Overview

Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation supports community projects that have a genuine connection to the MAB community. To apply, your organisation must be supported by an MAB sponsor. This could be a member of staff, and MAB customer, or one of our selected business partners who has a preexisting relationship or connection with your organisation.

Match Funding Rate

Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation may support your project with 3:1 live match funding to your project target, up to a maximum of £5,000. Before completing your application for match funding, please read the essential criteria here.

Match Fund Pledge Conditions

Pledges will be matched at a rate of £3 to every £1 donated up to 75% of your project target

3:1 match funding will apply to pledges of up to £250. Example: if a project receives a pledge of £50, The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation Fund will provide £150. If a project receives a pledge of £1,000, The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation Fund will provide £750.

The maximum value of 3:1 match funding a project can receive is £5,000

Only one pledge per supporter will be matched; this will be the first amount pledged by a supporter

Eligibility Requirements

To access the match funding, you must:

Be located in England, Scotland or Wales

Have a Sponsor who is a Mortgage Advice Bureau member of staff, customer or approved business partner

Be an existing registered Charity or Community Interest Company

Deliver your project in 2025/2026

Have a Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation approved application

All applicants must comply with the relevant permissions/licensing/insurance/documentation (constitution)/policies

Eligible Project Themes

What can the Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation fund? See some examples below:

Environment and conservation: Projects focused on making green choices for their community e.g. community rewilding projects, community gardens, educational projects for communities to reduce their carbon footprint etc.

Health and wellbeing: Projects focused on helping communities combat health and wellbeing issues to improve their quality of life e.g. social inclusion, sensory gardens, community gardens, mental health, sports projects, purchasing new equipment you do not already have that will help you expand your activities and encourage more people to get involved etc.

The Prevention or Relief of Poverty: Projects focused on helping communities through financial hardship e.g. projects that support homelessness, community food banks, money management and budgeting skills etc.

Your project must be new and for the benefit of your local community.

Additional Conditions

The amount of total match funds available from Mortgage Advice Bureau will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.

The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation reserves the right to vary these pledge criteria; projects will be notified if their pledge criteria will vary from the stated terms above.

Please see the full Terms and Conditions here.