NESTA — grant history
Latest income
£55.3m
Grants listed (FY2025)
22
Listed grants total
£12k
Accounts grants total
£12k
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Disability
- Accommodation/housing
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Amateur Sport
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Denbighshire
- Dorset
- Caerphilly
- Guernsey
- China
- Greece
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sysmex Astrego | FY2025 | £5k | Longitude Prize on Antimicrobial Resistance |
| Sysmex Astrego | FY2025 | £3k | Longitude Prize on Antimicrobial Resistance |
| Fairshare Educational Foundation T/A ShareAction | FY2025 | £1k | ShareAction – Healthy Markets Initiative |
| Animorph Co-Operative | FY2025 | £300 | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research | FY2025 | £300 | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Supersense Technologies Ltd | FY2025 | £300 | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Western Sydney University | FY2025 | £300 | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Clairvoyant Networks, Inc. | FY2025 | £300 | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Arts & Culture Finance | FY2025 | £200 | Arts & Culture Finance |
| Naicker Scientific Ltd | FY2025 | £150 | UKSA – Aqua Lunar Water Challenge |
| Cc Informatics Ltd | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| Phytoform Labs Ltd | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| Greyparrot.Ai Ltd | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| Polaron Ltd | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| Hr Wallingford Limited | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| Transhumanity Ltd | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| EvoPhase Ltd | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| University Of Warwick | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| UKCRIC | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| Open Climate Fix Limited | FY2025 | £100 | Manchester Prize |
| Redspace Ltd | FY2025 | £100 | UKSA – Aqua Lunar Water Challenge |
| Queen Mary University Of London | FY2025 | £50 | UKSA – Aqua Lunar Water Challenge |
| Barnardo's | FY2024 | £1.6m | Prism the Gift Fund |
| London School Of Economics And Political Science | FY2024 | £271k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| University Of Exeter | FY2024 | £260k | Prism the Gift Fund |
| National Art Collections Fund | FY2024 | £260k | Central Commissioning Fund - Early Years Museum Innovation (Art Fund partnership project) |
| Khulisa | FY2024 | £203k | Prism the Gift Fund |
| Rsa | FY2024 | £106k | Revealing Social Capital |
| Stripe Partners | FY2024 | £100k | Revealing Social Capital |
| Olive Ai Limited | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Care City CIC | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Memory Lane Games | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Circadian Lighting Ltd | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Western Sydney University | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Social Care Institute For Excellence | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Eargym Ltd | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Miicare | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Amicus Brain Innovations, Inc. | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Ulster University | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| University Of Edinburgh | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Northumbria University | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Lucid Inc. | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Kite Toronto Rehabilitation Institute | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Animorph Co-Operative | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| La Guapa Media | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Supersense Technologies Ltd | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Clairvoyant Networks, Inc. | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Khalifa University | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Skyjoy Ltd. (Formerly Chroma Lighting) | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Sheffield Hallam University | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Simon Care Management Corporation | FY2024 | £80k | Longitude Prize on Dementia |
| Neighbourly Lab Ltd | FY2024 | £65k | Revealing Social Capital |
| National Art Collections Fund | FY2024 | £64k | Central Commisioning Fund |
| University of Cambridge | FY2024 | £56k | Central Commissioning Fund - Playtime with Books Phase 2 |
| University of Oxford | FY2024 | £50k | A fairer start |
| Green Industry Plast – Togo (Gip-Togo) | FY2023 | £1.0m | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Chanja Datti Ltd | FY2023 | £750k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Chemolex | FY2023 | £750k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Megagas Alternative Energy Enterprise | FY2023 | £500k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Baus Taka Enterprise | FY2023 | £251k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Ecococo Homecare | FY2023 | £250k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Catherine Natang | FY2023 | £250k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Ukwenza Vr | FY2023 | £250k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| A Fairer Start (Core) | FY2023 | £125k | A Fairer Start |
| Toto Safi | FY2023 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Uganda Industrial Research Institute (Uiri) | FY2023 | £80k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Ecococo Homecare | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Chemolex | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Lwanda Biotech Ltd | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| She Eco Response | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Toto Safi | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Regenize | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Dercolbags Packaging Limited Company | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Well Of Science | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Naza Agape Foundation | FY2023 | £75k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Sustainable Pioneers Cic | FY2023 | £72k | Nesta Cymru |
| Baus Taka Enterprise | FY2023 | £53k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Moonshot Dynamics | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Soapbox South Africa | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Vhembe Biosphere Reserve | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Leeds City Council | FY2023 | £50k | AFS Commissioning Fund |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | FY2023 | £50k | AFS Commissioning Fund |
| City Of York Council | FY2023 | £50k | AFS Commissioning Fund |
| Lem Ketema | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Ukwenza Vr | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Eco Brixs | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Meeticks Africa | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Association Terangagée | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Catherine Natang | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Ensemble Artistique Et Culturel Wakat | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| U-Recycle Initiative Africa | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Let's Do It Ghana | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Recycle Port Harcourt Limited | FY2023 | £50k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Sustainable Pioneers Cic | FY2023 | £50k | Devolved Nations (Scotland) |
| Hastee | FY2022 | £200k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| Udrafter Ltd | FY2022 | £200k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| Udrafter Ltd | FY2022 | £150k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| Incomemax | FY2022 | £150k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| Beam | FY2022 | £150k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| Turn2us | FY2022 | £150k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| Hastee | FY2022 | £150k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| Evenbreak | FY2022 | £150k | Rapid Recovery Challenge |
| RAMTSILO | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| TakaTaka Solutions | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Watamu Marine Association | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Chaint Afrique Academy | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Chanja Datti Ltd | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Mental and Environmental Development Initiative for Children (MEDIC) | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Megagas Alternative Energy Enterprise | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Full Development Agency (FDA) | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Green Industry Plast – Togo (GIP-TOGO) | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| RECYPLAST | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Greenhill Recycling | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| CareMe Bioplastics | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| eTrash2Cash (eT2C) Company Nigeria | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Nelplast Eco Ghana Limited | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Planet 3R | FY2022 | £100k | Afri-Plastics Challenge |
| Fast Familiar (FanSHEN) | FY2022 | £100k | Centre for Collective Intelligence Design |
| University of Sussex | FY2022 | £60k | PEC – Core Work |
| Leeds City Council | FY2022 | £50k | AFS Innovation Partnership: Leeds City Council |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | FY2022 | £50k | AFS Innovation Partnership: GMCA & Stockport MBC |
| City of York Council | FY2022 | £50k | AFS Innovation Partnership: City of York Council |
| Work Advance Ltd | FY2022 | £50k | PEC – External Research Commissioning |