Our Funders

Our 2023 accounts are available here – BIB 2023 Accounts

The Following list relates to funders, who awarded grants from April 2022 to March 31 2023.

Naturally, many Trusts and Foundations and Corporates make donations to us from April 1 2023 to date.  We are particularly grateful for the continued support from funders such as The Powell Family Foundation, City Bridge Foundation.

The Rank Foundation kindly provide our office space in their Co-Working office in Old Street.

Our funders, from our recent Annual Report and Accounts are as follows:

We are particularly grateful for generous donations from EdenTree, The Band Trust, Garfield Weston, and grants issued through the London Community Foundation and the Kent Communication Foundation.

We are also grateful for individuals who have donated via Justgiving and those who paid for tickets at our 30th Anniversary Event, which included members of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers and others. We are also thankful for those people who kindly donated tickets, which were used for unemployed sight impaired people to attend.

Some funders remain anonymous and at their request have been removed from this list.

The Livery Companies of the City of London have been generous in their donations. They are the Worshipful Companies of:
Spectacle makers, Horners, Lightmongers, Launderers, Coopers, Insurers, Dyers, World Traders and the Brewers Company.

Other Trusts and Foundations include:

  • Albert Hunt Trust
  • Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Charitable Trust
  • Allen & Overy
  • Big Lottery awards for All England
  • Big Lottery Awards for All Wales
  • Cadent Gas
  • Christopher Rowbotham Charitable Trust
  • Doris Field Charitable Trust
  • Dorothy Hay-Bolton Charitable Trust
  • Dumbreck charity
  • Ecclesiastical
  • Edward Gostling Foundation
  • Eveson Charitable Trust
  • Gordan Trust
  • Gowling WLG
  • HSBC
  • Kevin McGrath Trust
  • Lille C Johnson Charitable Trust
  • London City Airport
  • London Stock exchange
  • M&G
  • Marsh Christian Trust
  • Persula Foundation
  • Prospect-us
  • Schroder
  • Sir James Roll Charitable trust
  • Skipton Building Society
  • St James Place Foundation
  • Steel Charitable Trust
  • Tesco (Groundwork UK)
  • Thomas Pocklington Trust
  • Unilever
  • Vision foundation
  • Waitrose
  • Weinstock fund
  • Wixamtree trust
  • Zochonis charitable trust