Available Funding

Hinrichsen Foundation

Hinrichsen Foundation is offering grants for organisations and charities across the UK for projects and activities that focus on the performance, commissioning, or recording of contemporary music.

Applications for Project Grants should:

• Align with The Hinrichsen Foundation’s values and objectives for contemporary and experimental music.
• Express a clear programme of activity and project timeline, parameters, and outputs. Incomplete or unclear applications may be declined.
• Deliver high-quality projects for diverse audiences, prioritising cultivation of less familiar and experimental music appreciation.
• Embrace artistic risks and diversity.
• Encourage thoughtful collaboration among composers, musicians, and project leads.
• Ensure fair payment for composers and musicians, particularly in larger organisations. The foundation recognises grassroots initiatives may have a model closer to a profit or deficit share.
• Demonstrate the financial need and feasibility of the proposed project. The Foundation encourages the formation of partnerships and in-kind support for project success.

Applications that take artistic risks, promote diversity, consider sustainability, or are artist-led are encouraged.

The Foundation rarely supports projects where they are the sole funder. Applicants are expected to indicate another source of income, either secured or projected.

Grant amount: between £500 and £3,000