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Small Charities, Bigger Returns: Why Businesses Should Support Small Charities

Supporting small charities doesn’t just create community impact – it also strengthens employee engagement, builds trust and helps businesses deliver more authentic social impact. Discover why grassroots giving can deliver bigger returns for your business.
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Matthew Good Foundation Reaches £2 Million Milestone

£2 million. It is a number worth pausing on – not because of what it says about us, but because of what it represents for the hundreds of small charities and community groups who have received that support since 2011. Here, we reflect on the journey, the people who made it possible, and what comes next.

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Minorfern Foundation closes second year with £40,000 granted to eleven local charities.

The Minorfern Foundation has completed its second year of charitable giving, awarding £40,000 in unrestricted grants to eleven organisations across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Yorkshire. This brings the total distributed since the Foundation’s launch in 2024 to £80,000 – supporting twenty-one organisations across the regions where SDL Car Parts operates.

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Illustration representing how business donating to charity creates a bigger impact when they support small charities. A small seedling turns into a larger plant. Matthew good foundation colours sit behind the photo quality plant images.

Small Charities, Bigger Returns: Why Businesses Should Support Small Charities

by Kirsty Clark

|July 9th, 2026

Supporting small charities doesn’t just create community impact – it also strengthens employee engagement, builds trust and helps businesses deliver more authentic social impact. Discover why grassroots giving can deliver bigger returns for your business.

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Small Charity Statistics

96% of Charities Get 16% of the Money. How Business ESG Strategy Can Help.

by Kirsty Clark

|June 10th, 2026

Thousands of small charities are making a huge difference in communities every day, yet they make up 96% of the sector but receive just 16% of its income. The gap isn’t just about money, and businesses have a real role to play in closing it.

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Community Impact: Two people stand in front of a newly built patio area of a garden with bench, arbour and planters. They hold a board that says thank you. A close up of the plague on the bench reads "In memory of Jackie Lee"

More meaningful giving: An employee giving case study

by Jennifer Duck

|February 16th, 2024

A recent employee giving application has demonstrated how the Matthew Good Foundation helps the John Good Group to increase their community impact, not just by issuing grants, but by leveraging the Foundation’s network & expertise to deliver higher value outcomes, for employees, charities, and businesses alike.

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