individual opportunity
Each entry is written so you can decide quickly whether it deserves a closer look — and what to check before you commit time to it.
Why it is on the Radar
The fund accepts CICs and the programme appears relevant to community-led delivery. Whether it is worth applying will depend on your project's fit with the funder's priorities.
Things to check
Disabled in this example. Live entries link to the funder.
Illustrative example — not a live funding opportunity.
GrantNest exists because CICs sit awkwardly inside many traditional funding databases. Opportunities that look suitable often turn out to be restricted to registered charities or other organisation types. GrantNest focuses on grants for CICs and Community Interest Company funding across the UK.
We start with whether the opportunity is genuinely relevant to Community Interest Companies.
Funding information is checked against funder sources rather than relying only on directory summaries.
GrantNest is designed to remove irrelevant opportunities rather than produce the longest possible list.
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A small monthly selection of funding opportunities researched for CIC eligibility.
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