Wolfson Foundation Funding for Places (capital grants)
- Funding
- Contact funder
- Deadline
- 5 January 2027
- Location
- UK-wide
- Applications
- Deadline: 5 January 2027
Overview
UK charities can apply to the Wolfson Foundation for capital grants towards buildings, refurbishment and equipment.
The programme covers education, science and medicine, health and disability, heritage, the humanities and the arts.
Round 1 Stage 1 applications open on 20 November 2026 and close at 23.59 on 5 January 2027.
Official source: https://www.wolfson.org.uk/funding/funding-for-places/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 15 November 2026.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Capital projects only: buildings, refurbishment and equipment.
- Total project cost of £15,000 or more; some categories ask for more.
- Charities only; not CICs.
- Stage 1 open 20 Nov 2026 to 5 Jan 2027.
Organisations with charitable status anywhere in the UK, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Not open to Community Interest Companies. Projects must cost at least £15,000 in total, and some categories set higher thresholds (for example, charities working with disability need capital costs of at least £50,000 and a shortfall of at least £25,000). No feasibility studies, VAT or land and property purchase, and the project must still be under way when the decision is made. Check your category's criteria before applying.
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
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UK charities in education, science, health and disability, heritage and the arts with a capital project.
Regions
Awards published
645
Typical award
£80,000
Most awards
£50,000 to £150,000
Most funded region
London
186 awards in 2025, level with 180 the year before.
Recent awards include Age UK Enfield (£50,000, 2025), Altwood Church of England School (£57,500, 2025) and Alzheimer Café Isle of Wight (£100,000, 2025).
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Full details from The Wolfson Foundation
Funding for Places is the Wolfson Foundation's main grants programme. It funds capital projects, meaning new buildings, refurbishment and equipment, for organisations working in education, science and medicine, health and disability, heritage, the humanities and the arts. Eligible places include charities working with disability, mental health or older people, historic buildings and landscapes, hospices, places of worship, libraries and archives, museums and galleries, performing arts organisations, public engagement with science, secondary schools and sixth form colleges, special needs schools and universities. There are two rounds a year. For Round 1, Stage 1 applications open at 00.01 on 20 November 2026 and close at 23.59 on 5 January 2027; invited Stage 2 applications are due by 1 March 2027, with decisions in June. Round 2 opens to Stage 1 on 14 May and closes on 1 July. The Foundation prefers applicants not to request a set amount.
How to apply
Check the criteria for your category on the Wolfson Foundation's Funding for Places page, then submit a Stage 1 application through the Foundation's online system between 20 November 2026 and 23.59 on 5 January 2027, giving your project's total cost and the amount still to raise. If invited, submit a Stage 2 application by 1 March 2027; decisions follow in June.
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