They want to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared, and in which powerful institutions are responsive and accountable to wider society and aligned with the long-term public interest. Their funding priorities are : Strengthening corporate accountability, Strengthening democratic accountability, Encouraging responsible media.

The Trust’s focus is on the relief of poverty and the advancement of the evangelical Christian faith, both at home and abroad. Financial support is given to a wide range of charities seeking to relieve poverty in its broadest sense, both throughout the UK and overseas. Grant recipients include organisations giving practical help those in need, offering direct support to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society including: the homeless; the elderly; former Servicemen and women; ex-offenders. They also support charities providing practical services to people with physical, mental and learning difficulties and their families/carers, organisations providing opportunities for training and development to young people and small-scale overseas development projects.

The key focus areas of the trust are Human Rights, Prison Reform. Under Human Rights they support organisations that: combat violations of human rights and help victims of torture, refugees from oppression and those who have been falsely imprisoned; help those who have suffered severe bodily or mental hurt through no fault of their own and if need be help their dependents; try in some small way to offset man's inhumanity to man. Under Prison Reform within the United Kingdom they have a particular emphasis on the reduction of re-offending.

The Trust makes grants to charities and voluntary organisations in Scotland and the UK. They fund a wide range of organisations with a preference for countryside, health, art and young people. Previous grant recipients have included Butterfly Conservation Trust, Scottish Ballet, Teapot Trust, Freedom from Torture, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh World Heritage.

Funds a range of charities, including those that provide for: the maintenance and expansion of Christian Churches and organisations; the maintenance, relief, medical treatment or care of the sick, the blind, the deaf, the dumb, the aged or the poor; the education or training or upbringing of the young; and the preservation of places and building a of historic or artistic interest. They fund under the headings of: church; community support; medical research/community care; armed forces welfare;arts; international aid.

The trust has been established to support a wide range of charitable activities - main priorities are children and young people, people living in poverty and people with disabilities. The trust will generally support smaller charities, especially those working at grass roots and local community level where the funds will be able to make a significant difference. Large national charities are unlikely to be considered.

Stagecoach Group help a number of charities and to support fundraising events and vital services. Significant additional in-kind support, such as complimentary bus and rail travel, is provided by the Group to good causes. There are a number of initiatives in place to help young people, including mentoring and internship programmes to help students gain a better understanding of the skills and routes to enter work, further and higher education and training. Stagecoach also has partnerships with veterans groups in the UK and North America and has demonstrated its commitment to the UK Armed Forces by signing a corporate covenant to support the country’s military community.

The fund provides support for religious, educational and other charitable institutions both in Great Britain and abroad. It mainly supports Jewish communities.

SSPCK's purpose is to encourage the promotion of Christian knowledge in Scotland and overseas. The objective of the Home Fund is for re-sourcing mission within Scotland, principally in the Highlands and Islands.

Patagonia funds only environmental work and are most interested in making grants to organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and that approach issues with a commitment to long-term change. They support small, grassroots, activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged campaigns to preserve and protect our environment. They help local groups working to protect local habitat, and think the individual battles to protect a specific stand of forest, stretch of river or indigenous wild species are the most effective in raising more complicated issues – particularly those of biodiversity and ecosystem protection – in the public mind.