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

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

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 and formerly State Schools and Health.

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

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, Small Grants Scheme).  Please also see Frequently Asked Questions.

What We Currently Fund

The Foundation awards funding in two 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)