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Fidelio Charitable Trust
Fidelio welcomes applications for grants in support of the Arts, in particular the dramatic and operatic arts, music, speech and dance. Institutions, colleges, Arts Festivals and other arts organisations in the United Kingdom, may seek financial support…
The Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grants Programme
Grants awarded through this programme aim to help sustain and promote curatorial development and collections based research through making grants to individuals. The Art Fund will award grants totaling £50,000 annually through this scheme.…
http://cfba.org.uk/jonathan-ruffer-curatorial-grants-programme/
The Fenton Arts Trust
The Trust has three objectives: to support final year and postgraduate students through the award scholarships or bursaries, to provide grants to support and reward work or performance by individuals early in their careers, and to…
FLAMIN
FLAMIN supports London based artists working in moving image and administers the Jarman Award in association with Channel 4 and the Whitechapel Gallery. This award offers a £10,000 cash prize and a Broadcast Commission for a series of short…
The John Ruskin Prize
The Campaign for Drawing, in collaboration with the Guild of St George, announces a new art award: The John Ruskin Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best wall mounted artwork on the theme A…
Crowdfunder
Dedicated to the creative industries in the UK but does not seem to be as popular as the other sites; if the target is not raised no money changes hands. The site deducts 5%.
IndieGoGo
International site, well established. IndieGoGo charges a 4% fee on the money you raise when you meet your funding goal. (The fee is 9% if you do not meet your funding goal, but it will allow to keep the…
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is the most successful site at present – $340m for 70,000 projects since 2009 – and has a huge audience. They charge 5% fees on successful projects. Pledges accepted from anywhere in the world, and support recently added…
John Moores Painting Prize
The Prize is held every 2 years, in partnership between National Museums Liverpool and the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Trust. The prize is open to all painters in the UK, and ir remains true to its founding…
Arte Laguna Prize
The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in collaboration with Arte Laguna, organises the yearly prize. Work accepted in the following medium:paintings, sculpture, photographic art, video art and preformance, virtual art. There are a number of…
Arts Council England: Projects Grants
Arts Council England provides Government and National Lottery funding for the arts. Although much of their budget goes toward funding organisations, over £70m each year goes to their Project Grants programme. Project Grants are open all…
RBC Canadian Painting Competition
The goal of the competition is to support and nurture Canadian visual artists in their early career by providing them a forum to display their artistic talent to the country and hopefully open doors to future…
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Small Grants Programme: Awards up to GBP5,000 are made to local schemes that fall within the Foundation’s priority areas (open to Charitable or not for profit organisations only). Grants will be made for one year only…
a-n
Information, research and debate for visual and applied artists. Not for profit company with annual subscription required for website access to opportunities listings and articles, with limited articles available to non subscribers. Subscribers also benefit from insurance for their…
Association of London Government (ALG)
Grants are given in a wide range of areas including regeneration, help for homelessness, health, the arts, legal advice and the promotion of racial equality. All the grants made seek to tackle disadvantage and promote…
http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/grants/default.htm
Rockfeller Foundation – Bellagio Centre
The Foundation seeks applicants who are able to demonstrate a history of significant achievement in their respective artistic disciplines. Individuals from developing countries and young artists with significant accomplishments — exhibitions, publications, performances — are…
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) makes awards ranging ranging between £1,000 and £18,000 to craftsmen and women of all ages to help them further their careers.
Association of British Insurers
Professional association addressing complaints and inquiries related to insurers.