Foundation for Jewish Heritage

Registered charity 1162111 · since 2015foundationforjewishheritage.com·Austria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

If you are a synagogue planning early-stage work such as a building survey or feasibility study, this is its Development Grants Scheme, which gives small awards for that purpose.
Other organisations are not eligible for that scheme, so a non-synagogue group should not apply to it.
The annual report, the register entry and the website gave no published way to apply, so contact the Foundation directly before writing anything, and do not assume a standard application route exists.
Neither the annual report nor the register gives a grant size or an annual giving figure, so keep any request modest and ask the Foundation what it can offer.
Nothing stated shows how competitive the scheme is, when it accepts requests, or where it funds, so ask about these as well.

Overview

Foundation for Jewish Heritage is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1162111).

The Foundation for Jewish Heritage is a registered charity whose purpose is to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of built Jewish heritage and to advance public education about Jewish heritage. It works internationally to preserve Jewish architectural sites, monuments and places of cultural significance that are at risk. Its Development Grants Scheme gives small financial awards to synagogues for early-stage development work, and its total annual giving is not stated.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Foundation works internationally to ensure that important Jewish architectural sites, monuments and places of cultural significance in danger are preserved and re-imagined for a sustainable future. Its approach combines research to inventory Jewish heritage sites and identify those at risk, advocacy to promote interest in specific sites, professional advice and guidance developed with local partners, and securing resources for vulnerable sites. Its Development Grants Scheme is for small awards to synagogues undertaking early-stage development work, including building surveys and feasibility studies. Its wider charitable purpose also includes advancing public education about Jewish heritage.

Themes

Built Jewish heritage
Jewish heritage education

What they don't fund

Development Grants Scheme only: organisations other than synagogues

How to apply

No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Austria
France
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
England
Wales

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Foundation for Jewish Heritage.

Kehilas Pnei MenachemNo public processGave £2.5M Biala Synagogue TrustRollingGave £151k Newpier CharityRollingGave £338k English Holdings Charitable TrustNo public processGave £348k E M Shasha FoundationNo public processGave £281k AmabrillRollingGave £5.5M Ashkelon FoundationNo public processGave £362k LTC Trust CoNo public processGave £108k UTA – United Talmudical Associates LtdInvitation onlyGave £18.7M Kollel Mishkon YakovRollingGave £317k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 September 2021	£210,438	£98,235	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2021
year to 30 September 2022	£315,900	£207,236	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2022
year to 30 September 2023	£265,988	£332,819	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2023
year to 30 September 2024	£568,602	£527,134	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2024
year to 30 September 2025	£951,015	£515,842	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.