What London Funders does

London Funders is a registered charity (operating under the legal entity Funders Together, Charity No. 1116201; Company No. 5596299) and a non-profit membership organisation that functions as the only cross-sector network for funders and investors active in London's civil society. It serves 180+ member organisations spanning independent foundations, community foundations, local authorities, lottery distributors, and corporate giving programmes, with subscription fees tiered across 10 bands based on annual grant-making volume (£715 to £4,360 per year). Members participate through 8 thematic member-led networks (Advice, Arts Heritage Culture, Children & Young People, Health Inequalities, Housing & Homelessness, Research & Evaluation, Resilience, Small Funders), 13 borough-based local funder forums, monthly Insight Meetings, and an annual Festival of Learning.

The organisation's core products sit at the intersection of convening, learning, and pooled-fund administration. Flagship programmes include Propel, a £100m ten-year cross-sector funding collaboration (first grants of ~£25m awarded April 2023), Collaboration Circle (a separate charitable company launched May 2024 enabling pooled fund design and distribution with civil society partners), London Community Response (£57.5m+ COVID-19 emergency funding via 67 funders to 3,300+ groups), the Grenfell Tower response (£4.7m), and the London's Giving place-based giving network covering over half of London boroughs. Supporting infrastructure includes a Shared Due Diligence Platform pilot with Superhighways, Data Insights publications, topic-specific Resource Hubs (Covid-19, Cost of Living, Refugee), and tiered subscriptions managed through Salesforce and Brevo. In November 2025, members voted to update the governing document to allow work in London and beyond, signalling future geographic expansion potential.

Commercially, London Funders operates on a recurring subscription revenue model with 27 employees and a single London headquarters at 4 Chiswell Street. The business model is non-profit and membership-funded, with no venture or external equity involvement. GTM is community-led and event-driven, anchored by the Festival of Learning, local forums, and thematic networks. Member feedback shows 95% want to collaborate with other funders and 80%+ already do so through the network, evidencing product-market fit for the convening proposition.

Name

London Funders

Legal name

Funders Together

Website

https://londonfunders.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

London Funders is a registered charity operating as the only cross-sector membership network for 180+ funders investing in London's civil society, providing convening, learning programmes, thematic and borough-based forums, and pooled-fund initiatives such as Propel (£100m) and Collaboration Circle.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropy Network Membership

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Trust Funds & Multi-Donor Pooled Funds (BPADAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), Capacity Building & Nonprofit Infrastructure Funders (BPAGAKAO)

Keywords

• Philanthropy network
• Funder collaboration
• Grantmaker membership
• Civil society funding
• Collaborative funding

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: London Funders generates revenue through annual membership subscriptions based on banding by total annual grant giving in London. Subscription rates range from £715 (Band 10, under £500,000) to £4,360 (Band 1, over £20 million). The membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

London Funders is a cross-sector membership network for funders and investors in London's civil society. It generates revenue through tiered annual membership subscriptions and delivers value by convening 180+ members across public, private, and independent funder sectors via local forums, thematic networks, collaborative funding programmes, learning events, and policy/insight publications.

Product overview

London Funders operates as a membership organization providing a platform of interconnected products and services for cross-sector funders in London. The core offering is the London Funders Network (180+ members), supplemented by thematic Member-led Networks (8 topic areas) and borough-based Local Funder Forums (13+ areas). Key collaborative funding programmes include Propel (£100m ten-year initiative), Collaboration Circle (pooled funding vehicle launched 2024), London Community Response (£57.5m covid-19 response), and London's Giving (place-based giving network). Additional services include the annual Festival of Learning, Data Insights publications, and Resource Hubs covering specific issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• London Funders Network Membership
• Member-led Thematic Networks
• Local Funder Forums
• Propel
• Collaboration Circle
• London's Giving
• London Community Response
• Grenfell Tower Response
• Shared Due Diligence Platform
• Festival of Learning

Quantifiable outcome

• £500m+ distributed annually by network members
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and supporting.

• Funders TogetherflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025London Funders operates as part of Funders Together, the registered charity and legal entity. In November 2025, members voted to update the governing document enabling work in London and beyond while London Funders remains the dedicated network focused on the capital.
• Collaboration CirclecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024Collaboration Circle is a new charitable company launched in May 2024 that creates space for pooling funds. It provides a simple and effective way for funders and civil society partners to collaboratively design and distribute funding, enabling pooled funds more easily while overcoming systems, cultures and restrictions.
• Propel Funders CollaborationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPropel is a groundbreaking ten-year £100m funding collaboration. The growing collaboration represents public, private, and independent funders including Bloomberg, City Bridge Trust, The National Lottery Community Fund, the Mayor of London (Sadiq Khan), and advice funders coordinated by London Legal Support Trust. Guided by partnership of equity infrastructure organizations.
• Grenfell Tower Response FunderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFollowing the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, London Funders coordinated a funder response distributing £4.7m through five collaborative grant programmes to support community organizations responding to local needs.
• London Community Response FunderscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner67 funders came together through the London Community Response to support London's civil society through COVID-19, distributing £57.5m to over 3,300 groups. The response included a 'We Stand with the Sector' funder statement with over 400 funders pledging flexibility.
• UKGrantmakingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLondon Funders collaborates with UKGrantmaking on capturing cross-sector funding trends and themes in London. The 2025 Audit was largely representative of the cross-sector networks demonstrating the diversity of the network.
• RenaisisupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLondon Funders collaborated with Renaisi to publish two reports on place-based funding: 'What's Next for Place-Based Funding in London' and 'Looking Beyond London' drawing learning from Scotland, Montreal, New York and Bradford.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO): Largest membership body for the voluntary sector in England and Wales, offering learning, advocacy and research to charities and funders. A broader incumbent operating at national scale that intersects with London Funders' membership and policy functions.
• Locality: UK membership network for community organisations, supporting place-based community groups with advice, networks and resources. Comparable as a place-based membership infrastructure organisation whose audience and borough engagement overlap with London Funders.
• Institute of Fundraising (IoF): UK professional membership body for fundraising, providing training, standards and policy advocacy. Comparable as a membership-driven infrastructure organisation serving the wider funding ecosystem with which London Funders' members overlap.

Emerging players

• Big Society Capital: UK social investment wholesaler that pools capital and supports place-based and outcomes-focused funds. Comparable as a pooled-fund and convening infrastructure player with thematic alignment to London Funders' collaborative funding programmes.
• Access Foundation for Social Investment: Charity supporting the social investment market and helping funders collaborate on outcomes-based and pooled-fund instruments. Comparable as a funder collaboration infrastructure body with overlapping technical and convening capabilities.
• The Tudor Trust: Independent UK grantmaker focused on small, community-led organisations. Comparable as an independent London-active grantmaker within the London Funders member network and active collaborator in pooled funding initiatives.
• LankellyChase Foundation: Independent London-active foundation tackling systemic change across multiple inequality themes. Comparable as a major London-based funder participating in London Funders' pooled programmes (e.g., Propel) and engaging with the same member ecosystem.

Others

• City Bridge Trust: City of London Corporation's grant-making charity, the largest dedicated funder of London civil society. Comparable as a London-wide philanthropic funder and core financial partner behind London's Giving and other London Funders programmes.

Direct peers

• Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF): Membership body for charitable foundations and philanthropists in the UK. Closely comparable as a peer membership organisation convening funders for collaboration, learning and policy influence — overlapping core value proposition and audience with London Funders.
• UK Community Foundations: UK-wide membership network for community foundations, providing shared learning, advocacy and grant programmes. Directly comparable as a membership-based infrastructure body coordinating place-based funders across the UK, with overlapping member segments to London Funders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LondonFunders
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/london-funders

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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