Hermes Trust

Hermes Trust Grants

Small grants from a Stroud-based trust for projects based on Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, almost entirely in Britain and Ireland. Grants have rarely exceeded £3,000 and are usually £200 to £2,000, and the money available is generally much less than requested. You apply with a short letter of up to two sides of A4; the Grants Committee meets in May and November. The Trust also makes secured low-interest loans, but that is a separate scheme.

Apply on the funder’s site

You could get: £200 – £2,000; no fixed round
Deadline: Rolling; apply any time
Effort: Light; short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

Ventures and projects based on Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy; the focus is almost entirely Britain and Ireland, though projects further afield are occasionally supported
The application must show how the project will advance public benefit via anthroposophic understanding
The Trust does not offer student grants
The site sets no other eligibility rules (it does not say what legal form an applicant must have)

What it funds

Projects based on Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy that advance public benefit via anthroposophic understanding

What it will not fund

Student grants

How to apply

Write to the Trust (no more than two sides of A4) outlining what your venture does and something of its history; who is involved and a bit about their background; the project you want a grant for; the anticipated costs of the project and how these will be met; and how the project will advance public benefit via anthroposophic understanding
Send it to Hermes Trust, The Old Painswick Inn, Gloucester Street, Stroud, GL5 1QG, or by email to hermes.trust@freeuk.com
The Grants Committee considers applications at its meetings in May and November

telephone 01453 763900. Loans (from a few thousand pounds up to £500,000, usually secured, about 4% variable) are applied for separately; see the Borrowing page.

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