THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£361k
Grants listed (FY2025)
16
Listed grants total
£68k
Accounts grants total
£295k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (4 grantees)
  • Throughout England (3 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (2 grantees)
  • Scotland (2 grantees)
  • Ireland (1 grantee)
  • Bedford (1 grantee)
  • Northamptonshire (1 grantee)
  • Buckinghamshire (1 grantee)
  • Camden (1 grantee)
  • Central Bedfordshire (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newLincoln Centre Theatre, New York—£10k
newThe Drama League—£6k
newCape Cod Theatre Project—£6k
newWalnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia—£6k
newWorld Trade Performing Arts Centre, New York—£5k
newSadler’s Wells, London—£5k
newNottingham Playhouse—£4k
newTHE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA—£4k
not listedRhinebeck Writers Retreat£9k—
not listedNEW ADVENTURES CHARITY£5k—
not listedHeadlong£5k—
not listedMountview£5k—
not listedStoryhouse£4k—
not listedRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester£3k—
not listedThe Lowry£3k—
not listedThe BRIT School£2k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Lincoln Centre Theatre, New YorkFY2025£10kHigh School Open Stages programme and recognition of NCF patron Andre Bishop’s retirement
The Drama LeagueFY2025£6kcross-Atlantic Directing Fellowship in partnership with Rose Theatre, Kingston
Cape Cod Theatre ProjectFY2025£6kArtist-in-Residence programme
Walnut Street Theatre, PhiladelphiaFY2025£6kstudent understudies program
World Trade Performing Arts Centre, New YorkFY2025£5ktheatre internship programme with Borough of Manhattan Community College
Sadler’s Wells, LondonFY2025£5kwork with disabled dancers
Nottingham PlayhouseFY2025£4kAmplify scheme for Midland-based theatre artists
London Musical Theatre OrchestraFY2025£4k2025 Rising Stars showcase event
Northern Stage, NewcastleFY2025£3kYoung Directors project
Tinderbox Theatre, BelfastFY2025£3kIncubate artists development scheme
GhostLight Arts Initiative, DetroitFY2025£3kYoung Artists Workshops
Tara Theatre, LondonFY2025£3kYouth Theatre work with South Asian creatives
Welsh National OperaFY2025£3kAssociate Artists training programme
Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonFY2025£3ksubsidised tickets for local youth groups
Tron Theatre, GlasgowFY2025£3kTakeover, a technical training scheme for disadvantaged young people
Langley Hall Arts & Educational Trust, BerkshireFY2025£1kpurchase of musical instruments for their students
Rhinebeck Writers RetreatFY2024£9kNew musical theatre writing
New Adventures CharityFY2024£5kCygnet School for emerging dancers
HeadlongFY2024£5kEmerging Writers Programme
MountviewFY2024£5kEmergency Fund to help acting students
StoryhouseFY2024£4kYoung Company
Royal Exchange Theatre, ManchesterFY2024£3kYouth Theatre Summer School
The LowryFY2024£3kYouth outreach work
The BRIT SchoolFY2024£2kSupport students audition skills for drama school and beyond
The Old Fire StationFY2024£2kOFFBEAT Festival of new work
National Dance Company of WalesFY2024£2kWork with young male dancers
Red Bull TheaterFY2023£7kStudent Matinee program
Separate DoorsFY2023£6kDirecting Tomorrow’s Theatre project with learning disabled actors
Lincoln Center TheaterFY2023£5kOpen Stages project with High School students
The Stage Directors and Choreographers FoundationFY2023£4kCoward Fellow working as Assistant Director on Arizona Theatre Company’s production of PRIVATE LIVES
British Youth Music TheatreFY2023£4kNew Music Theatre Award
Royal Shakespeare CompanyFY2023£3kNext Generation Direct’s work with underrepresented young theatre makers
Signature TheatreFY2023£3ksubsidised tickets for LETTER FROM MAX by Sarah Ruhl
Southwark PlayhouseFY2023£3kYoung Ensemble
Fuel TheatreFY2023£3ksubsidised tickets to Rachel Ofori’s play FLIP!
RADAFY2023£2kYouth Company work with 16-20 years olds
Hope Mill TheatreFY2023£2kBridges to Creative Futures
ComplicitéFY2023£2kMudlarks young deviser’s project
The RoundhouseFY2023£1kResident Artists program
Mousetrap Theatre ProjectsFY2022£5kSummer Stage project for young people with SEN
New Adventure in Motion PicturesFY2022£5kCygnet School residence for young dancers from underrepresented groups
Cape Cod Theatre ProjectFY2022£5kArtist-in-residence program for emerging playwrights
Lincoln CentreFY2022£5kOpen Stages work with high school students
Red Bull TheatreFY2022£5kShort New Play Festival
Royal Northern College of MusicFY2022£4kyoung singers program
The Royal CourtFY2022£4kParticipation playwriting scheme
Atlantic Theatre CompanyFY2022£4keducation work with young people
Traverse TheatreFY2022£3kBreakfast Plays project
National Student Drama FestivalFY2022£3k2022 Festival
The Mono BoxFY2022£2kAfrofuturism Tales radio project for writers new to audio drama
English Touring TheatreFY2022£2kProduction Manager trainee scheme
Manchester Royal Exchange Youth TheatreFY2022£2k
Gate TheatreFY2022£1kYoung Associates program

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 67786 vs reference 295268 (77.0% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.