- Fundraising strategy
- Public sources and lottery
- Private sources
- Generating income
- Current funding opportunities
- Cataloguing Grants Programme
Trusts and foundations
Archive services may approach private trusts and foundations, based in the UK or overseas, to support their work.
Organisations are advised to spend some time investigating the eligibility criteria and priorities for giving of individual foundations or trusts, as well as their preferred method of approach from applicants. There are online subscription directories that can help to identify relevant trusts and foundations, for example:
You will most likely be expected to demonstrate:
- organisational competence and sustainability
- the viability of your project
- the need and demand for the project
- why additional funding is required
- how the project meets the trust's or foundation's specific areas of interest and their funding criteria
Trusts and foundations that have demonstrated an interest in archives through previous grants include:
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
- The Arts Fund
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
- Foyle Foundation
- Friends of the National Libraries
- National Heritage Memorial Fund
- National Manuscripts Conservation Trust
- The Pilgrim Trust
- The Wellcome Trust's Research Resources in Medical History (RRMH)
- The Wolfson Foundation
