The MSE Charity is dedicated to supporting UK voluntary groups deliver financial life skills, which make a lasting impact on the way people think, behave & manage their money.

We prefer to fund small to medium-sized non-profit organisations with a constitution for example registered Charities, CICs, Credit Unions, excluding statutory organisations.

Organisations should have an annual income under £500,000 and have less than six months free reserves.

Take our quick Eligibility Quiz to see if we can fund your organisation.

We invite organisations to apply if they have a great idea for a financial capability project, related to the current grant round theme.

UPDATE -The grant round themes for September 2020 and February 2021 were modified due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

All applications should be Innovative either in Audience, Approach or Delivery

and will make a lasting impact on the way people think behave and manage their money.

Each theme is repeated every two years.

Each round will focus on delivering financial life skills projects to organisations who assist and support defined groups.

The group categories range from children, carers, older people, offenders, to those living with disabilities.

There are two grant rounds per year, applications are only invited online in February and September.

We limit each grant round to the first 40 accepted applications.

All grants are below £7,500.

There are two rounds per year, four themes rotate through a two year cycle.