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EXCEPTIONAL GRANTS

(grants awarded over £500,000)

Occasionally, the Foundation makes exceptional grants (normally capital), above the maximum grant awarded through the Main Grants Scheme.  An exceptional grant will only be considered, where, for example, an overriding factor is that the project will not occur without the Foundation grant or where the project is of national importance.

Exceptional grants are rare, and should be discussed with the Chief Executive before an application is made.

The National Gallery, London, awarded £2,000,000 in 2023 towards bicentenary NG200 Welcome capital project and NG200 Programme nationwide

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, awarded £2,000,000 in 2023 to contribute to the restoration and re-imagining of Cardiff’s Old Library (phase one of works) as a centre for arts, education and public engagement and use

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, awarded £2,000,000 28/04/2023 towards capital costs for the creation of V&A East Storehouse with naming on the Foyle Creative Centre

Royal National Theatre, London, awarded £1,500,000 in 2023 towards major capital improvements to backstage workspaces

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, awarded £600,000 in 2022 towards the capital works to the Library part of phase two of works to the Somerset House site with naming on the The Foyle Special Collections Room.

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, was awarded £550,000 in 2018 to fund the acquisition of the Foyle Opera Rara Collection (£500K) and £50K to support new Part/Time Archivist and initial costs in first year after acquisition.

Royal Academy of Music, London, was awarded £1,200,000 in 2003 to save from dispersal and maintain for public access the Menuhin archive, one of the most comprehensive, significant and detailed records of musical life during the 20th Century.

King’s College London was awarded £2,000,000 in 2000 towards creating the Foyle Special Collections Library.