The Mackintosh Foundation

Open or will open again Adult Education/Learning Age Aged 60+ Arts, culture and heritage Built heritage Children (0-12) Community and neighbourhood development Craft and design Cultural, events and festivals Education and learning environment Health, wellbeing and sport Healthcare services Housing and homelessness Human rights and equality International issues Medical conditions Medical research Natural environment and climate Overseas aid and development People with disabilities Performing arts Poverty and deprivation School, College and University Social welfare and poverty Verbal arts Visual arts and media World issues Young people (13-25) Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain International Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Medium (up to £60,000) Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

The majority of grants are for amounts of between £250 and £1,000. A few larger grants of £10,000 are usually in support of the theatre.

The Mackintosh Foundation was founded in 1988 with the majority of the funding received by the Foundation coming from the personal patronage of Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Its aims are to to promote and develop theatrical, musical and dramatic arts; relieve suffering from and promote research into the causes & treatment of AIDS/Cancer; provide for medical research generally and relief of sickness; relief for the homeless and poverty stricken;promotion of the conservation, protection & enhancement in the UK of nature & the amenities of the countryside inc. areas of natural beauty.

The Foundation is looking to award grants to the following requests:

Financing education in the UK and abroad by making grants to schools’ core costs and assisting the disadvantaged;
Funding the relief of poverty and those in hardship or distress in the UK and abroad;
Promoting and developing theatrical, musical and dramatic arts by a variety of means including education, theatre refurbishment/restoration programmes and the support of a broad range of theatre productions for the enjoyment and education of the public at large;
Funding medical research and the relief of sickness generally;
Providing grants to environmental projects aimed at the conservation, protection and enhancement of nature in the UK and abroad; and
Funding community-based projects where often a relatively small grant can make a big impact to many people both immediately and into the future.

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