# Nana Eku Foundation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1217526 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1217526)
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Disability, Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps: Children / young people, People with disabilities, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides other finance, Provides services, Provides advocacy / advice / information
- Area of operation: Throughout England, Ghana
- Trustees: 6
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/nana-eku-foundation

Nana Eku Foundation supports disadvantaged young people and their families by providing educational support, financial assistance, essential resources and mentorship. We work with partners in the UK and Ghana to reduce poverty, improve opportunities and empower young people to reach their full potential.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> 1. For the public benefit, to advance the education of children and young people, with a focus on those with special educational needs or disabilities or children and young people from low-income households in Ghana through:a) assisting in the provision of supplementary education with a focus on stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and other topics as the trustees may determine.b) provision of learning materials, resources and mentoring support;c) such other ways as the trustees may determine.2. For the public benefit, the prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in Ghana, with a focus on children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families through the provision of a food bank and such other ways as the trustees may determine.3. To promote and protect the physical and mental health of the public in Ghana, with a focus on children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities or children/young people from low-income households through health education and preventative health screenings and such other ways as the trustees may determine.4. To relieve the needs of children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities in Ghana in such ways the trustees may determine.

## What it funds

Nana Eku Foundation is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives and disability for children / young people, people with disabilities and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations, provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy / advice / information.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Ghana.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Nana Eku Foundation in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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