JERWOOD FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£1.3m
Grants listed (FY2025)
34
Listed grants total
£1.7m
Accounts grants total
£1.1m
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Applications should be sent either by email (with the application and accounts attached as pdfs) to [email protected] or by post to PO Box 186, Ludlow, SY8 9DX.
- Deadlines: Applications open 9am 3 February (closing 2pm 17 March) 2027.
- What they don’t fund: We do not accept applications for capital projects, projects that have started or provide funding to individuals, fund educational courses, core organisational costs or capital endowments.
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What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Throughout London
- Scotland
- Buckinghamshire
- Northern Ireland
- Throughout England
- Coventry City
- Cambridgeshire
- Brighton And Hove
- Essex
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Far From The Norm, London | — | £200k |
| new | Almeida Theatre, London | — | £105k |
| new | Royal Court Theatre, London | — | £105k |
| new | Glyndebourne, East Sussex | — | £90k |
| new | Britten Pears, Suffolk | — | £80k |
| new | DanceEast, Ipswich | — | £70k |
| new | NMC Recordings, London | — | £40k |
| new | New Writing North, Newcastle Upon Tyne | — | £40k |
| not listed | THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED | £39k | — |
| not listed | TY CERDD - MUSIC CENTRE WALES | £36k | — |
| not listed | Focal Point Gallery | £35k | — |
| not listed | STUDIO WAYNE MCGREGOR LIMITED | £30k | — |
| not listed | Hofesh Schechter Company | £30k | — |
| not listed | THE ENGLISH STAGE COMPANY LIMITED | £30k | — |
| not listed | ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED | £30k | — |
| not listed | Dundee Contemporary Arts | £28k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Far From The Norm, London | FY2025 | £200k | NORMGROUND: an artist development programme for hip hop dance theatre |
| Almeida Theatre, London | FY2025 | £105k | Almeida Makers: to support theatre directors and designers |
| Royal Court Theatre, London | FY2025 | £105k | Jerwood New Playwright and the Jerwood Royal Court Commissioning Scheme: to support a production by an emerging playwright, and also fund six commissioned works per year across the UK |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | FY2025 | £105k | LPO Young Composers Programme: to enable newly composed works to be played to an audience by a chamber orchestra |
| Glyndebourne, East Sussex | FY2025 | £90k | Jerwood Pit Perfect and the Jerwood Young Artists: programmes to support emerging orchestral musicians and opera singers |
| Britten Pears, Suffolk | FY2025 | £80k | Britten Pears Young Artists: a programme to support early career musicians |
| DanceEast, Ipswich | FY2025 | £70k | Commissioning Programme: to support the creation of two new dance works |
| Birmingham Royal Ballet | FY2025 | £44k | BRB2: a two-year talent development programme for exceptional ballet graduates |
| NMC Recordings, London | FY2025 | £40k | Extended Play: Jerwood Series: recordings of works by two composers |
| New Writing North, Newcastle Upon Tyne | FY2025 | £40k | Jerwood Fellowship for Emerging Writers: to support three writers living in the North of England |
| Arnolfini, Bristol | FY2025 | £40k | Art for Enjoyment: a visual art programme, which also included lending works from Jerwood Collection |
| Art Fund, London | FY2025 | £40k | Jerwood Art Fund Commissions: to support museums and galleries to commission artists to make work of exceptional innovation and quality |
| Brixton Chamber Orchestra, London | FY2025 | £40k | The Estates Tours: to support free orchestral events in community settings |
| Edinburgh Printmakers | FY2025 | £40k | Jerwood Residencies: six residencies in printmaking |
| National Life Stories, London | FY2025 | £40k | Artists’ Lives: to support recordings of artists |
| MK Gallery, Milton Keynes | FY2025 | £40k | Euan Uglow Catalogue: to support a publication to accompany the exhibition |
| Hofesh Schechter Company, London | FY2025 | £40k | Schechter II: continuing professional development programme for eight emerging dancers |
| Holburne Museum, Bath | FY2025 | £40k | Assistant Curator: to support a key role within the curatorial team |
| Impermanence, Bristol | FY2025 | £40k | Powered by Jerwood: programme to support 16 choreographers |
| Ikon Gallery, Birmingham | FY2025 | £40k | Thread the Loom: a group exhibition, celebrating the medium of weaving |
| The Walk Productions, London | FY2025 | £40k | The Herds Emerging Company: to support 25 makers and puppeteers to make and animate puppets for a large-scale public event |
| Sound Roots, Lancashire | FY2025 | £40k | Artist Mentoring Programme: support for eight folk and grassroots musicians |
| National Life Stories, London | FY2025 | £40k | Craft Lives: to support recordings of craft practitioners |
| Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon | FY2025 | £40k | Voice Training for Actors: programme to support the development of vocal resilience for stage work |
| Pentabus Theatre, Shropshire | FY2025 | £40k | Jerwood Writer-in-Residence: to support; an emerging playwright who will work with the company for a year |
| Sir John Soane’s Museum, London | FY2025 | £35k | Jerwood Artist in Residence: a programme to support six artists |
| Young Vic Theatre, London | FY2025 | £35k | Jerwood Assistant Directors: to give production experience to eight earlycareer directors |
| Forward Arts Foundation, London | FY2025 | £35k | Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection: to support emerging poets |
| National Theatre, London | FY2025 | £35k | Jerwood Workshops: sessions held at the New Work Studio to support 60 theatre artists to develop 12 new works |
| Natural History Museum, London | FY2025 | £25k | Jerwood Gallery: to support programming in the gallery, a capital project of Jerwood Foundation |
| HighTide Theatre, Suffolk | FY2025 | £20k | Jerwood HighTide Writers Group: a development programme for playwrights |
| ThickSkin Theatre, Wigan | FY2025 | £20k | Jerwood Associate Artist Placement Programme: to support four mid-career directors |
| Mahogany Opera, Cumbria | FY2025 | £20k | Jerwood Opera Designers: to support three teams of talented designers in set, costume, lighting, video and projections |
| The Glasgow School of Arts | FY2025 | £19k | Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship: to support the professional development of two curators |
| London Symphony Orchestra | FY2024 | £39k | LSO Jerwood Composer + programme |
| Ty Cerdd | FY2024 | £36k | CoDI |
| Focal Point Gallery | FY2024 | £35k | FPG x Jerwood Presents |
| Studio Wayne McGregor | FY2024 | £30k | Creative residency for emerging artists |
| Hofesh Schechter Company | FY2024 | £30k | Jerwood Shechter II |
| Royal Court Theatre | FY2024 | £30k | Jerwood New Playwrights and Artistic Director support |
| Bush Theatre | FY2024 | £30k | Staged by Jerwood |
| Dundee Contemporary Arts | FY2024 | £28k | DCA Print Studio x Jerwood Residencies |
| Corn Exchange | FY2024 | £23k | Take It Outside |
| Ransack Dance Company | FY2024 | — | Arrive at Home |
| Arcangelo | FY2024 | — | New Ensemblists programme |
| Art Fund | FY2024 | — | Jerwood Art Fund Commissions |
| Almeida Theatre | FY2024 | — | Artist development programme |
| Birmingham Royal Ballet | FY2024 | — | BRB2 |
| Britten Pears Arts | FY2024 | — | Britten Pears Young Artist Programme (BPYAP) |
| Brixton Chamber Orchestra | FY2024 | — | Christmas and summer tours |
| Complicité | FY2024 | — | Mudlarks |
| Curwen Print Study Centre | FY2024 | — | Archive project |
| DanceEast | FY2024 | — | Commissioning programme |
| Edinburgh Printmakers | FY2024 | — | Jerwood Residencies |
| Film and Video Umbrella | FY2024 | — | FVU New Takes Programme |
| Forward Arts Foundation | FY2024 | — | 2024 Forward Prizes for Poetry |
| Glyndebourne | FY2024 | — | Jerwood Pit Perfect |
| Granta Trust | FY2024 | — | Jerwood Photography Commissions |
| Impermanence | FY2024 | — | IMPERMANENCE Presents… Powered by Jerwood |
| Jazz re:freshed | FY2024 | — | RE:PRESENT |
| Jerwood Space | FY2024 | — | Subsidised rehearsal |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | FY2024 | — | Young Composers Programme |
| MK Gallery | FY2024 | — | Catalogue publication |
| National Life Stories: Artists’ Lives | FY2024 | — | Life story recordings |
| National Life Stories: Crafts Lives | FY2024 | — | Life story recordings |
| Natural History Museum | FY2024 | — | Programming in the Jerwood Gallery |
| Oxford Song | FY2024 | — | Young Artist Programme |
| Outside In | FY2024 | — | Exploring Collections course |
| Paintings in Hospitals | FY2024 | — | Conservation, restoration and digitisation |
| Pentabus Theatre | FY2024 | — | Jerwood Writer in Residence programme |
| Richard Chappell Dance | FY2024 | — | Commissioning and mentoring programme |
| Royal College of Music | FY2024 | — | Jerwood Visiting Artists Fund |
| Scherzo Ensemble | FY2024 | — | Longhope Orchestra |
| Sound Roots | FY2024 | — | Artist mentoring programme |
| The Holburne Museum | FY2024 | — | Assistant Curator role |
| Trinity Laban | FY2024 | — | Jerwood International Chair of Violoncello and Chamber Music |
| Arnolfini Gallery | FY2024 | — | Exhibition of Jerwood Collection works |
| Glyndebourne | FY2023 | £192k | Pit Perfect concerts and workshops |
| Trinity Laban | FY2023 | £65k | Jerwood International Chair of Violoncello and Chamber Music |
| Scherzo Ensemble | FY2023 | £40k | Professional development platform for young singers |
| Natural History Museum | FY2023 | £30k | Jerwood Contemporary Arts Programme / The Lost Rhino exhibition |
| Oxford Song | FY2023 | £30k | Not specified in note 8, listed in note 8 |
| Paintings in Hospitals | FY2023 | £20k | Restoration grant |
| Arnolfini | FY2023 | £17k | Three-year collaboration with University of the West of England |
| Royal College of Physicians | FY2023 | £15k | Selfless exhibition |
| Choreography Platform Festival of Dance | FY2023 | £10k | Messums 4X20 Choreography Platform |
| Tracing Movement | FY2023 | £3k | START UP/Pas De 1,2,3,4 Queer Ballet |
| Persona Arts | FY2023 | £1k | Flying Dutchman opera project |
| Oxford Lieder | FY2023 | £1k | 2022 song recital festival |