Mosse Charitable Settlement

The Mosse Charitable Settlement is a family-run grant-making trust administered by unpaid Mosse family trustees, dedicated to advancing a wide array of charitable purposes across England and Wales. Established to make strategic grants and loans, its core mission emphasizes leveraging matching funds or co-financing to amplify impact, reflecting values of flexibility, resourcefulness, and broad public benefit for the general public and mankind. With a distinctive approach that combines grants with recoverable loans, it supports diverse interventions without rigid beneficiary restrictions, prioritizing opportunities where its funding can unlock additional resources.

It funds initiatives in health and life-saving efforts, disability support, poverty prevention and relief, housing and accommodation, environmental conservation and heritage, economic/community development, employment, and select overseas aid or famine relief projects tied to its UK base. Activities span direct community aid, project support, and capacity-building for organizations addressing these themes, with a history of backing health services, poverty alleviation, housing schemes, and environmental projects.

Eligible applicants are typically small to medium-sized charities and established organizations operating in England and Wales, with a preference for those able to attract matched funding; no specific legal entity, income thresholds, or religious restrictions apply, though size is inferred from past awards. Grants range from several hundred pounds up to £20,000, drawn from an annual expenditure of £65,000–£75,000.

The trust does not accept unsolicited applications, lacking public forms, guidelines, or deadlines—awards are made ad hoc at trustees' discretion following private approaches. This closed, opportunistic model sets it apart, excluding open competitions while favoring leveraged, high-potential projects over routine or standalone funding.