Grants News
Discover updates on recently awarded grants from The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust.
£500,000 grant to kickstart campaign to save exquisite Henry VIII pendant
£500,000 grant to kickstart the British Museum’s campaign to save the ‘Tudor Heart’, a spectacular gold pendant linked to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon....
Landmark £150m donation to the National Gallery
Landmark pledge of £150 million to fund a transformational project at the National Gallery that will create a brand-new wing and public realm....
£5 million grant towards Kew’s Palm House renovation project
£5 million grant to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, towards its Palm House renovation project. This is the largest philanthropic gift to date for the project and one of the most significant single donations in Kew’s history...
£100,000 grant to help conclude public appeal to save iconic sculpture by artist Barbara Hepworth
£100,000 to The Hepworth Wakefield and Art Fund, helping to conclude the public appeal to raise £3.8m to keep an iconic sculpture by artist Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, in the United Kingdom....
£2.5 million grant to artist studio charity Acme to save studio building
£2.5m grant to affordable artist studio provider Acme towards securing the largest remaining artist studio building of its kind in London....
£7.3 million in grants to 12 charities focused on literacy and education in the UK
£7.3m in grants to 12 literacy and education charities across the country, including £3m to the government’s National Year of Reading 2026....
Second £500,000 grant to Shannon Trust for the next three years
Another £500,000 donation to Shannon Trust, following an initial £500,000 donation at the beginning of 2022. This donation is the second in a series of upcoming literacy focused grants by The Julia Rausing Trust in 2025....
£1.5 million to The Reading Agency to expand the reach and impact of the Summer Reading Challenge
£1.5 million donation to The Reading Agency to expand the reach and impact of the Summer Reading Challenge – the UK’s biggest children’s reading for enjoyment programme....
£5 million to One Small Thing to support Hope Street Residential Project
£5m grant to One Small Thing to support operations of the organisation’s Hope Street project in Hampshire, a pilot residential alternative to custody for women and their children....
£2 million to Exeter Cathedral to support 2020s Development Project
Funding aims to bring a major boost to the project, enabling the cathedral to meet rising material costs and complete its current phase of building improvements and conservation....
£5.4 million in annual Christmas giving campaign
72 grants made as part of annual seasonal giving to charities supporting homelessness, financial hardship and women and children related causes...
£5 million to Age UK to help tackle loneliness amongst older people
Julia Rausing Trust is delighted to announce a £5 million donation to Age UK to help fund the Charity’s crucial friendship services over the next two years, aiming to tackle loneliness amongst older people and help them feel more...