THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION
Generally, capital grants of up to £20,000 are available for the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern and contemporary fields, and for research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.
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o Application deadline: SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2024 at 11pm (23:00 GMT).
o Funder: The Henry Moore Foundation (founded 1976. Charity number 271370. Total charitable expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023: £5,917,242 (2021: £5,274,046 (2021: £5,044,049)).
o Who can apply: UK Art Galleries, Museums and Institutions concerned with Art and Art History, including UK Universities. UK higher education institutions may receive bursaries for post-graduate students.
o Key words: Sculpture, Visual Arts, Galleries, Museums, Art History, Universities, Research, Overseas, United Kingdom.
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The Henry Moore Foundation supports a wide range of activities in the visual arts, particularly where this relates to sculpture, and welcomes grant applications for the support of exhibitions, exhibition catalogues, commissions, conferences, research, publications and the development of collections through acquisitions, conservation, cataloguing and display.
Funding is available under the following categories:
1. Acquisitions and Collections – the maximum grant is £20,000 but most grants are for significantly lower amounts.
2. Conferences, Lectures and Publications – the maximum grant available is £5,000.
3. New Projects and Commissions – the maximum grant is £20,000 but most grants are also for significantly lower amounts, and
4. Research and Development – particularly for (a) Long-term research. This is for organisations only. The maximum award is £20,000, although the majority of awards are for significantly lower amounts; and (b) Research and Travel. This fund is for academics, curators and scholars and offers a maximum award of £2,500.
During the year ended 31st March 2023, the Foundation awarded 83 grants to institutions totalling £368,061 (2022: 77 grants totalling £404,235; 2021: 84 grants totalling £440,103).
Major grant recipients (over £10,000) are listed on page 40 of the Foundation’s annual accounts.
Awards made during the year were categorised as:
o Exhibitions and New Projects: £255,561 (2022: £250,235; 2021: £252,703).
o Collections: £58,000 (2022: £94,500; 2021: £38,000).
o Conferences, Publications and Workshops: £10,000 (2022: £11,000; 2021: £7,000).
o Fellowships: £0 (2022: £21,000; 2021: £42,000).
o Research: £33,000 (2022: £27,000; 2021: £90,000), and
o Other: £11,500 (2022: £0; 2021: £10,000).
Funding is not available for:
o Individual applicants (except for the Research and Travel Grant of up to £2,500).
o Projects dedicated to painting.
o Retrospective costs, or
o Revenue.
Applications opened at 9am on Thursday 1st August 2024 with a deadline for applications of 11pm (23:00 GMT) on Sunday 1st September 2024. Projects should start or open to the public no sooner than 1st January 2025.
Further information, guidance and an application form is available on the Foundation’s website.