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 makes donations to charities working in many different sectors including medical research, hospitals, education, organisations working with the young and aged, the handicapped and the under-privileged and arts organisations. So long as the object is charitable the Trustees will consider any application from a registered charity. They are particularly interested in applications from parts of Scotland where the local economy and/or circumstances make fundraising for charitable purposes difficult.

Grants are available to fund initial research which should ideally lead to further research. The limit for a pump priming grant is £10,000. 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 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.

The Trust provides grant funding for projects which support the vision of a more sustainable and equal society, where constraints on fossil fuels lead to a more localised economy with stronger, more resilient, communities, and where human activities take account of climate change and the wider environment. Applications will be prioritised from the Highlands and Islands.

The Analytical Exchange programme offers free support to third sector organisations in Scotland around data, analysis, statistics and research. It does this by matching analysts working the Scottish public sector with third sector organisations needing help on very short sharp projects (up to 10 person days) where statistical or analytical skills could make a difference to their organisation. Individuals or small groups of public sector statisticians, economists or researchers then act as an analytical consultancy to solve problems in third sector organisations and would be delivered for free.

The principal objects of the Trust are: - to provide funds for the advancement of all the schemes which are for the physical wellbeing and improvement in general physical condition of the youth of the City of Edinburgh - for the advancement of knowledge in the science of chemistry as it affects the trade and industry of Great Britain - for making donations for the upkeep, extension and equipment of any charitable institution, hospital or society administered in Scotland whose objective is the restoration of the sick to health - for the advancement of knowledge in medicine and surgery including the granting of bursaries and scholarships, funding research work and the purchase of necessary equipment.

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.

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.