OUTSET - CONTEMPORARY ART FUND — grant history
Latest income
£490k
Grants listed (FY2024)
6
Listed grants total
£230k
Accounts grants total
£282k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Outset is a responsive partner and is driven by the needs of the organisations we fund. Our funding is always curator- and institution-led, ensuring that support is guided by expertise and embedded knowledge.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England
- Throughout England And Wales
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Lambeth
- Oxfordshire
- Scotland
- Camden
- Tower Hamlets
- Ireland
What changed: FY2023 → FY2024
| Change | Grantee | FY2023 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Albertinum | — | £65k |
| new | Lassonde Art Trail Foundation | — | £65k |
| new | ART HISTORY LINK-UP | — | £20k |
| new | AWARE | — | £20k |
| new | Kunsthaus Bregenz | — | £10k |
| not listed | Performa | £150k | — |
| not listed | African Artists Foundation | £150k | — |
| not listed | Stellenbosch Triennale | £110k | — |
| not listed | TANNERY ARTS CIO | £55k | — |
| not listed | Farsight Corporation | £50k | — |
| not listed | National Portrait Gallery | £30k | — |
| not listed | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 | £26k | — |
| not listed | Vortic | £26k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albertinum | FY2024 | £65k | Supporting a two-year research project to reconsider the museum's curatorial vision in response to right-wing populism |
| Lassonde Art Trail Foundation | FY2024 | £65k | Funding towards Deep Site a project exploring the ecosystem, microhabitats, biomimicry and sustainable future of a complex site |
| Government Art Collection | FY2024 | £50k | The Robson Orr TenTen Award |
| Art History Link-Up | FY2024 | £20k | Project giving state school students the opportunity to study Art History and gain an accredited qualification free-of-charge |
| AWARE | FY2024 | £20k | Supporting AMIS, a project that supports the visibility and inclusion of women and non-binary artists within visual art narratives |
| Kunsthaus Bregenz | FY2024 | £10k | Funding towards a major solo exhibition of new and existing work by Polish-Romani artist and activist Malgorzata Mirgas-Tas |
| Performa | FY2023 | £150k | |
| African Artists Foundation | FY2023 | £150k | Dig Where You Stand - From Coast to Coast |
| Stellenbosch Triennale | FY2023 | £110k | Stellenbosch Triennale |
| Drawing Room | FY2023 | £55k | |
| Farsight Corporation | FY2023 | £50k | |
| Government Art Collection | FY2023 | £50k | TenTen Award / Donations |
| National Portrait Gallery | FY2023 | £30k | Commission |
| Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 | FY2023 | £26k | |
| Vortic | FY2023 | £26k | |
| Forma Arts & Media | FY2023 | £25k | Oliver Chanarin: A Perfect Sentence |
| STORE | FY2023 | £25k | STORE STORE Build |
| Centre Pompidou | FY2023 | £25k | |
| Green Papaya Art Projects | FY2023 | £25k | |
| Bold Tendencies Community Interest Company | FY2023 | £25k | |
| Artists in Residence | FY2023 | £25k | |
| International Curators Forum | FY2023 | £25k | |
| Arebyte | FY2023 | £25k | arebyte Plugin |
| Art Gallery of York University | FY2023 | £25k | At the Transit Bar |
| AT The Bus | FY2023 | £25k | AT The Bus |
| Fondazione ICA Milano | FY2023 | £25k | Rebecca Moccia: Ministry of Loneliness |
| LACMA | FY2023 | £25k | The Past in Front of Us: Imagining Black Diasporas in the 21st Century |
| Locus Athens | FY2023 | £25k | Revolution is not a one-time event |
| Yinka Shonibare Foundation (G.A.S) | FY2023 | £25k | Re:assemblages |
| The Redfern Gallery | FY2023 | £21k | Donation of artwork |
| National Portrait | FY2023 | £20k | |
| Matt's Gallery | FY2023 | £17k | |
| Cristea Roberts Gallery | FY2023 | £15k | |
| Ed Cross Fine Art | FY2023 | £14k | Donation of artwork |
| Vardaxoglou Gallery | FY2023 | £11k | Donation of artwork |
| Studio Voltaire | FY2023 | £10k | |
| MYANM/ART | FY2023 | £10k | |
| African Artists' Foundation | FY2022 | £150k | Dig Where You Stand - From Coast to Coast |
| Performa | FY2022 | £150k | Partners grants |
| International Curators Forum | FY2022 | £60k | Partners grants |
| Government Art Collection | FY2022 | £60k | Partners grants |
| National Portrait Gallery | FY2022 | £50k | Partners grants |
| Artists in Residence | FY2022 | £38k | Partners grants |
| Government Art Collection | FY2022 | £28k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Fondazione ICA Milano | FY2022 | £25k | Rebecca Moccia's Ministry of Loneliness |
| AT The Bus | FY2022 | £25k | Art as therapy, on a double decker bus |
| Forma | FY2022 | £25k | Oliver Frank Chanarin's A Perfect Sentence |
| LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) | FY2022 | £25k | Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st Century Art and Poetics |
| Locus Athens | FY2022 | £25k | Revolution is not a one time event |
| Goodman Gallery | FY2022 | £23k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Serpentine Trust | FY2022 | £20k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh | FY2022 | £16k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| The Whitworth & Van Abbemuseum | FY2022 | £15k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Studio Voltaire | FY2022 | £15k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Beit Ha'Gefen | FY2022 | £15k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Cristea Roberts Gallery | FY2022 | £15k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Green Papaya Art Projects | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| International Curators Forum | FY2022 | £10k | Partners grants |
| Bold Tendencies Community Interest Company | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Centre Pompidou | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| National Portrait | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Powerplant Contemporary | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Matt's Gallery | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Liverpool Biennale | FY2022 | £10k | Other grants to institutions less than £10,000 |
| Performa, Ne York Cit , Ne York | FY2021 | £150k | Living Archives |
| Ro al Bo anic Ga den Edinb gh | FY2021 | £60k | |
| Se en ine T | FY2021 | £60k | |
| Go e nmen A Collec ion | FY2021 | £50k | |
| S dio Vol ai e | FY2021 | £40k | The Anthea Hamilton Garden |
| Goodman Galle | FY2021 | £38k | |
| Centre Pompidou, Paris, France | FY2021 | £25k | Graphic Cultures of Dissent |
| Artists in Residence, London and Regional Locations, United Kingdom | FY2021 | £25k | AiR School Residenc Programme |
| Green Papa a Art Projects, Manila, Philippines | FY2021 | £25k | Shri Visha as |
| The International Curators Forum, International | FY2021 | £25k | Diaspora Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022 |
| Bold Tendencies, London, United Kingdom | FY2021 | £25k | The Remastering Project |
| The Whi o h | FY2021 | £20k | |
| Pa ne | FY2021 | £16k | |
| O he g an | FY2021 | £13k | |
| A On The Unde g o nd | FY2021 | £10k | |
| 32 Deg ee Ea | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Li e ool Biennial | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Vic o ia and Albe M | FY2021 | £3k |