Paul Hamlyn Foundation
A major independent grant-making foundation supporting arts, education, and migration.
£286.7m
Total awarded
2,446
Grants made
£60k
Median grant
£10.0m
Largest grant
Annual funding (2016–2025)
2016 £14.0m
2017 £15.0m
2018 £18.7m
2019 £21.2m
2020 £27.6m
2021 £21.5m
2022 £17.5m
2023 £37.6m
2024 £27.0m
2025 £18.7m
Funding programmes
Arts\Arts Open Grants 324 grants
Arts Access and Participation - Access and Participation Fund 231 grants
Education and Learning through the Arts - Arts-based Learning Fund 166 grants
Investing in Young People - Youth Fund 125 grants
Other grants and programmes\COVID19 Emergency Fund - Organisations 125 grants
Education\Education Open Grants 114 grants
Migration and Integration - Shared Ground Fund 113 grants
Social Justice\Social Justice Open Grants 86 grants
Top funded organisations
| Organisation | Grants | Total received | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Helen Hamlyn Trust | 8 | £16.0m | London |
| Royal Opera House Foundation | 2 | £10.2m | London |
| Royal Shakespeare Company | 4 | £8.4m | London |
| Esmee Fairbairn Foundation | 2 | £6.0m | London |
| YoungMinds Trust | 7 | £5.8m | London |
| Tate Gallery | 4 | £5.2m | London |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society | 5 | £4.5m | Liverpool |
| National Museum Wales | 6 | £3.4m | Cardiff |
| The Justice Together Initiative | 4 | £3.1m | Guildford |
| Centre on Migration Policy and Society COMPAS University of Oxford | 4 | £2.5m | Oxford |
| Comic Relief | 6 | £2.0m | London |
| Nerve Centre | 2 | £2.0m | Derry |
| Southbank Centre | 4 | £1.9m | London |
| The Koestler Trust | 6 | £1.9m | London |
| Outside In | 3 | £1.1m | Chichester |
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