How much money can we offer?
The maximum grant available from the Foundation for each facilities project is £1m.
The Foundation usually decides how much grant to give your project based on all the circumstances of the project, but you must try to get funding from all your other organisations first. The most the Foundation can pay is 90% of the project costs, but it will only award as much as this in exceptional circumstances. For example, applications where there is an outstanding need for a facility and where the project will have a major effect on under-represented groups in football (such as women and girls, people on low incomes, black and ethnic-minority groups and disabled people).
The Foundation also provides (revenue) funding to deliver football development associated with the new facility e.g. coaching, football development officer etc. The maximum development funding that can be included with a facilities grant is 20% of the total grant awarded.
Your financial circumstances will be the main thing that the Foundation considers when deciding how much we can give you. If you have more money available or have more power to create more income, you are likely to get a much smaller grant than organisations which have not.
You must show that you have tried hard to get other funding for your project and that there is no further funding available.
Who can apply?
The Foundation welcomes applications from football clubs, multi-sport clubs, local authorities, all educational establishments, registered charitable organisations, not for profit companies limited by guarantee, industrial and provident societies and unincorporated not for profit organisations.
Important information
The Foundation cannot consider your application if you start work or appoint a contractor before we approve the project. However, if we give you permission in writing beforehand, we may still be able to consider your application.
Before you submit an application, we strongly recommend you fill in an Expression of Interest form and a football development planning form and discuss your project with your County Football Association.
To complete an online application form please visit Football Foundation website via the link on the right or download the form from the related documents. If you would like further information about the scheme, please do not hesitate to contact us on 020 8515 1927.