CRAFT launches The Comedy Levy with a ‘Comedy Top 100’ donation drive
CRAFT has launched the Comedy Top 100 as the first Comedy Levy initiative.
We are looking for donations to go directly to 100 projects across grassroots, community health and wellbeing, and innovation (Pillars 1, 2, + 5).
The team are working for free. We hope to raise money quickly, so that we can deliver funding in the next 3 months. The focus rounds are listed below.
Main Rule: Comedy must be the primary artform for all Top 100 funding projects.
Round 1
TOP 50
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians to Receive Fringe Festival Relief Fund
The Fringe Festival Relief Fund to help cover core costs, such as accommodation, transport, and marketing, that often inhibit acts from going.
Round 2
TOP 20
Top 20 Scripted and Screen Based Projects Innovation Fund
Its purpose is simple: to help high-potential comedy ideas get made, seen, and taken seriously. Funding will support original comedy ideas with strong creative and commercial potential across scripted and screen based formats.
Round 3
TOP 30
Top 30 Practitioners Community Health and Wellbeing Workshops Fund: Free community events
Comedy has a huge capacity to build connection and support mental health, by reducing isolation and loneliness. Donations will support and fund comedy practitioners to offer free community workshops across Britain.
Disclaimer: CRAFT is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO in formation). Our impact will be proportionate to the donations we receive. CRAFT is a new organisation and our 'Comedy Top 100' donation drive launched 00:01 Friday March 6, 2026.
How to donateThe Comedy Levy Comedy Top 100 donation drive: YOU CAN DONATE DIRECTly (Restricted) or generally (unrestricted)
CRAFT is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO in formation), with the Charity Commission of England and Wales. CRAFT can accept private and public (restricted or unrestricted) donations eligible for Gift Aid from UK taxpayers and tax relief for donors who are US taxpayers. This is made possible through CRAFT’s charity partner, while awaiting CIO registration designation. Every pound raised will be tracked, reported, and published, with the transparency the industry deserves.
CRAFT's flagship funding model — the Comedy Levy — will channel revenue directly back into the comedy ecosystem: grassroots development, community health and wellbeing, public affairs and policy, professional standards, freedom of artistic expression, and research and innovation.