Capital grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available to UK registered charities, exempt charities and Community Interest Companies working in the areas of:
- education (relating to organic farming, animal husbandry, veterinary science, animal welfare and animal surgery)
- visual and performing arts
- medical research
- disability and severe illness
- the preservation of buildings of architectural or historical significance,
- accommodation for those in need.
There is further detail below. Please note that the Foundation will normally expect applicants to have sought and secured matched funding for their project proposal):
Promotion and education of organic farming and non-domestic animal husbandry and veterinary science
- A grant is awarded for capital costs only.
- The applicant’s annual income is less than £1,000,000.
Visual and Performing Arts
The Foundation supports visual arts projects, theatres and theatre productions, and dance, ballet and opera in the following ways:
- A visual arts project must involve the organisation’s beneficiaries and a grant is awarded for capital costs only.
- Theatres may request a grant for capital projects (which includes the costs of building works, and materials and equipment for workshops).
- Grants of £1,000 are given for the running costs of new theatre productions. Applications should focus on the subject matter of the play.
- The applicant’s income is less than £500,000.
- Dance, ballet and opera applicants may apply for bursary funding only.
- Music is not supported as a performing art.
Medical Research
- A grant will be awarded for running (revenue) costs and capital costs
- Research must not be statistical and should be lab-based
- There are no income thresholds
Relief of disability and severe illness
- A grant is awarded for capital costs only.
- Except in the case of a hospice, income must be less than £500,000.
The preservation of buildings of architectural or historical significance
- A grant is awarded for capital costs only.
- The building is owned or leased (for a term of 10 years or more) to the applicant.
- The project cost is less than £5 million.
- The applicant’s income is less than £3 million.
- The building is not used for religious or academic purposes.
The accommodation of those in need
- A grant will be awarded for capital costs only.
- The applicant’s income is less than £3 million.
Further information, guidance and an online application form is available on the Foundation’s website.
The Foundation meets 4 times each year to consider requests for grant support.