THE TANAGRA FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£182k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£170k

Accounts grants total

£170k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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

Education/training (7 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (3 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (2 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (2 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (2 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (1 grantee)
Disability (1 grantee)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (4 grantees)
Northern Ireland (3 grantees)
Scotland (3 grantees)
Throughout London (2 grantees)
Congo (Democratic Republic) (1 grantee)
Essex (1 grantee)
Burundi (1 grantee)
Colombia (1 grantee)
Lebanon (1 grantee)
Jordan (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	The Jewish Care - Dance for Life	—	£50k
new	the Old Vic	—	£50k
new	OFF WEST END PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS LTD	—	£5k
new	the Association Lutte Contre Le Sida Tangier (via Madison Cox)	—	£4k
new	Mark Milln Coaching	—	£3k
down	THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND	£33k	£8k
not listed	University of Leeds	£34k	—
not listed	Willard Carter	£13k	—
not listed	Association Lutte Contre Le Sida Tangier	£5k	—
not listed	PROSTATE CANCER UK	£500	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
The Jewish Care - Dance for Life	FY2025	£50k	support Dance for Life, a charity close to the heart of a former trustee, Roy Saunders.
the Old Vic	FY2025	£50k	support Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which has been struggling for funding. The money went towards its Summer Festival, MFA Showcase, New Writing Festival and professional advice on securing the school’s future.
Screen Academy Foundation	FY2025	£50k	fund the final stage of the screenwriting project, supporting the development of emerging screenwriters.
the Royal Literary Fund	FY2025	£8k	help buy a van for the writer and playwright Hanif Kureishi, who is tetraplegic following an accident. This was in response to an appeal in August 2025.
the Off West End Plays & Playwrights Ltd	FY2025	£5k	contribute to a fund to build a writers’ room for working-class writers in the garden of the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham.
the Association Lutte Contre Le Sida Tangier (via Madison Cox)	FY2025	£4k	support the Association which works to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.
Mark Milln Coaching	FY2025	£3k	cover life-coaching costs that support the mental wellbeing and career of Willard Carter.
Screen Academy Foundation	FY2024	£50k	advancing the education of pupils at the London Screen Academy, East London Arts & Music and other schools with similar values and with a focus on education in the creative industries
University of Leeds	FY2024	£34k	fund two undergraduate and two postgraduate students
Royal Literary Fund	FY2024	£33k	helps authors or playwrights who are in financial difficulties through grants and pensions
Willard Carter	FY2024	£13k	support and further the studies of a very talented, young cellist
Association Lutte Contre Le Sida Tangier	FY2024	£5k	support the Moroccan NGO that provides HIV prevention, testing, treatment support and human‑rights advocacy for people living with or vulnerable to HIV and hepatitis infections
Prostate Cancer UK	FY2024	£500	fights to help more men survive prostate cancer and enjoy a better quality of life
Screen Academy Foundation	FY2023	£50k	To support and further the education of pupils at the London Screen Academy, East London Arts & Music and other schools with similar values and with a focus on education in the creative industries.
Willard Carter	FY2023	£20k	To support and further the studies of a very talented, young cellist who came to the foundation asking for help.
War Child	FY2023	£14k	To protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children in war.
Dr Clare McCaughey	FY2023	£5k	To help a group established in the aftermath of the Marrakech Earthquake in September 2023 by Doctor Clare McCaughey, an English doctor who has been practising for years in Marrakech.
Madison Cox	FY2023	£3k	Towards a charitable play by Madison cox in support of the work of the Association de Lutte Contre Le Sida in Tangier.
Marrakech Earthquakes Urgence Help	FY2023	£863	To support an emergency group in the aftermath of the Marrakech Earthquakes in September 2023.
the British Film Institute	FY2023	£410	To ensure that film is central to our cultural life, in particular by supporting and nurturing the next generation of filmmakers and audiences.
The Jewish Care	FY2022	£50k	support of Dance for Life
The Forward Trust	FY2022	£50k	support of Action on Addiction
the Frazzled Café	FY2022	£5k	promotes good health by providing support to persons affected by anxiety, stress and mental health issues

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 169644 vs reference 169644 (0.0% 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 or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].