Towards a fairer, happier and healthier Midlands.
We are the Community Foundation for the West Midlands and Warwickshire. As the leading, independent grant making foundation in the region we have proudly awarded over £40 million to over 8,000 great causes since 1995.
Latest News & Insights.
HB&O support The Lily Mae Foundation with a £10k grant through the Foundation.
Harrison Beale and Owen (HB&O) Chartered Accountants, based in Coventry, have supported a number of local charities through the Heart of England Community Foundation, the largest grant-giving charity for the West Midlands and Warwickshire. HB&O’s most recent...
Foundation will support local Ukrainian refugees thanks to partnership with the Freemasons’ charity.
New Heart of England Community Foundation partnership with the Freemasons’ charity will support Ukrainian Refugees in the UK. The Foundation is pleased to be working with the Freemasons’ charity (MCF) through UK Community Foundations to support refugees from Ukraine...
Coventry Building Society gives £1million of ‘cost of living’ support.
Coventry Building Society has announced it is donating £1 million to fund cost-of-living support in its home city of Coventry. The money has been allocated to dozens of organisations in Coventry including schools, foodbanks, social supermarkets, youth groups, help for...
Our Yearbook for 2021 – 2022 has launched!
The Foundation has launched its annual report, detailing highlights from the financial year for 2021 - 2022. Awarding over £2.9 million to 596 projects across the region, it’s been another successful year of giving for the Foundation that typically awards around £3...
Richard Port MBE joins Foundation’s Board.
Heart of England Community Foundation, the largest independent grant-maker in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, has appointed Richard Port MBE as a Trustee. Recently awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honour list 2022 for legal services to domestic abuse...
Further grants awarded to support community green spaces in the West Midlands.
Three more organisations have successfully secured funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to help better connect their local communities to nature. All Saints Action Network in Wolverhampton, Marsh Hill Allotments in Stockland Green, Birmingham and...