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Jerwood Foundation

Jerwood Foundation Funding Round 2027

Jerwood Foundation makes project grants to UK registered charities and limited companies supporting excellence and emerging talent in the arts in the UK, making art available for public benefit, or working with the Jerwood Collection. There is one annual round: the 2027 round is for projects starting 1 July 2027-30 June 2028, opens at 9am on 3 February 2027 and closes at 2pm on 17 March 2027. There are no set grant sizes; recent awards have ranged from about £10,000 to £50,000, and the Foundation says local community or youth projects are unlikely to be funded.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£70,000 – £100,000
Deadline
150 days left
17 March
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • UK registered charities and limited companies with arts projects in the UK
  • Community Interest Companies cannot apply, and individual artists can only apply as part of an organisation
  • The Foundation follows the Charity Commission's definition of public benefit
  • Organisations may reapply after a decline but are advised not to apply for the same project more than twice

What it funds

Project activity in the arts in the UK that:

  • Supports excellence and emerging talent
  • Makes art available for public benefit
  • Works with the Jerwood Collection

For projects starting between 1 July 2027 and 30 June 2028.

Grants fund projects, but a contribution to core costs needed to deliver the project can be included if clearly stated in the programme budget.

Recent examples include performer and young artist development programmes, exhibition catalogues and oral history recordings with artists.

What it will not fund

  • Capital projects
  • Projects that have already started
  • Funding to individuals (including individual artists, unless applying as part of an organisation)
  • Educational courses or individual educational costs
  • Core organisational costs (other than a project-related contribution shown in the budget)
  • Capital endowments
  • Projects outside the United Kingdom
  • Community Interest Companies
  • Local community or youth projects and events are unlikely to be funded

How to apply

  1. Read the funding page and FAQs and check your project starts between 1 July 2027 and 30 June 2028
  2. Prepare an application of no more than 10 sides of A4 (excluding accounts), starting with the required summary: where your organisation is based and where the activity will take place, grant amount and payment date requested, project description, start date and summary timeline, number of direct beneficiaries and projected audience figures
  3. Send it between 9am on 3 February and 2pm on 17 March 2027 by email to info@jerwood.org (application and accounts attached as PDFs) or by post to PO Box 186, Ludlow, SY8 9DX
  4. Trustees decide at their meeting on 28 April 2027; all applicants are contacted by 11 May 2027

Applications without the required summary information are rejected, and no amendments or additional information can be accepted after submission.

All applications are acknowledged but no feedback is given.

Have ready

  • Application document (maximum 10 sides of A4) including the required summary, project description, any relevant additional information, and a budget and fundraising plan
  • Latest audited accounts, or for small charities not required to produce audited accounts, the annual budget with income and expenditure detail

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