THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION (SUMMER 2025 GRANTS ROUND)
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: MONDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2025 at 11pm (23:00 GMT). The Fund opened to applications on Friday 1st August 2025. The application windows for the Foundation’s Autumn 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026 grant rounds are provided towards the end of the main text below.
o Funder: The Henry Moore Foundation (founded 1976. Charity number 271370. Total charitable expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2024: £6,740,029 (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 2024, the Foundation awarded 80 grants to institutions totalling £424,416 (2023: 83 grants 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 43 of the Foundation’s annual accounts.
Awards made during the year were categorised as:
o Exhibitions and New Projects: £360,816 (2023: £255,561; 2022: £250,235; 2021: £252,703).
o Collections: £31,000 (2023: £58,000; 2022: £94,500; 2021: £38,000).
o Conferences, Publications and Workshops: £12,500 (2023: £10,000; 2022: £11,000; 2021: £7,000).
o Fellowships: £0 (2023: £0; 2022: £21,000; 2021: £42,000).
o Research: £20,100 (2023: £33,000; 2022: £27,000; 2021: £90,000), and
o Other: £0 (2023: £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 Friday 1st August 2025 with a deadline for applications of 11pm (23:00 GMT) on Monday 1st September 2025. Projects should start or open to the public no sooner than Thursday 1st January 2026.
Further application windows are scheduled for:
1. Autumn 2025: applications open at 9am on Saturday 1st November 2025 with a deadline of 11pm on Monday 1st December 2025 for projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than Wednesday 1st April 2026.
2. Winter 2026: applications open at 9am on Sunday 1st February 2026 with a deadline of 11pm on Sunday 1st March 2026 for projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than Wednesday 1st July 2026.
3. Spring 2026: applications open at 9am on Friday 1st May 2026 with a deadline of 11pm of Monday 1st June 2026 for projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than Thursday 1st October 2026.
Further information, guidance and an application form is available on the Foundation’s website.
Contact details for the Foundation are:
The Grants Administrator
Henry Moore Foundation
Perry Green
Much Hadham
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
Email: grants@henry-moore.org