FUNDING FAQs

If we have declined a previous application from your organisation, you will need to wait at least 12 months since the date you submitted that application before applying again. If you are not sure when your organisation last applied, please contact us. 

Please complete our Eligibility Checker.

Please note the following exclusion categories:

• Organisations that are not registered charities.
• Charities that have been registered for less than two years.
• We rarely fund organisations with a voluntary annual income of more than £20 million. 
• Charities that have fewer than two years' audited or independently verified accounts.
• Palliative care organisations outside the counties listed in the Palliative Care funding programme information page.

If we have declined a previous application from your organisation, you will need to wait at least 12 months since the date you submitted that application before applying again. If you are not sure when your organisation last applied, please contact us. 

Our application deadlines for 2023 and 2024 are listed on our Application deadlines page. 

Please note that all our funding programmes (except for Medical Research) operate a single-stage application process and you will simply need to submit your application by the deadlines stated.

Our Medical Research programme operates on a two-stage application process and you can find further information on application timings here.

Yes, you can, but we do not make concurrent grants. 

In other words, if you are currently holding a grant, we could only award a new grant at the end of your current grant period. 

For instance, if you were awarded a grant in December, and your project is due to last 12 months, you could only receive payment for a new grant in the following December. 

To meet this date, you would need to submit your application for the new grant between the 1st of July and the 30th of September. 

Please check our application deadlines calendar here (also in the When can I apply? section).

Please also check the answer to the question How often can I apply? section.

If in doubt about when your organisation is eligible to apply for a new grant, please contact us. 

• If we have declined a previous application from your organisation, you will need to wait at least 12 months since the date you submitted that application before applying again. If you are not sure when your organisation last applied, please contact us. 

• If you are currently holding a grant, please check the Can I apply as a current grant holder? section.

• If you have received a grant from The Foundation for three years in a row, we would not award you a new grant for another 12 months after the end of your last grant period. If you are unsure about which application window you should submit a new application in, please email us at grants@jamestudor.org.uk or call us on 0117 9596496 and we will be able to advise you.

Please note that, while we strive to build mutually beneficial relationships with the organisations we fund, ongoing funding is not guaranteed to any applicant. 

• Costs related to your service delivery, including staff costs.

• We prioritise costs related to the enhancement of your service delivery, but we will consider ongoing costs.

You can see the full list of funding exclusions here.

We do not fund work meant as a one-off activity and which has already concluded (e.g., a conference that has already taken place, websites that have already been launched, training courses that have already concluded, etc.). 

If in doubt, please contact us at grants@jamestudor.org.uk or call us on 0117 9596496. 

Our grants range from £1,000 to £50,000, but our typical grant is between £5,000 and £10,000. 

We are unlikely to award more than £10,000 to a first-time applicant. 

Currently, we rarely award multi-year grants. While we keep this process under review, we advise you to apply for one year.

• Applications for Health Education, Palliative Care, Relief of Sickness (UK and International) are single-stage, i.e. there is no need to submit an outline application. 

• Applications for Medical Research are submitted in two stages. If your Stage 1 application is successful, we will invite you to submit a Stage 2 application. Further information on application timings for Medical Research can be found here. 

• All applications can only be submitted through our online application portal. There is no need to register as a portal user but, to access it, you first need to complete our Eligibility Checker.

• Each funding programme carries specific guidance for the relevant application forms. We advise you to consult the relevant guidance before completing the online application form and do get in touch if you need further assistance at any point. 

• Once we receive your application, we carry out an initial assessment and may contact you if we need further information. 

• If your application is progressed to a Board meeting, we will communicate the outcome within 48 hours of the meeting date. If your application is not progressed to a Board meeting, we will let you know as soon as possible so that you can seek funds elsewhere. 

• If you are awarded a grant, we will email you a Grant Offer asking you to sign our Terms and Conditions of funding and to send us your organisation’s bank details. We pay all grants upfront except grants awarded towards new staff roles.  Please note that multi-year grants are paid  in annual instalments.

• Staff grants: if your grant is for the employment of new staff, we will release the funds once you have confirmed to us that you have made an offer of employment and that this has been accepted. 

Here are our Terms and Conditions for our International programme.

Here are our Terms and Conditions for all our other programmes.

You will need to report to us throughout the life of the grant. You can read more about our reporting requirements here.