Aguda Keren L'Dovid

Aguda Keren L'Dovid is a trustee-led charitable trust established in 1980 via a Deed of Trust, registered with the Charity Commission, and based in Prestwich, Manchester. Its core mission is to advance Judaism and Jewish education among Jewish boys and adults while relieving poverty within the Jewish community, embodying conservative values of faith, learning, and welfare. With trustees Yisroel Meir Cohen, Zev Brodie, and Harvey Philip Cohen at the helm, it operates with minimal overhead, modest annual income (around £88,000 in 2024), and a risk-averse approach, granting only from available reserves in line with Charity Commission guidance.

The trust prioritizes project grants for Jewish religious education and poverty relief initiatives targeting the local Jewish community, including some core costs for communal religious and welfare activities. Beneficiaries are small to medium-sized, grassroots Jewish charities embedded in Greater Manchester, with funding focused on direct communal impact rather than national or international efforts.

Eligible applicants must be UK-registered charities serving Jewish-only causes in specific boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan; no strict income thresholds apply, but preference leans toward modestly sized organizations. Unsolicited applications are not accepted—grants are awarded at trustees' discretion to pre-selected institutions via ad hoc meetings with no public deadlines, forms, or cycles. Typical grants range from £1,000 to £10,000, often lower, totaling £80,000–£90,000 annually across recipients.

Distinctive for its narrow, enduring focus on local Jewish education and relief—excluding capital, seed, emergency, or unrestricted funding outside its objects—this specialist funder stands out as a steady, low-profile supporter of faith-driven communal charities with precise geographic and thematic alignment.