We back the people who make things better.

G128 Foundation is a private foundation. We make grants and investments in businesses, groups and individuals whose work supports our beliefs and values — the makers, the teachers, the builders, and the organisers.

What we do

We support work we believe in. Sometimes that is a grant to a group with a good idea and no money to test it. Sometimes it is an investment in a business that is making something useful and needs capital to grow. Often it is both, over years, with advice alongside the money.

We are deliberately broad. We would rather back a good person doing necessary work than a tidy category.

What we believe

These six beliefs decide what we support. They have not changed since inception, and they are the only brief we give ourselves.

Educating minds Learning changes what a person can do with their life. We back teaching, training and the unglamorous work of helping people understand more than they did last year.

Uplifting souls Not everything that matters can be measured. We support work that gives people dignity, purpose and hope — and we do not ask it to justify itself in numbers alone.

Supporting initiative and innovation The people closest to a problem usually have the answer. We look for initiative — someone already trying — and back them rather than inventing a programme of our own.

Grants and investments into producers and businesses making things We put money into people who make things: producers, makers, and businesses that create real value and real work. Sometimes as a grant. Sometimes as an investment.

Building community Strong communities are built by people who know each other. We back the clubs, spaces, networks and local efforts that hold a place together.

Protecting health and safety Nobody can build a life without health and safety. We support work that keeps people well and keeps them safe.