# Aviation for Good

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1215270 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1215270)
- Website: https://www.aviationforgood.org
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Health / saving of lives, Prevention or relief of poverty, Overseas aid / famine relief, Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps: Other charities or voluntary bodies, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Angola, Afghanistan, Brazil, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ecuador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, East Timor, Uganda, Peru, Zambia, Burma, Laos, South Africa
- Trustees: 8
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/aviation-for-good

Our vision is to transform lives through aviation in isolated communities around the world, advancing health, wellbeing and the relief of poverty. We fund partner organisations that use light aircraft to provide life-saving medical assistance, disaster relief & essential supplies and services to reach areas inaccessible by other means. We also promote the importance of humanitarian flying.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The object of the CIO is:to advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time by making grants to other charities and non-for-profit organisations in particular but not limited to:• the relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural or other kinds of disaster in the form of money (or other means deemed suitable) for persons, bodies, organisations and/or countries affected;• the prevention or relief of poverty; and• the relief of sickness and the preservation of health.

## What it funds

Aviation for Good is registered under the Charity Commission purposes health / saving of lives, prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid / famine relief for other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Angola, Afghanistan, Brazil, Central African Republic and Cameroon and 27 more areas.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Aviation for Good in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (aviationforgood.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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