Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
One of the UK's largest independent foundations, funding arts, environment, food, and social change.
£337.1m
Total awarded
3,365
Grants made
£60k
Median grant
£4.2m
Largest grant
Annual funding (2017–2026)
2017 £20.6m
2018 £20.8m
2019 £18.9m
2020 £24.8m
2021 £21.4m
2022 £13.3m
2023 £22.1m
2024 £22.2m
2025 £22.8m
2026 £1.8m
Funding programmes
Main Grant 2,844 grants
TASK by Trustee 404 grants
Social Investment 80 grants
Food 19 grants
Infrastructure and New Ideas 14 grants
New Approaches to Learning 2 grants
Impact Investment 1 grants
Cash Grants 1 grants
Top funded organisations
| Organisation | Grants | Total received | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museums Association | 10 | £16.8m | — |
| The Soil Association | 7 | £5.6m | — |
| ClientEarth | 7 | £3.9m | — |
| Woodland Trust | 5 | £3.5m | — |
| FFCC Ltd | 9 | £3.3m | — |
| RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) | 6 | £2.9m | — |
| FareShare | 6 | £2.4m | — |
| Arts & Culture Finance | 3 | £2.3m | — |
| Real Farming Trust | 12 | £2.3m | — |
| Participatory City Foundation | 2 | £2.2m | — |
| PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL - THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY | 5 | £2.1m | — |
| BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE | 10 | £2.1m | — |
| Suffolk Wildlife Trust | 1 | £2.0m | — |
| Worcestershire Wildlife Trust | 4 | £1.8m | — |
| Nourish Scotland | 7 | £1.7m | — |
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