Becoming a Certified B Corporation demonstrates that your business is committed to using business as a force for good.
It’s about balancing profit with purpose, considering the impact your organisation has on your employees, customers, community and the environment.
The B Corp assessment evaluates how your business creates positive social and environmental impact. While certification considers many aspects of your organisation, community investment and philanthropy can play an important role in demonstrating your commitment to responsible business.
Supporting your local community through strategic charitable giving is one of the most effective ways to demonstrate this commitment.
At Cornwall Community Foundation, we help businesses invest in the communities where they live and work, ensuring every donation creates measurable, lasting impact across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Giving via Cornwall Community Foundation enables you to:
- Invest directly in local communities and tackle the issues that matter most.
- Support grassroots charities and community groups making a real difference.
- Demonstrate authentic social value to employees, customers and stakeholders.
- Build a stronger connection with the communities where your business operates.
- Measure and communicate the impact of your charitable giving.
- Develop a long-term, strategic approach to corporate philanthropy
Why charitable giving matters for B Corps
Rather than making one-off donations, you can create a giving programme that aligns with your business values and delivers meaningful outcomes.The B Corp assessment evaluates how your business creates positive social and environmental impact. While certification considers many aspects of your organisation, community investment and philanthropy can play an important role in demonstrating your commitment to responsible business.
The B Corp assessment evaluates how your business creates positive social and environmental impact. While certification considers many aspects of your organisation, community investment and philanthropy can play an important role in demonstrating your commitment to responsible business.
“At St Eval, caring for people and the planet has always been at the heart of what we do. Our partnership with the Cornwall Community Foundation’s Business Club builds on our ongoing commitment to support local charities and community projectsA piece of work that delivers an output. that enhance wellbeing, protect the environment, and strengthen the places we call home. We’re proud to stand alongside like-minded businesses investing in a brighter, more sustainable future for Cornwall.”
Join a network of philanthropic businesses
A trusted partner for local impact
For more than 20 years, Cornwall Community Foundation has connected generous businesses and individuals with the grassroots organisations creating positive change across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Our expert team identifies where funding is needed most, carries out robust due diligence and monitors the impact of every grant awarded. This means your business can be confident that every pound is invested where it will have the greatest benefit.
Whether your priorities are tackling poverty, improving mental health, supporting young people, protecting the environment or strengthening rural communities, we can help you direct your giving to the causes that matter most to your business.
Speak to the Business Club team
Tamara Sherston-Baker
Development Director
Projects supported by the CCF Business Club Fund
A grant from the Business Club Fund secures the long term viability of the National Coastwatch Institution Bass Point Station
The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) exists for the protection and preservation of life at sea and along the United Kingdom […]
Bringing the farm to life for Cornwall’s primary school children
The Cornwall Kingfisher Award Scheme is connecting primary school children with the natural world through hands-on outdoor learning on working […]
Fluxus Cornwall brings generations together through invention and making
A £2,421 grant from the Business Club Fund enabled Fluxus Cornwall CIC to expand their weekly Invention Club in Redruth, […]