Deadline: 5 January 2025
The Wolfson Foundation is inviting grant applications for performing arts organizations to improve their training and education facilities.
The Foundation generally award grants towards the building or refurbishment of these facilities, and occasionally towards the purchase of related specialist equipment.
Aims
- It can also have one or more of the following additional aims:
- Better engagement with audiences
- Increased numbers of participants
- Improved future sustainability of the organization
- Conservation of architectural heritage
Funding information
- Usual grant range: £50,000 – £150,000
- Minimum grant amount: £15,000
Ineligible Projects
- Examples of ineligible projects and costs include:
- Purchase of land or existing buildings (including a building’s freehold)
- Grants direct to individuals
- Grants through conduit organizations
- Overheads, maintenance costs and VAT
- Non-specific appeals (including circulars) and endowment funds
- Costs of meetings, exhibitions, concerts, expeditions, conferences, lectures, etc.
- Salary costs
- Running costs, including vehicle fuel and maintenance
- Film, websites or promotional materials
- Repayment of loans
- Projects that have already been completed or will be by the time of award
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered or exempt charity (or equivalent) or local authority
- Your organization should:
- be operated by a registered charity or a local authority
- be focused on professional performance and the performing arts should constitute the vast majority, if not the sole focus, of its activities
- be able to make a case for the significance of its education work within the sector. For applicants that operate a venue, the significance of its artistic programme will also be taken into account.
- Your project should be focused on improving the quality of training and education facilities and represent a strategic priority for the organization.
For more information, visit The Wolfson Foundation.
