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Arts, culture and heritage grants in West Midlands

Grants made 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 by UK trusts and foundations that publish through 360Giving to charities registered for arts, culture and heritage with a registered address in West Midlands.

36grants
£679ktotal awarded
£4,777median grant
12funders

Top funders

Trusts and foundations that gave the most to arts, culture and heritage charities in West Midlands in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.

FunderGrantsTotalMedian
John Ellerman Foundation1£130k£130k
The Foyle Foundation1£100k£100k
The Leathersellers' Foundation1£100k£100k
Garfield Weston Foundation5£95k£20k
Heart of England Community Foundation11£45k£2,400
Herefordshire Community Foundation9£44k£3,140
The Greggs Foundation1£40k£40k
Youth Music2£35k£17k
Rank Foundation1£31k£31k
CHK Foundation1£30k£30k

Open and recurring programmes

Funder programmes behind these grants that have made grants in at least two years, so are likely to run again. Check each funder's website for current deadlines.

ProgrammeFunderGrants (12 months)Years with grantsLatest grant
Iron FundHerefordshire Community Foundation32022 to 202618 May 2026
CommunityGarfield Weston Foundation32017 to 20267 May 2026
Birmingham & Black Country Communities FundHeart of England Community Foundation32022 to 202519 Dec 2025
The Green Oak FundHerefordshire Community Foundation22023 to 202620 Apr 2026
Harry Payne FundHeart of England Community Foundation22021 to 20258 Dec 2025
Shelter and Security - Strengthened communitiesMaking a Difference Locally22024, 20255 Dec 2025
South Bham Friends Institute FundHeart of England Community Foundation22023, 202524 Nov 2025
StandardThe Veterans' Foundation12023 to 202625 Jun 2026
WelfareGarfield Weston Foundation12017 to 202627 May 2026
FaithGarfield Weston Foundation12017 to 202613 Mar 2026

Open government schemes charities can apply for

20 open schemes on Find a Grant covering West Midlands in related sectors (live Grant Radar list). The 5 closing soonest:

SchemeFunderGrant sizeCloses
DCMS Place-Based Philanthropy Community of PracticeDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport£996k to £997k9 Nov 2026
Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council£500k to £1.5m25 Nov 2026
Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council£1.1m to £1.3m1 Dec 2026
Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council£1.1m to £1.3m1 Dec 2026
Gambling harms research grants (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Medical Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council£1 to £2m8 Dec 2026

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Source: grants data published by each funder through 360Giving (GrantNav), grants awarded 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 to registered charities, companies and other organisations (grants to individuals are left out). Cause and region come from the recipient charity's entry on the Charity Commission register (its registered charitable purposes and the postcode area of its registered address), so cause and region snapshots cover recipients registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Open government schemes are from Find a Grant (UK Government) via Grant Radar. "Recurring" programmes have grants in at least two calendar years. Figures are our own summary.

Licences: each funder publishes its data under its own open licence; we use only data licensed CC BY 4.0, CC0 or the Open Government Licence. Data from CHK Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Heart of England Community Foundation, Herefordshire Community Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation, Making a Difference Locally, Rank Foundation, The Foyle Foundation, The Greggs Foundation, The Leathersellers' Foundation, The Veterans' Foundation, Youth Music: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Find a Grant: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check each funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to these funders.