The Gordon and Ena Baxter Foundation supports a huge variety of projects. Generally, applicants should demonstrate a sound management plan, and a clear benefit to communities in Moray and the Highlands and Islands. They will fund projects that cover one or more of the following: Education and Training, Health, Care, Sport, Arts and Heritage, and Conservation and Environment.

The Foundation supports a wide range of charities, mostly in Scotland, and principally working in the fields of medical facilities and research, the relief of poverty and assistance to the aged and infirm, education and learning, encouragement of personal development and training of young people and the provision of better opportunities for the less privileged and the vulnerable and the encouragement of music and the arts. They also fund under the headings conservation and environment, disadvantaged and disabled, elderly, homeless and hospices, music, theatre and visual arts, religion and youth.

The purpose of the trust is to support medical research projects, support smaller local charitable projects and provide care of the elderly. It tends to support the same organisations each year.

The trust funds activities that focus on the preservation and protection of health or the relief of sickness and disease. Particular priority is given to activities that address the relief of heart disease, cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. They have a special focus on Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

The trust gives to a wide range of charitable causes. Organisations that support young people, music, drama, physical health, mental health, the elderly, disabled people and rescue have been funded in the past.

The limit for a pump priming grant is £10,000. These grants are available to fund initial research which should ideally lead to further research. All pump priming applications which meet the criteria set out by the Trust are forwarded to the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee for consideration.

The MEB Charitable Trust supports a wide range of charitable activities. The Trust seeks to support Christian organisations; aid in the relief of suffering occasioned by war or natural disaster; and bodies undertaking scientific or medical research. Their 2017/18 accounts show they gave under the headings of age, animals and birds, blind, deaf, children, medical research, welfare, cultural and social, armed services , youth organisations, religion and special appeals.

The Trust supports a wide array of charitable initiatives. However, they tend to focus their support on the advancement of health with a focus on cancer charities; the advancement of animal welfare; the relief of suffering related to age/ill-health/disability.

Grants of £2,000 to £7,000 are available to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, the organisation of conferences, exhibitions and other projects and events that fulfil this broad objective. New initiatives are especially encouraged.

Beneficiaries include all or anyone or more of:- (a) The Church of Scotland General Trustees; (b) The National Trust for Scotland; (c) The Old People's Welfare Committee of the Dundee Council of Social Service, or any charitable institution concerned with the welfare of the citizens of Dundee; (d) The University Court of the University of Edinburgh; (e) The University of Southampton; (f) The University of Dundee; (g) The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, or any other charitable institution connected with work for the blind; (h) any other charitable institution or charitable institutions selected from time to time by the Trustees.