Whitehill Chase Foundation

The Whitehill Chase Foundation, established by trust deed in 1969 and amended in 2003, is a small, trustee-led charitable trust with a core mission to advance a broad range of charitable purposes across the UK, prioritizing support for organizations and activities local to Bordon, Hampshire, while honoring its historic ties to the Whitehill Chase Association. Guided by a compact board of unpaid trustees, it embodies a flexible, responsive, and conservative philanthropic ethos, emphasizing stewardship, good governance, and strengthening civil society through generalist grant-making without rigid thematic strategies or published programmes.

It funds unrestricted core costs or project-based initiatives for recognized charities and voluntary bodies, focusing on grassroots efforts that further charitable objects such as community welfare, with a strong preference for Bordon-area groups but discretion to support needs elsewhere in England and Wales. Beneficiaries are typically smaller local charities, trusts, and community organizations addressing evolving needs, rather than large national entities or structured campaigns.

Eligible applicants must be UK-registered charities or community groups based in the UK, ideally smaller grassroots outfits local to Bordon; there are no strict income thresholds, religious restrictions, or special criteria beyond charitable status. Unsolicited applications are not accepted—grants are awarded invite-only at trustees' ad hoc discretion, with no public deadlines, forms, or typical amounts disclosed (historical patterns suggest modest sums). It excludes individuals, non-charitable entities, and non-compliant causes, distinguishing itself as a low-profile, locality-anchored trust offering trustee-selected support to bolster local charitable infrastructure.