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THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 251988 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£95.5m
Grants listed (FY2025)
29
Listed grants total
£80.1m
Accounts grants total
£119.7m

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

Summarised from www.gatsby.org.uk on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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 (8 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (5 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (4 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (3 grantees)
  • Disability (3 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (3 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
  • Recreation (1 grantee)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (13 grantees)
  • Scotland (7 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (4 grantees)
  • South Africa (2 grantees)
  • Guernsey (1 grantee)
  • Isle Of Man (1 grantee)
  • France (1 grantee)
  • Lesotho (1 grantee)
  • Ghana (1 grantee)
  • Jersey (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
University College LondonFY2025£20.7mTowards the research activities and core costs of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour; and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.
Gatsby Africa (GA)FY2025£18.5mTowards GA programmes and operating core costs.
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)FY2025£5.8mTowards research activities and core costs at the Sainsbury Laboratory; and start-up funding for new lecturers in the Department of Plant Sciences.
The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL)FY2025£5.8mTowards core costs, new major research equipment and research activities; and funding to accelerate utilisation of intellectual property with the aim of positively impacting agricultural productivity and global food security.
Institute for GovernmentFY2025£5.5mTowards core costs.
Cambridge Arts TheatreFY2025£5.0mTowards redevelopment of the Theatre.
Gatsby Technical Education ProjectsFY2025£3.3mTowards the core costs of Gatsby Technical Education Projects.
Backstage TrustFY2025£2.0mTowards core costs and project costs.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual ArtsFY2025£1.6mTowards core costs and exhibitions.
Engineers in Business FellowshipFY2025£1.4mTowards the core costs of the Engineers in Business Fellowship and the Sainsbury Management Fellowship bursary scheme.
Centre for CitiesFY2025£1.1mTowards core costs.
Centre for Sectoral Economic PerformanceFY2025£1.0mTowards core costs.
Cure Parkinson’s TrustFY2025£900kTo support the Multi-Arm Multi-Stage platform for Accelerating Clinical Trials for Parkinson’s Disease.
Radboud University Medical Centre, The NetherlandsFY2025£794kTo support the Proactive and Integrated Management and Empowerment in Parkinson’s Disease programme (PRIME- Parkinson) in partnership with the University of Bristol, UK.
Chamber Orchestra of EuropeFY2025£750kTowards core costs.
Imperial College LondonFY2025£750kTowards the start-up costs of a new joint engineering and business undergraduate programme.
Parkinson’s UKFY2025£715kTo support the Landmark programme to identify the causes of Parkinson’s Disease.
Imperial College LondonFY2025£566kTowards a children’s book, 'Scientists making a Difference', and associated media materials.
Royal Shakespeare CompanyFY2025£500kTowards the Artist Development Programme.
2Blades FoundationFY2025£500kTowards core and project costs.
University of CambridgeFY2025£480kTowards the core costs of the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, and of Policy Links.
Bristol University, UKFY2025£460kTo support the Proactive and Integrated Management and Empowerment in Parkinson’s Disease programme (PRIME- Parkinson) in partnership with the Radboud University Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
Columbia University, New YorkFY2025£431kTowards the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience.
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Art & CultureFY2025£411kTowards core costs.
Quentin Blake Centre for IllustrationFY2025£350kTowards the creation of The Learning Studio.
Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the AmericasFY2025£275kTowards core costs and learning initiatives.
Cambridge NetworkFY2025£250kTowards core costs of Agri-TechE.
CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training ProgrammeFY2025£211kTowards core costs and further development of the CAJAL training courses in cutting-edge neuroscience techniques.
British Neuroscience AssociationFY2025£160kTo support the British Neuroscience Association to implement its strategic plan.
Backstage TrustFY2024£22.0mTowards core costs and project costs.
Three Guineas TrustFY2024£20.0mTowards core costs and expendable endowment
Gatsby Africa (GA)FY2024£13.5mTowards GA programmes and operating core costs.
University College LondonFY2024£11.6mTowards the research activities and core costs of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour; and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.
True Colours TrustFY2024£10.0mTowards core costs and expendable endowment
University of CambridgeFY2024£7.2mTowards research activities and core costs at the Sainsbury Laboratory; and start-up funding for new lecturers in the Department of Plant Sciences.
Sainsbury Laboratory - NorwichFY2024£6.4mTowards core costs, new major research equipment and research activities; and funding to accelerate utilisation of intellectual property with the aim of positively impacting agricultural productivity and global food security.
Institute for GovernmentFY2024£5.3mTowards core costs.
Indigo TrustFY2024£5.0mTowards core costs and expendable endowment
Gatsby Technical Education ProjectsFY2024£3.3mTowards the core costs of Gatsby Technical Education Projects.
Centre for CitiesFY2024£1.3mTowards core costs.
Imperial College, LondonFY2024£1.3mTowards the core costs of Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance and research into sectoral systems of innovation and the competitiveness of the UK.
University of CambridgeFY2024£942kTowards the core costs of the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, and of Policy Links.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (SCVA)FY2024£910kTowards core costs and exhibitions
Engineers in Business FellowshipFY2024£877kTowards the core costs of the Engineers in Business Fellowship and the Sainsbury Management Fellowship bursary scheme.
Chamber Orchestra of EuropeFY2024£750kTowards core costs.
2Blades FoundationFY2024£500kTowards core and project costs.
University of Cambridge - Whittle LaboratoryFY2024£500kTowards a research project into the replacement of kerosene by liquid hydrogen
Royal Shakespeare CompanyFY2024£500kTowards the Artist Development Programme.
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Art & CultureFY2024£466kTowards core costs.
Stanford UniversityFY2024£416kTowards research costs for Stanford Optogenetics Moonshot for Autism (SOMA) programme
Hebrew University of JerusalemFY2024£331kTowards the Gatsby Theoretical Neuroscience Programme.
Columbia University, New YorkFY2024£331kTowards the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience.
British Neuroscience AssociationFY2024£320kTo support the British Neuroscience Association to implement its strategic plan.
Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the AmericasFY2024£275kTowards core costs and learning initiatives.
Bard CollegeFY2024£250kTowards the Anthony Lester Fellowship in Human Rights
University of CambridgeFY2024£230kTowards the planning phase for the Institute of Brain and Mind Health
CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training ProgrammeFY2024£222kTowards core costs and further development of the CAJAL training courses in cutting-edge neuroscience techniques
Cambridge NetworkFY2024£200kTowards support core costs of Agri-TechE over six years.
Engineering UK: Big Bang Education CICFY2024£150kGrowth and development of the Big Bang Fair.
King’s College, University of CambridgeFY2024£150kTowards supporting entrepreneurship and innovation via the King's Entrepreneurship Lab
Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of CambridgeFY2024£139kTowards a research programme into sectoral productivity across countries.
Imperial College LondonFY2024£128kTowards a project to complete a high-quality book aimed at young people to encourage them to take up a career in engineering; and, towards the 'Engineers Making a Difference' social media campaign
University of Reading – School of Plant ScienceFY2024£10kSupport for the Botanical University Challenge and Student Botany Festival in 2024
Gatsby Africa (GA)FY2022£15.2mTowards GA programmes and operating core costs.
University College LondonFY2022£9.4mTowards the research activities and core costs of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour; and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.
University of CambridgeFY2022£8.4mTowards research activities and core costs at the Sainsbury Laboratory; the provision of Gatsby Fellowships to Principal Investigators at the Sainsbury Laboratory; and start-up funding for new lecturers in the Department of Plant Sciences.
Royal Academy of MusicFY2022£6.0mA permanent endowment to towards core costs of the Gatsby Chair of Musical Theatre.
Institute for GovernmentFY2022£4.6mTowards core costs.
Sainsbury Laboratory - NorwichFY2022£3.1mTowards core and research support; and the temporary accommodation and associated costs for the Executive Director, Professor Nick Talbot.
Cambridge Arts TheatreFY2022£2.0mTowards core and project costs of a planned major refurbishment.
Backstage TrustFY2022£2.0mTowards core costs and to provide hardship support to artists and theatre workers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Radboud University Medical CentreFY2022£1.6mTowards the Proactive and Integrated Management and Empowerment in Parkinson's Disease (PRIMEParkinson) programme in partnership with the University of Bristol in the UK.
Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP)FY2022£1.6mTowards the core costs of Gatsby Technical Education Projects.
Theatre Development TrustFY2022£1.3mTowards providing hardship support to artists and theatre workers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Centre for CitiesFY2022£1.1mTowards core costs.
University of CambridgeFY2022£1.0mTowards the core costs of Policy Links and of the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, and towards research at the Bennett Institute of Public Policy into sectoral productivity across countries.
Engineers in Business FellowshipFY2022£965kTowards the core costs of the Engineers in Business Fellowship and the SMF bursary scheme.
Stanford UniversityFY2022£911kTowards research costs for Stanford Optogenetics Moonshot for Autism (SOMA) programme
Chamber Orchestra of EuropeFY2022£750kTowards core costs.
2Blades FoundationFY2022£726kTowards core and project costs.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual ArtsFY2022£712kTowards core costs, including special exhibitions.
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and CulturesFY2022£466kTowards core costs.
Imperial College LondonFY2022£306kTowards a project to complete a high-quality book aimed at young people to encourage them to take up a career in engineering.
Columbia University, New YorkFY2022£283kTowards the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience.
Hebrew University of JerusalemFY2022£283kTowards the Gatsby Theoretical Neuroscience Programme.
Royal Shakespeare CompanyFY2022£268kTowards the Artist Development Programme.
Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the AmericasFY2022£225kTowards core costs.
Imperial College, LondonFY2022£222kTowards research into sectoral systems of innovation and the competitiveness of the UK.
Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme AISBLFY2022£213kTowards the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme.
Cambridge NetworkFY2022£200kTowards core costs of Agri-TechE.
University of OxfordFY2022£196kTowards the Oxford Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour.
British Neuroscience AssociationFY2022£150kTo support the strategic plan, core costs and activities of the British Neuroscience Association.

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 80114000 vs reference 119696000 (33.1% 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.