Jerwood Foundation supports excellence and emerging talent in the arts in the UK and welcomes funding applications from organisations.
Our 2025 Winter funding is now open for applications (closing 2pm 15 October).
How to apply for a grant
Jerwood Foundation supports excellence and emerging talent in the arts in the UK, we welcome funding applications from organisations with focus on making art available for public benefit and working with our collection. We do not provide funding to individuals, fund educational courses, core organisational costs or capital endowments.
Your application should be a maximum of 10 sides of A4 (excluding audited accounts which can be sent as a separate document) and include:
- a one-page covering letter with a summary of your project; requested grant amount and payment date; a short description; start date and project timeline; and number of direct beneficiaries and projected audience figures.
- any additional information about your project or organisation that is relevant to your application
- your budget and fundraising plan.
- a copy of your organisation’s latest audited accounts or if you are a small charity and not required to produce audited accounts, please provide your annual budget (with income and expenditure detail).


