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The Foyle Foundation is an independent grant making trust that distributes grants to U.K. based registered charities and schools.  

We welcome applications from all regions and countries of the U.K.

Since it became operational in November 2001, The Foundation has disbursed £146.6M in grants (up to 31 December 2023).

The Foyle Foundation Completes its Grant Giving Programme in 2025

The Foyle Foundation will complete its grant giving programme in 2025, marking 25 years of giving to the fields of the Arts, Learning, Community Small Grants, State Schools Libraries and formerly Health.

We are delighted to announce that applications are still open for the final rounds of grants for projects which will complete by the end of 2025.  For full details, including timings of the application process and cut off dates, please see the relevant specific section of each of our grantmaking schemes (Main Grants Scheme, School Library Scheme, Small Grants Scheme).  Please also see Frequently Asked Questions.

What We Currently Fund

The Foundation awards funding in three main areas:

ARTS and LEARNING charities predominantly via the Main Grants Scheme

SMALL CHARITIES of all descriptions (with a turnover of less than £150K per annum) via the Small Grants Scheme (grants between £2K and £10K)

STATE FUNDED SCHOOLS predominantly via the Foyle School Library Scheme (grants between £2K and £10K)