Projects, programmes and partnerships
The Community Foundation adds value to our area by developing and running a wide variety of philanthropic projects, programmes and partnerships that help us to achieve our vision of effective giving, thriving communities and enriched lives.
Sponsors ClubThe Sponsors Club helps businesses to benefit from commercial and creative relationships with the arts, and the cultural sector to benefit from business support. Click here for more. |
Community VenturesThe Community Ventures programme brings together some of our leading donors to offer pro bono business support to voluntary and community organisations to help them achieve a step change in the way they operate, or overcome a particular problem. Click here for more. |
Local Environmental Action Fund (LEAF)LEAF is a collaboration between the Community Foundation, Shears Foundation, Greggs Foundation and an anonymous donor which supports projects that have a positive impact on the environment, and which educate and raise awareness about what individuals can do to take local action on environmental issues. Click here for more. |
Sage GatesheadThe Community Foundation holds the Sage Gateshead Fund, the largest arts agency endowment in the UK outside London. The Fund was created to support the organisation’s performance, learning and participation work. Click here for more. |
The Philanthropy Fellowship
The Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland has been successful in becoming a delivery partner in the The Philanthropy Fellowship supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, one of the UK’s largest grant-making charities. The programme aims to engage and grow The Philanthropy Fellowship a group of skilled, influential and strategic community philanthropists across the UK.
We think The Philanthropy Fellowship provides an exciting opportunity for people who want to do more with their giving. Click here to find out more.
