The Esmee Fairburn Foundation

The Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities and is one of the largest independent grant makers in the UK. It makes grants annual towards a wide range of work within the arts, education and learning. The particularly fund organisations and projects considered ‘hard to fund’ and both registered charities and social enterprises/CIC’s.

We make unrestricted, core, project, and delegated grants for charitable work in the UK.

Long-term, core funding

• Around two thirds of our active grants are for core costs, or are unrestricted.
• Most of our grants are for three years to five years.

Themes

A Fairer Future

• Arts and creativity making change
• Children and young people's rights
• Gender justice
• Migrant justice
• Racial justice

Creative, Confident Communities

• Communities working together for change
• Community driven enterprise and regeneration
• Community-led art and creativity

Our Natural World

• Freshwater
• Peat
• Space for Nature
• Fishing in tandem with nature
• Nature friendly farming