Supporting our members
Accredited community foundations have a shared ambition for places to thrive. We support our members in their learning and development as they grow local giving and drive positive change.
Celebrating 50 years
During the last five decades, community foundations have supported and strengthened communities during national emergencies, a global pandemic, financial recessions, as well as in times of national celebrations and local successes.
A lot has changed since 1975!
UKCF Quality Accreditation
UKCF is the only network in the world that provides Quality Accreditation, an award developed solely for community foundations that is recognised every three years.
Quality Accreditation assesses the different areas of practice to ensure that every member of UKCF operates to a high standard, celebrating good practice and recognising areas for learning.
Learning and development
Every membership moves forward better, together. Our communities of practice enable online and in-person spaces for peer-to-peer learning and discussion, sharing the latest insights and evolutions in place-based philanthropy.
Each year, UKCF facilitates learning on a larger scale at alternating online and in-person conferences, open to all members and experts from across civil society.
Being a progressive network
On our path to more transformative grant making, we are delighted that our members’ work is benchmarked and recognised externally.
The 2025 Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) assessment highlighted the strong overall performance of community foundations across the UK in accountability, transparency and diversity.
Community foundations have been given a Charity Excellence Grant Maker rating of 5 stars and were chosen as 2025 Runners Up for the People's Choice Award.
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