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JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 263207 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£3.4m
Grants listed (FY2025)
53
Listed grants total
£6.1m
Accounts grants total
£5.1m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted 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 (66 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (42 grantees)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (34 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (23 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (18 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (17 grantees)
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (16 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (11 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (10 grantees)
  • Disability (8 grantees)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (68 grantees)
  • Scotland (31 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (22 grantees)
  • Throughout England (11 grantees)
  • United States (4 grantees)
  • Throughout London (4 grantees)
  • China (3 grantees)
  • Poland (3 grantees)
  • India (3 grantees)
  • Ireland (3 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
INQUEST Charitable TrustFY2025£1.1mFunding towards core costs to support their policy and advocacy work
Friends Families and TravellersFY2025£150kFunding towards core operating costs
Women In PrisonFY2025£150kFunding for core costs including staffing and work of External Affairs and Campaigning team
Work Rights CentreFY2025£150kTowards core costs to support the policy influencing and strategic litigation
Whale & Dolphin Conservation SocietyFY2025£150kFunding to part-fund an Offshore Industry Coordinator
Royal Society for the Protection of BirdsFY2025£150kCore cost funding including their UK Overseas Territories project salaries
Royal Botanic Gardens KewFY2025£150kTowards project costs and a UK Conservation Projects Officer salary
MySocietyFY2025£150kCore cost funding including salaries to deliver project encouraging councils to create sustainable communities
Pause Creating Space for ChangeFY2025£150kTowards core costs to support influencing work
Blue Marine FoundationFY2025£150kTowards core costs of the policy team in lobbying for regulations that support a healthy ocean in the UK
Marine Conservation SocietyFY2025£150kFunding towards UK Overseas Territories project staff, in territory capacity building and training
Revolving Doors AgencyFY2025£120kFunding towards core research, policy, advocacy and campaigning to drive systems-level change and break the cycle of crisis and crime
Ballet BlackFY2025£120kTowards the costs of commissioning at least one new ballet each year in 2025, 2026 and 2027
Open Rights GroupFY2025£120kTowards core funding supporting campaigning, advocacy, research and litigation work
Actors Touring CompanyFY2025£120kTowards core costs, including commissioning and developing new works by Global Majority artists, touring, and supporting regional theatres and festivals to reach new audiences
Green AllianceFY2025£120kTowards core funding of their sustainable resources theme
Friends of the Earth Charitable TrustFY2025£110kTowards core costs including staffing, advocacy and community work specifically around systems change campaigning in Northern Ireland
Trade Justice MovementFY2025£105kFunding towards core costs to support additional campaign resources
Tara TheatreFY2025£105kFunding towards core costs enabling national tours
MYTIME Young CarersFY2025£105kFunding for core costs in support of policy and advocacy work
Transport For AllFY2025£105kCore cost funding to support policy and advocacy work enabling a national voice of disabled people demanding transport justice
ClientEarthFY2025£100kTowards core costs associated with UK clean air work
New Economics FoundationFY2025£100kCore cost funding to enable people with lived experience to drive systemic policy change
London SinfoniettaFY2025£100kFunding towards core costs and the commissioning and performance of new music
The Finance Innovation LabFY2025£100kTowards core costs to convene and coordinate the Fair Banking for All Coalition
Birmingham Museums TrustFY2025£97kTowards core costs including the salary and support costs of a Senior Curator of Global Majority collections
National Museums ScotlandFY2025£96kTowards a review of natural science collections from the Caribbean in Scottish museums and project costs
Pitt Rivers MuseumFY2025£90kTowards bringing indigenous communities into the planning and delivery of redisplay initiatives
Hackney ShowroomFY2025£90kTowards core costs and creation, development and touring of at least one production a year
Turner ContemporaryFY2025£90kTowards a dedicated Art and Environment programme, bringing together artists, scientists and the community to create and showcase artwork that addresses the climate emergency
The Belfast EnsembleFY2025£90kFunding towards core costs including core team salaries
Scottish Ballet LimitedFY2025£90kTowards staffing, choreographer costs and the production of new work
BecomeFY2025£90kTowards core costs to improve the care system through national policy and campaigning activities
Common/WealthFY2025£90kCore funding towards artistic programming and salaries
RedthreadFY2025£90kTowards core costs including staffing to advance Redthread’s research and policy initiatives
Clean BreakFY2025£90kCore cost funding towards four productions working with women with lived experience or those at risk of the criminal justice system
Migration Museum ProjectFY2025£90kTowards core and delivery costs to support the development of the Migration Network, providing curatorial support to other institutions
The Vindolanda TrustFY2025£89kTowards core costs including salaries, training and development for new curatorial programme ‘The Land We Walk On’
Just TreatmentFY2025£80kCore costs including core team salaries
Not1MoreFY2025£80kFunding to support staffing and other core costs
Gary Clarke CompanyFY2025£75kTowards core costs and the production and touring of DETENTION – the final instalment of a trilogy of work
The Marian ConsortFY2025£75kTowards commissioning new work and core costs including salaries
Civic Power FundFY2025£75kFunding towards infrastructure support to enable growth within the organisation
Reframing Race (hosted by The Social Change Nest)FY2025£73kTowards core costs of their project ‘Walking the Talk’
Environmental Funders NetworkFY2025£60kFunding to support the next phase of the Philanthropy Lab, exploring opportunities and needs across the areas of tax, investment practices, and rights of nature work
Farming the FutureFY2025£60kContribution to a pooled fund, to strengthen and resource the just transition to an agroecological system of food and farming across the UK
UK Overseas Territories Learning NetworkFY2025£50kUK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Learning Network – a series of four events promoting the importance of philanthropic funding in the UKOTs
Funder Plus programmeFY2025£50kSupport for grant-holders directly impacted by the far-right riots
UCL Policy LabFY2025£25kA partnership project between UCL, Civic Power Fund, and John Ellerman Foundation, exploring the rationale for supporting campaigning and movements in the UK
More in CommonFY2025£18kFunding for the ‘Britain Talks Human Rights’ project
ACE Coalition (hosted by Climate Outreach)FY2025£15kA contribution to influence the development of a public engagement strategy on climate change
People’s EconomyFY2025£15kFunding to support an ‘Action Inquiry’, which looks at how the new economy movement can effectively and equitably build power for economic system change with grassroots groups
Civic Power FundFY2025£10kFunding Justice Volume 3
Agenda CIOFY2024£150kTowards core costs of advocating for change for women and girls with experience of trauma and harm
Little Angel TheatreFY2024£150kTowards the salary of a Commercial Touring Producer
ShareActionFY2024£150kTowards core costs of expanding their work to promote change in the investment industry
Oxford Philharmonic OrchestraFY2024£150kTowards core costs, including salaries, as they expand their programme of concerts
Zacchaeus Trust 2000 – Z2KFY2024£150kTowards core costs of national influencing and campaigning on key social security and housing policies
Chineke! OrchestraFY2024£150kTowards core costs to support the expansion of their national touring and artistic research and development
Surviving Economic AbuseFY2024£150kTowards core costs of influencing and advocacy for survivors
Migrants OrganiseFY2024£150kTowards core costs including salaries of the CEO and Operations Manager
Campaign for Better TransportFY2024£149kTowards core costs of campaigning and policy work around sustainable transport
Participation and the Practice of RightsFY2024£130kTowards core costs including a new part-time Data Research Officer
The Sustainable Soils AllianceFY2024£129kTowards core costs of campaigning around sustainably managed soils
Dante or Die TheatreFY2024£120kTowards core costs, including salaries, while they create two new live productions and two digital projects
20 Stories HighFY2024£120kTowards core costs to support the development and delivery of their 2023-26 national touring programme
The Lucy Faithfull FoundationFY2024£120kTowards core costs of advocacy for the prevention of child sexual abuse
HubbubFY2024£120kTowards core costs for their communications team
The Javaad Alipoor CompanyFY2024£120kTowards core costs as they commission and produce four new, larger-scale pieces of work
National Biodiversity Network TrustFY2024£120kTowards core costs including the salary of a Senior Software Developer
Radnorshire Wildlife TrustFY2024£115kTowards core costs including the salary of their Campaigns and Advocacy Officer
Bristol MuseumsFY2024£111kTowards the salary of a Working Exhibits Manager on their Working Exhibits collection
Opera Up CloseFY2024£105kTowards the salary of a Fundraising & Partnerships Manager to support the delivery of their 2023-26 programme
Plantlife InternationalFY2024£100kTowards the costs of Plantlife’s Temperate Rainforest Advisor Network
ParaorchestraFY2024£100kTowards artistic commissioning and production costs
Institute for Public Policy ResearchFY2024£100kTowards core costs associated with their transport programme and public engagement
The Open UniversityFY2024£100kTowards salary costs for core staff and travel costs to floodplain meadow restoration sites
Bat Conservation TrustFY2024£100kTowards core costs of policy and advocacy work supporting bat species recovery
Action for ConservationFY2024£100kTowards core costs to support young people taking action in the environmental sector
Theatr ClwydFY2024£99kTowards core costs of their artist development programme – Stiwdio Clwyd
Jurassic Coast TrustFY2024£96kTowards the salary of the Jurassic Coast Collection Lead Officer and contributions to fossil preparation
The Organic Research CentreFY2024£95kTowards core costs of the Impact Delivery team, to promote the Organic Research Centre’s work amongst the farming community
Campaign for National ParksFY2024£95kTowards core costs to deliver their strategy for healthier ecosystems, land and freshwater in National Parks in England and Wales
Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)FY2024£92kTowards core salaries in the Policy/Survivor Advocacy Unit partnering with those with lived experience of trafficking to drive systemic change at a national level
British Youth Music TheatreFY2024£90kTowards core costs to strengthen their management and expand artistic capacity
Watershed InvestigationsFY2024£90kTowards core costs of an environmental investigative journalism unit focusing on all aspects of the water crisis
ThickSkin TheatreFY2024£90kTowards core costs supporting the creation of new works
HeadlongFY2024£90kTowards core costs to support the development, production and touring of theatrical works
Trees for CitiesFY2024£90kTowards core costs supporting the creation of a UK-wide community engagement strategy
Natural History MuseumFY2024£90kTowards the core costs for the Museum Network Coordinator and travel costs for partner organisations
The Bowes MuseumFY2024£90kTowards a Co-Production Curator salary to embed a new community-centred approach within the museum
Amgueddfa Ceredigion MuseumFY2024£83kTowards curatorial staff salaries on their Perthryn project
Hibiscus InitiativesFY2024£78kTowards core costs, including a Policy and Public Affairs Specialist salary
Caring for God’s AcreFY2024£75kTowards core costs to support growth in impact
Environmental Funders NetworkFY2024£75kTowards core costs of expanding and improving the effectiveness of environmental philanthropy
Royal Philharmonic SocietyFY2024£75kTowards core costs including salaries
Studio Wayne McGregorFY2024£60kTowards core costs associated with Company Wayne McGregor, including creating two new full-length works
Project 17FY2024£60kTowards core costs of policy work addressing the impact of ‘no recourse to public funds’
Southwark Law Centre (for Windrush Justice Clinic)FY2024£50kowards the salary of a Policy Lead and associated delivery costs for a People’s Tribunal
Joseph Rowntree Reform TrustFY2024£50kContribution to the costs of the UK Democracy Fund
Clean BreakFY2024£40kTowards core costs of co-producing new works from 2023-26
Clore LeadershipFY2024£38kTowards the costs of a 2024/25 Fellowship and bursary places on their leadership courses
Tinderbox Theatre CompanyFY2024£35kTowards core costs of their Inferno Programme
The Holburne Museum of Art – BathFY2024£35kTowards the salary of a Contemporary Curator post and associated project costs
Silent UproarFY2024£30kTowards core costs including support for their national touring programme
Kent University – UK Philanthropy ArchivesFY2024£30kTowards the transfer of our archives to UK Philanthropy Archives
Foundation Practice RatingFY2024£30kTowards the Foundation Practice Rating
ShareAction (for The Shareholder Commons)FY2024£20kTo promote and raise awareness of ‘Investor-Led Guardrails’ as a tool for shareholder activism
Counterpoint ArtsFY2024£15kTowards the costs of their pilot of a new literary prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
Sustainable Wellbeing Environment WorkFY2024£15kTowards the costs of further development after their pilot year
Environmental Funders NetworkFY2024£1kTowards the Philanthropy Lab
Full FactFY2023£150kTowards core costs supporting Full Fact’s work aiding people who want to tackle poor information in areas they care about
Sheila McKechnie FoundationFY2023£150kTo provide essential infrastructure for civil society campaigning nationwide
National Ugly MugsFY2023£149kCore costs supporting their policy advocacy and campaigning work nationally, and strategy work
Equally OursFY2023£140kCore costs to help enable their pan-equality network to advance its mission to create a just and inclusive society
Alexander Whitley Dance CompanyFY2023£134kTo enable more people to explore the creative possibilities of new technologies and how they are shaping the future of dance and the cultural sector
People’s History MuseumFY2023£133kTowards core costs, specifically an early career curatorial post
Broadway InitiativeFY2023£126kTowards core costs
Sainsbury Centre for Visual ArtsFY2023£125kTo facilitate a new curatorial post, Curator of Art and Climate Sciences, at the Centre
Falklands ConservationFY2023£121kFunding to support the creation of the Falklands’ first National Park which will protect two peatland mountain ranges
The Advocacy AcademyFY2023£120kTowards core costs
Fevered SleepFY2023£120kTowards core costs supporting the creation and touring new works
Migrant VoiceFY2023£120kCore costs towards implementing their new strategy (2022-27) to challenge structural inequality and injustice by building migrants’ voices, power and influence
Talawa TheatreFY2023£120kTowards core costs, including senior producer salary
Tenebrae ChoirFY2023£120kCore costs to maintain Tenebrae’s concert and recording schedule, as well as to invest in new commissions and artistic partnerships, and implement a digital strategy to expand its audience reach
Beaver TrustFY2023£120kTowards core costs
Wessex Rivers TrustFY2023£120kCore costs to continue to deliver their catchment-scale conservation work and educational activities for the benefit of vulnerable chalk streams
Attitude is EverythingFY2023£120kTowards core costs to support disabled people be more heard, valued and included as audience members, performers, professionals and volunteers across the UK’s live music and events sector
Sounddelivery MediaFY2023£120kCore costs to support Sounddelivery to deliver its work linking journalists and communities so that those with lived experience of social injustice are able to have their voice heard
Monserrat National TrustFY2023£120kCore costs funding for a Conservation Officer role to support the Trust to deliver its new strategic plan
FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology)FY2023£117kThe grant will support the delivery of the first three years of its Curatorial Development Programme, an annual three-strand series of curatorial residencies
Cardboard CitizensFY2023£105kTowards core costs of their 2023-26 commissions and touring
The Ecology Trust (for Unchecked UK)FY2023£105kTowards core costs supporting Unchecked and its work to reset the narrative on regulation in the UK, especially environmental regulation
Making Rights RealFY2023£105kTowards core costs of supporting marginalised communities to use a human rights based approach in practice and to provide opportunities to share the learning from this work
Open Seas TrustFY2023£105kCore costs supporting their campaigning work against bottom trawling and dredging in inshore waters
South Atlantic Environmental Research InstituteFY2023£103kCore costs funding for salaries of a PA and Communications Officer and an Office Manager to increase the capacity of the institute
The Turks and Caicos National TrustFY2023£102kCore costs funding for salaries of a Heritage Sites Operation Manager and a Fundraising Officer to build the capacity of the Trust and to deliver the Trust’s strategic plan
The Royal Society of Wildlife TrustsFY2023£100kFunding towards a new post influencing agricultural policy
Muslim Women’s Network UKFY2023£100kTowards core costs, including staff salaries
Rights and Security InternationalFY2023£100kTowards core costs
Theatre de ComplicitéFY2023£100kCore costs in support of the development of new touring work developing their artistic exploration and advocacy of the climate, environment and humanity’s role in the global ecosystem
Children EnglandFY2023£100kCore costs to support its Young Leaders programme where Young Leaders are leading nationwide peer research and creating a national campaign for a ChildFair state
Blue Marine FoundationFY2023£99kFunding to support the establishment of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the waters off Akrotiri, one of two UK Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus
Rainbow MigrationFY2023£90kTowards core costs of their policy and campaigning work in support of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum
balletLORENTFY2023£90kCore costs to support the Company to create a pioneering National Centre for Creative Inclusion (NCfCI) in Newcastle, focusing on inclusivity for both performance and outreach, and producing inspirational storytelling dance for families
China Plate Theatre Co.FY2023£90kCore costs to support the Company’s new co-creation model which will help them to provide routes for artistic ideas to emerge from communities of place, identity, and interest, and then to reach national stages
Kakilang (formerly Chinese Arts Now)FY2023£90kCore costs supporting staff salaries
New Diorama TheatreFY2023£90kCore costs to support with commissioning new work, artist development and audience engagement
Wise ChildrenFY2023£90kTowards core costs supporting the creation and touring of new work
AshdenFY2023£90kTowards the core costs of their Sustainable Towns and Cities Programme
Eating BetterFY2023£90kCore costs for this charitable alliance of 60 influential UK and international organisations advocating more sustainable eating through the reduction of meat and dairy consumption with its Better by Half roadmap
Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK)FY2023£90kCore costs to support PAN UK’s programme of work which aims to significantly reduce pesticide use and related harms to both human health and the environment in the UK
BirthrightsFY2023£90kTowards core costs including staff salaries to support the next phase of their Race Inquiry
BreakthroughFY2023£90kTowards core costs, including staff salaries
Challenging Behaviour FoundationFY2023£90kFunding is towards core costs to support its work seeking to improve the way in which legal, health, education and social care systems work to protect the rights and meet the needs of people with severe learning disabilities and their families
EconomyFY2023£90kTowards core costs of organisational development work
Tullie House Museum & Art GalleryFY2023£90kTo use the Tullie House and Lakeland Arts social history collections as a case study for how a comprehensive programme of disposals can be conducted strategically and inclusively
BirdLife CyprusFY2023£85kCore costs funding to continue science and advocacy work related to habitat management and illegal bird-killing and funding towards an expert hydrological and wetland management study in the areas around Akrotiri and Dhekelia UK Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus
British Deaf AssociationFY2023£80kTowards core costs, including staff salaries
Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT)FY2023£80kCore costs to support SIFT’s capacity to continue its work on three core issues: reform of fisheries management, management of marine carbon, and the implementation of regional marine planning
Royal Society for the Protection of BirdsFY2023£76kFunding for the post of Sustainable Cayman Campaign Officer to resource a campaign to protect Cayman’s Central Mangrove Wetland
Centre for Homelessness ImpactFY2023£75kTo create an enhanced learning culture in which reliable and actionable evidence enables policymakers, practitioners and commissioners everywhere to make better decisions with regard to homelessness
The Orchard ProjectFY2023£75kCore costs of creating and restoring urban community orchards across the UK, to conserve orchard habitat, enhance biodiversity, and connect people to nature.
Forward Arts FoundationFY2023£75kFunding to pilot and develop the UK’s first nationally significant spoken word prize – as a new category alongside existing prizes
Sustainable Food TrustFY2023£75kCore costs supporting their policy, advocacy and awareness raising work
Dunedin ConsortFY2023£75kTo commission three contemporary composers to write new works over a three-year period, each centred around a different baroque form
MotionhouseFY2023£65kTowards the core costs for their artistic team salaries and fees
The Poverty & Environment TrustFY2023£60kTowards core costs of a nationwide project aiming to create a twentyfold increase in community-owned renewable energy generation
History of Science Museum, University of OxfordFY2023£50kTo consolidate learnings from the Multaka programme and enable the delivery of curatorial activities leading to longer-term benefits for both audience development and the wider sector
Gibraltar Botanic GardensFY2023£50kFunding for a project which will utilise the technical expertise of Gibraltarian etymologists to increase the capacity for the identification and survey of invasive ant species
Civic Power FundFY2023£50kTowards core costs
QuarantineFY2023£45kTowards core costs supporting the delivery of their 2023-26 artistic programme
Protect BlueFY2023£37kFunding towards work in the Pitcairn Islands to create a branding and communications strategy for the Pitcairn Marine Protected Area
Voice4Change EnglandFY2023£30kCore costs relating to the Reframing Race Project
Association of Charitable FoundationsFY2023£30kTo support them to progress their work on the Funder Commitment on Climate Change
ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations)FY2023£30kFunding towards the project costs of the second phase of the Home Truths Project researching the wider efforts in the sector to consider race equity and racism in civil society
Civil Exchange - A Better WayFY2023£25kTowards their ‘A Better Way’ network
AshdenFY2023£20kProject costs relating to 2022 Summit on public engagement in action to address climate change
Environmental Funders NetworkFY2023£18kFunding for the Foundation’s staff to join the Environment Philanthropy Lab
Aim-Hi EarthFY2023£11kFunding to support our grant-holders to access Aim-Hi Earth’s training on the climate and nature crises
Skin DeepFY2023£10kTowards the budget of their upcoming 10th print issue
The School of Social JusticeFY2023£10kTo support the recently launched School of Social Justice build what it describes as the world’s first online school for people to learn how to achieve social justice practically, through video podcast interviews with changemakers, alongside online training and in-person teaching
Sustainable Wellbeing Environment NetworkFY2023£10kProject funding to support the delivery of resilience programmes for climate activists and professionals
Sheila McKechnie FoundationFY2023£8kSponsorship of the Amplifying Voices Awards at their 2023 National Campaigner Awards
Wildlife and Countryside LinkFY2023£3kContribution towards the costs of Wildlife and Countryside Link’s work to improve diversity in the conservation and environmental sectors, with matchfunding provided by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

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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 6092647 vs reference 5092647 (19.6% 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.