Lincolnshire Community Foundation was founded in 2002 and is dedicated to serving Greater Lincolnshire. We’ve distributed over £24M to over 4,000 charities, community groups and organisations throughout our county. These grants have helped tackle issues such as child poverty, loneliness and isolation, food poverty, homelessness, access to services, addiction, unemployment and many other crucial local needs.
Motivations for giving include a sense of responsibility, family values, peer influence, life-changing events, legacy planning, wealth restructuring and tax efficiencies. We can support you to create a family legacy of giving, whilst addressing specific community needs.
We are the experts in identifying local need, With our data visualisation tool, LVIS, we can precisely locate issues across its 16 key themes.
We can offer assistance in establishing the right fund structure for you, such as an endowment fund, one-time donations, or donor-advised funds. We can provide administrative support and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
We will work with you to implement your plan. This involves setting out fund criteria and publicity coverage (you can remain anonymous should you wish). We will introduce the fund to local charitable groups to generate applications.
We regularly evaluate the impact of donations through progress reports, ensuring the maximised impact from your donation. We can make plans for long-term sustainability, which may include building endowment as an asset to benefit local communities now and for generations to come and create long term change.
Chief Operating Officer (Deputy CEO)
Closing date: 12 June 2026
Lincolnshire Community Foundation is seeking an exceptional leader to join us as Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Chief Executive at a pivotal stage of our growth and development.
Reporting to the CEO, you will lead the Foundation’s operational delivery, overseeing grant-making, finance, governance, HR, IT and compliance. This is a strategic, hands on role focused on strengthening systems, improving processes, and ensuring the organisation is well positioned to deliver lasting change.
Our Grants Process
Read the Grant Guidelines to ensure you’re eligible to apply and have all Governance documents in place.
Complete the application form and send with all supporting documents to the relevant Grants Manager.
Your application will be reviewed and prepared for panel by the Grants Team. You may be asked for further information and documentation to support your application.
Your application will be reviewed by an independent Panel. The Trustees then review and consider the panel’s recommendations.
Applicants are notified of a decision. Successful applicants will be sent End of grant monitoring form & comms pack.
Funding is released. Grant recipients should promote their award using supplied branding in the comms pack via all forms of media platforms.
Recipient completes an End of Grant Monitoring Report once funding is spent to demonstrate the difference it has made to the lives of beneficiaries and the wider community.
Celebrate the impact of the award on your group, and wider community across all forms of social and local media.
This documentation is an important aspect of your submission and will support the LCF Grants Team to complete relevant due diligence on your organisation to ensure it is both an eligible and fundable organisation.
Key pieces of supporting evidence for a fund will be outlined both in the Fund Guidelines and Application Form for each grant, but our funds will generally require the following from each applicant:
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An up to date signed and dated constitution, articles of association or a set of rules – a document which tells us how the organisation is governed
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A local management board or committee (names and addresses) – must be at least two people who are unrelated, not residing in the same household
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A recent bank or building society statement in the organisation’s name with at least two signatories – from all accounts, and must be unrelated, not residing in the same household
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Up to date annual accounts or recent, annual income and expenditure account – where organisations have been running less than 12 months, we require at least 3 months of bank statements
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Other relevant policies and procedures (Vulnerable adults’ policy, equal opportunities) – must include safeguarding if working with vulnerable adults o children
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Quotes where applicable for items/work requested – 3 quotes for any item over £10,000 and 1 quote for items under £10,000
These are key criteria across all funds. Some funds may have other required documentation that is unique to the fund. Always refer to guidelines or application for required documentation or speak to the relevant Grantmaker for that fund for guidance.
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