- PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL STOP ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS TO THE MAIN GRANTS SCHEME (INCLUDING BUILDING PROJECTS APPLICATIONS FOR LESS THAN £75K) ON 31 JANUARY 2025.
- FOR CAPITAL REQUESTS £75K AND OVER WE WILL CLOSE FOR STAGE ONE ENQUIRIES ON 31 MAY 2024. NOTE THAT IF YOU THEN PROGRESS TO A FULL STAGE TWO APPLICATION, WE WILL CLOSE FOR APPLICATIONS ON 30 JUNE 2024.
Applications can continue to be submitted at anytime up to the final cut off dates noted above. Please also note that we can only consider applications for projects (and funding periods) which will be completed before the end of 2025.
Who Can Apply
The Main Grants Scheme supports U.K. based charities which have a core remit of the Arts or Learning. Applications are also accepted from U.K. based state schools.
We welcome applications from all regions and countries of the U.K.
Smaller Arts or Learning charities with a turnover of less than £150K per annum are usually more suited to our Small Grants Scheme. On occasion we can accept an application under the Main Grants Scheme, but in these cases, the decision may still be made to internally transfer the request to the Small Grants Scheme.
Generally, the applying charity should be requesting funds for themselves rather than fundraising on behalf of another organisation. The applying charity must take full responsibility for any grant made, and funding for projects/activities/services must be managed/delivered/provided by the applying charity. We will support projects/initiatives where applicants work in partnership on joint projects with other similar organisations. In these cases, a lead charity must be identified and they must be actively involved with the project – they will be the applying charity and any grant would be made to them.
We cannot accept applications from charities with a core remit of Health (we stopped our Health programme in 2009).
We are unlikely to consider applications from social and community welfare charities under the Main Grants Scheme.
We are unlikely to consider applications from grant making charities.
We cannot accept applications from school PTAs, Friends Groups or Academy Trusts (even if they are registered as charities – individual schools can apply).
To apply
For more details of the Main Grants Scheme, and how to apply, see the link below.
Foyle Foundation – Main Grants Scheme
