Deadline: 1-Jul-25
Do you hold material relating to Jewish heritage and culture? Do you need help to properly manage and care for these collections and make them accessible to diverse audiences? If yes, then apply now for the Collections Management Grant Program.
This funding provides support to institutions and organisations across Europe to help conserve, organise and protect collections relating to Jews, Judaism and Jewish history and culture.
The material contained in these collections may include objects, manuscripts, documents, all forms of printed and visual material, audio, film and video recordings.
Funding Information
- This grant will help you care for the Jewish material in your collections. The average level of funding in this category is £30,000 – £60,000 per year for up to 3 years.
Eligible Activities
- You can apply for funding to cover the following activities:
- Preliminary research – undertake initial steps to help you plan for a larger project. This may include an assessment of the collection (e.g., scoping survey) to give you a better understanding of the material contained in your collection, an overview of its current condition and recommendations for next steps. This preliminary research can be used to prepare a subsequent application for further funding.
- Conservation and preservation – ensure specific items are treated and repaired so they are not at risk of further decay and collections receive the long-term protection they need.
- Cataloguing – creating an accurate inventory and / or catalogue of a collection. This may include detailed analysis, publication of finding aids and creation of online catalogues.
- Specialist costs – it is important that these projects are undertaken by professionals with relevant skills, qualifications and experience. If this doesn’t already exist within your organisation you will need to hire professional staff to carry out the work.
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome applications from any organisation based in Europe, EU and non-EU states alike, except for Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
- They welcome applications from a variety of organisations including museums, universities, public, private and institutional libraries and archives, heritage organisations and cultural institutions as well as not-for profits and other professional organisations that have acquired or generated a collection.
- Institutions may submit only one application for European Jewish Heritage funding in each grant round.
- The organisation’s activities must be deemed charitable under UK charity law, and they will require proof of its charitable status. This includes organisations which are either not-for-profit or publicly funded e.g., state or private libraries, archives, museums, research institutes, universities, cultural centres or non-profit organisations.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not fund the following:
- operating costs for schools, synagogues, museums or other heritage or communal institutions
- building and construction work for museums or other heritage or communal institutions
- restoration work of Jewish built heritage
- artistic projects in the fine arts, performing arts, film production and creative writing – including artwork commissioned by museums
- publication and translation of academic books
For more information, visit Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.