The Elephant Trust

The Elephant Trust Main Fund

The Elephant Trust provides grants to support new work in the fine arts, typically ranging from £2,000 to £5,000. The Trust was established in 1975 to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. Priority is given to artists in the fine arts and small organisations and galleries who submit imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions. The Trust embodies an original, inquisitive, open-minded, generous and unshockable approach to art in all its forms with a bias towards the visual arts, staying true to the spirit of its founders, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller. The Trust is committed to helping artists and art institutions/galleries that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. In some cases, awards may be leveraged to receive subsequent funding from organisations such as the Arts Council. Successful applicants should leave a minimum of two years before reapplying for help with a new project, and projects with a total budget exceeding £30,000 will not be supported.