The Trust supports registered charities to carry out a range of charitable activities. Their charitable objects state a preference to activities that are concerned with the welfare of animals but in practice in recent years they have given to a wide range of organisations supporting health, young people and emergency relief.

Argyll Community Housing Association has a small fund from which the Association can make donations to registered charitable organisations for worthwhile causes which have some housing connection or follow the Associations mission statement. This includes: culture and recreation, the environment, community facilities, community cohesion and engagement; social activities; health, wellbeing and personal and social development; unemployment; financial hardship; training and education and community safety.

The AEB Charitable Trust presently makes grant to charities in support of the following: The promotion of interests of wildlife, ecology and nature; The advancement of health, in particular, research into and treatment of Alzheimer's and the care of the confused elderly; The support of museums and galleries, music and the arts in Scotland; assistance to the infirm, the emergency services, disabled and retired members of the Armed Forces. The Trust favours organisations in the Lothians and Borders areas.

The trust offers support to a wide range of organisations under the headings of education, religion, health, arts, environment, age, ill-health and disability.

The trust supports the relief of poverty, aid for the aged, the infirm and handicapped, the advancement of education, the provision of recreational facilities and the preservation of buildings or other items of national or historic interest. The Trustees also tend to favour capital projects rather than running costs. Categories of funding include: child and adult welfare; environment and conservation; animal welfare; medical research and support; research and education; international welfare and arts.

The trust funds organisations working both in Scotland and overseas in education, health, and agriculture, also organisations concerned with conservation and wildlife matters, and the arts.

Principally for organisations based in Arbroath, It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations who work towards the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education, health, citizenship or community development, the arts, heritage, culture, science, public participation in sport or animal welfare.

The fund offers funding to projects through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund (SLCF). It will consider applications across all types of projects included in the SLCF Objects including: land reclamation, community recycling, public amenities and parks, biodiversity and historic buildings.Applicants can apply for up to a maximum intervention rate of 90% of the total eligible project cost. The total cost of projects should be no more than £10,000 (exclusive of VAT).

Grants are available to support charities generally in the East of Scotland, North of the River Tay. The trustees also give special support to children's, medical, wildlife and army and ex-service welfare charities.

The following settlements have a Trust in place: Anstruther & Cellardyke, Auchtermuchty,Auchtertool, Buckhaven & Methil, Ballingry, Burntisland, Collessie, Crail, Cupar, Culross, Dunfermline, Elie, Kennoway, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Leslie, Leven, Falkland, Freuchie & Area, Kilconquhar , Kincardine, Kingskettle, Ladybank, Limekilns, Lochgelly, Newburgh, Pittenweem, St Andrews, St Monans andTayport. You can apply for funding from a Settlement Trust if it falls under the following categories: Prevention of Poverty; Advancement of Education; Advancement of Religion; Saving of Lives; Advancement of Citizenship; Advancement of Arts; Advancement of Public Participation in Sport; Provision of Recreational Facilities; Advancement of Human Rights; Promotion of religious or racial harmony; Promotion of Equality; Advancement of Environmental Protection; Relief of Those In Need and Advancement of Animal Welfare