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DAVID & ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION

Who they support

Charities involved with Education or Civil Society

Grant criteria

Education: projects that work on improving policy, improved practices and techniques and sustainability. We favour grants directed at education in support of economic and social well-being in the UK and South Africa only. Civil society: our main areas of interest are in transparency, accountability, anti-corruption and good governance, but we are also interested in, for example, human rights, drones, investigative journalism, the rule of law, democracy, citizenship, equality, and the misuse of natural resources.

Grant details

Typically £50-100,000 for core funding

Application procedure

By invitation only but emails are accepted

www.potterfoundation.com

info@potterfoundation.com

02039159283

6 HAMILTON CLOSE
LONDON
NW8 8QY

Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1078217
Charity Commission for England and Wales
Analysis of Grants Made
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  • In this period 79 donations have been made totalling £3,146,296 to 42 organisations
  • This grant maker is prepared to support unregistered organisations

Where are the Beneficiaries?
How big are the Recipients? ?
  • Average annual spending of registered grantees: £19,753,677
Which activities are being funded?
How old were the charities when supported?
Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)
Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?
By ValueBy Number
Joseph Rowntree Foundation 22% 21%
Garfield Weston Foundation 21% 38%
Esmee Fairbairn 19% 24%
The Joffe Trust 18% 14%
John Ellerman Foundation 18% 5%
LUND TRUST 16% 10%
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation 15% 2%
Dulverton Trust 13% 14%
The Clothworkers Foundation 11% 12%
Woodward Charitable Trust 10% 14%
Sole supporter: 29% by number, 36% by value.
Individual Grants Made
When Amount/
Spending		 Recipient To be used for
12/12/2023 £10,000
£8,624,711 		ALMEIDA THEATRE Core funding
12/12/2023 £30,000
£3,271,847 		ACCESS PROJECT, THE Core funding
12/12/2023 £20,000
£27,724,000 		MS SOCIETY The Stop MS Appeal aims to raise £100 million by the end of 2025 to invest in finding treatments to slow or stop MS progression.
12/12/2023 £15,000
£5,402,468 		HAMPSTEAD THEATRE Core funding
12/12/2023 £10,000
£8,304,064 		DONMAR WAREHOUSE Core funding
12/12/2023 £30,000
£6,650,128 		BRILLIANT CLUB, THE Core funding
12/12/2023 £25,000
£169,057 		MYBIGCAREER Core funding
12/12/2023 £30,000
£49,626 		PHILHARMONIA TRUST LIMITED To support the development of an ambitious new programme, Philharmonia Futures, that will test how the Orchestra can use XR technology to enhance the concert hall experience, and a production house business model to develop a large-scale immersive audience experience to open in 2026/27. The programme will include the design and development of Virtual Reality experiences, a ground-breaking Augmented Reality offer and a large-scale immersive experience.
09/05/2023 £40,000
£1,534,828 		FUTURE FRONTIERS Core funding
09/05/2023 £67,909
 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN To support the costs of the 2023 postgraduate fellowships at the University of Cape Town
09/05/2023 £40,000
£381,382 		SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION Core funding
09/05/2023 £50,000
£4,047,000 		TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK Core funding
09/05/2023 £49,732
 BORDER FORENSICS Core funding
09/05/2023 £20,000
£1,267,088 		INDEX ON CENSORSHIP (WRITERS AND SCHOLARS EDUCATIONAL TRUST) Core funding
09/05/2023 £30,000
£3,720,994 		REPRIEVE Core funding
09/05/2023 £50,000
£804,182 		OPEN TRUST Core support of the charitable aspects of openDemocracy
09/05/2023 £110,000
£164,120 		TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, THE Core funding
09/05/2023 £37,130
 LUMIERE CRECHE & DAY CARE CENTRE Core funding
29/11/2022 £35,000
£1,716,470 		PRISONERS ABROAD Core funding
31/08/2022 £45,562
 CORRUPTION WATCH SOUTH AFRICA Core funding
31/08/2022 £35,438
 IKAMVAYOUTH Core funding
31/08/2022 £10,000
£4,260,768 		HAMPSTEAD THEATRE Core funding
31/08/2022 £45,000
£182,247 		DEATH PENALTY PROJECT Core funding
31/08/2022 £65,812
 INKULULEKO SOUTH AFRICA MEDIA Core funding
31/08/2022 £10,000
£829,304 		NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Core funding
31/08/2022 £40,000
£1,051,751 		GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK Core funding
31/08/2022 £30,007
 PERFORMA Core funding
28/04/2022 £35,000
£6,443,738 		BRILLIANT CLUB, THE Core funding
28/04/2022 £25,000
£126,263 		MYBIGCAREER Core funding
28/04/2022 £20,000
£2,750,751 		ACCESS PROJECT, THE Core funding
28/04/2022 £10,000
£1,140,110 		LISTENING PLACE, THE Core funding
28/04/2022 £10,000
£5,784,307 		DONMAR WAREHOUSE Core funding
28/04/2022 £100,000
£169,032 		TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, THE Core funding
28/04/2022 £36,658
£2,163,602 		CHALLENGE PARTNERS To develop a proof of concept§ of a new digital tool where schools can liaise, share resources, use webinars and find expertise, fostering national and local connections. The digital platform will create a knowledge exchange hub, which means practitioner-led expertise can be captured and disseminated, providing open access learning for a network of schools to trial, create, connect and share.
28/04/2022 £111,846
 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN To support the costs of the 2022 postgraduate fellowships at the University of Cape Town
28/04/2022 £35,800
£1,842,100 		ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUST To pilot a multi-programme approach for the Industrial Cadets programme with a number of partner schools in Manchester. The normal programme allows young people to gain accredited experiences, insights and exposure to STE(A)M careers and workplaces, helping to open their eyes to future opportunities and provides them with tools to succeed in the workplace. The young people involved are often only exposed to one activity or intervention through the programme. This pilot will test and evaluate whether a multi-programme approach significantly improves outcomes for the young people involved.
28/04/2022 £10,000
£234,700,000 		BRITISH RED CROSS A donation in memoriam of the late Bruce Page
28/04/2022 £40,000
£180,420,000 		DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE A general donation to the DEC Ukraine appeal
28/04/2022 £30,000
£49,626 		PHILHARMONIA TRUST LIMITED Core funding
23/11/2021 £40,000
£743,709 		OPEN TRUST Core support of the charitable aspects of openDemocracy
23/11/2021 £100,000
£7,196,130 		INTOUNIVERSITY Core funding
23/11/2021 £10,000
£6,404,230 		ALMEIDA THEATRE Core funding
23/11/2021 £50,000
£3,310,914 		REPRIEVE Core funding
23/11/2021 £41,953
 BORDER FORENSICS Core funding
04/08/2021 £50,000
£413,286 		PHILHARMONIA TRUST LIMITED Core funding
04/08/2021 £35,000
£125,592 		SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION Core funding
04/08/2021 £5,026
 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN A contribution towards the UCT fire appeal to help rebuild the Jagger Library
04/08/2021 £50,000
£4,015,000 		TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK Core funding
04/08/2021 £40,000
£664,568 		INDEX ON CENSORSHIP (WRITERS AND SCHOLARS EDUCATIONAL TRUST) Core funding
04/08/2021 £50,000
£12,155,000 		NUFFIELD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD A contribution towards the creation of the Oxford-Nuffield Sir David Butler Graduate Scholarship in Politics
04/08/2021 £30,000
 PERFORMA Core funding
23/03/2021 £35,000
£144,599 		DEATH PENALTY PROJECT Core funding
23/03/2021 £35,000
£454,493 		FUTURE FRONTIERS Core funding
23/03/2021 £24,434
 IKAMVAYOUTH Core funding
23/03/2021 £92,718
 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN To support the costs of the 2021 postgraduate fellowships at the University of Cape Town
23/03/2021 £100,000
£180,650 		TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, THE Core support of the charitable aspects of the work of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
23/03/2021 £10,000
£440,491 		UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN TRUST A donation to the Stuart & Anita Saunders Bursary Fund in memory of the late Dr Stuart Saunders
16/12/2020 £44,951
 CORRUPTION WATCH SOUTH AFRICA Core funding
16/12/2020 £35,000
£1,187,863 		UBUNTU PATHWAYS To support Ubuntu Pathways emergency COVID-19 response work, to extend life-saving food security, medical, and wraparound services to their community’s most vulnerable people in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
16/12/2020 £25,000
£1,948,569 		MYBNK Core funding
16/12/2020 £31,000
 UKWANDA PROJECTS Core funding
02/09/2020 £50,000
£413,286 		PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA TRUST LTD Core funding
02/09/2020 £10,000
£490,415 		LISTENING PLACE, THE Core funding
02/09/2020 £10,000
£6,404,230 		ALMEIDA THEATRE Core funding
02/09/2020 £50,000
£3,310,914 		REPRIEVE Core funding
02/09/2020 £100,000
£7,196,130 		INTOUNIVERSITY Core funding
02/09/2020 £10,000
£6,602,683 		DONMAR WAREHOUSE Core funding
02/09/2020 £60,000
£520,319 		OPEN TRUST Core support of the charitable aspects of openDemocracy
25/03/2020 £10,000
£683,875 		NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Core funding
25/03/2020 £5,000
£10,731,000 		BLOOD CANCER UK Support to re-develop an existing e-learning platform providing haemotology nurses with COVID-19 specific training and support.
25/03/2020 £10,000
£138,863,000 		ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Support of the Royal Opera House’s Create and Sing programme, which blends live and digital learning to engage primary school children in dramatic singing. Through the project children develop a range of skills from literacy and discipline to empathy and critical thought.
25/03/2020 £45,000
£5,547,000 		TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK Core funding
25/03/2020 £40,000
£2,825,046 		BINGHAM CENTRE FOR THE RULE OF LAW Support to establish The Rule of Law Monitoring Project to provide independent, expert Rule of Law monitoring in the new Parliament. The project will systematically monitor the compatibility of the new Government’s legislation with the internationally agreed Rule of Law standards in the Venice Commission’s Rule of Law Checklist, producing independent, expert reports to ensure that any Rule of Law issues are identified early and subjected to rigorous scrutiny and debate in Parliament.
25/03/2020 £150,000
£180,650 		TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, THE Support for the charitable aspects of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Bureau Local project. Bureau Local is an innovative journalism and technology project working with local reporters to dig into datasets and tell the stories that matter to communities across the UK. It was launched in March 2017 with lead funding from Google’s Digital News Initiative and is having a significant impact with its collaborative investigations.
25/03/2020 £20,000
£125,592 		SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION Core funding
25/03/2020 £48,462
 NUMERIC Core funding
25/03/2020 £106,858
 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN TRUST To support the costs of the 2020 postgraduate fellowships at the University of Cape Town
25/03/2020 £10,000
£277,031 		ETHICAL JOURNALISM NETWORK Core funding
25/03/2020 £30,000
 PERFORMA Core funding
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Cumulative Grants
Amount Recipient
£460,000 TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, THE
£384,357 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
£200,000 INTOUNIVERSITY
£160,000 PHILHARMONIA TRUST LIMITED
£150,000 OPEN TRUST
£145,000 TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK
£130,000 REPRIEVE
£95,000 SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION
£91,685 BORDER FORENSICS
£90,513 CORRUPTION WATCH SOUTH AFRICA
£90,007 PERFORMA
£80,000 DEATH PENALTY PROJECT
£75,000 FUTURE FRONTIERS
£65,812 INKULULEKO SOUTH AFRICA MEDIA
£65,000 BRILLIANT CLUB, THE
£60,000 INDEX ON CENSORSHIP (WRITERS AND SCHOLARS EDUCATIONAL TRUST)
£59,872 IKAMVAYOUTH
£50,000 NUFFIELD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
£50,000 MYBIGCAREER
£50,000 ACCESS PROJECT, THE Education & Employment: Maximising potential
£48,462 NUMERIC
£40,000 GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK
£40,000 DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE
£40,000 BINGHAM CENTRE FOR THE RULE OF LAW
£37,130 LUMIERE CRECHE & DAY CARE CENTRE
£36,658 CHALLENGE PARTNERS
£35,800 ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£35,000 UBUNTU PATHWAYS
£35,000 PRISONERS ABROAD
£31,000 UKWANDA PROJECTS
£30,000 DONMAR WAREHOUSE
£30,000 ALMEIDA THEATRE
£25,000 MYBNK
£25,000 HAMPSTEAD THEATRE
£20,000 NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
£20,000 MS SOCIETY
£20,000 LISTENING PLACE, THE Health: Mental Health
£10,000 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN TRUST
£10,000 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
£10,000 ETHICAL JOURNALISM NETWORK
£10,000 BRITISH RED CROSS
£5,000 BLOOD CANCER UK
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