Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts

Registered charity 1211237 · since 2024lundhumphries.com·United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Foundation's stated purpose is the visual arts, and its main work is publishing books on art, architecture and design, with a stated geographic priority of the UK, so a request fits best if it concerns that field.
Neither its annual report nor its register entry gives a grant range or an annual giving figure, so there is no published basis for setting a request size, and a grant writer should ask the contact shown before choosing one.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to get in touch through that contact.
Nothing stated says how competitive funding is or how timing works, so do not assume either.
No exclusions or eligibility conditions are stated, so this profile gives no reason to rule any organisation out.

Overview

Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1211237).

The Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts is a charity registered in England and Wales. It exists to encourage and advance knowledge and appreciation of the visual arts among the general public, and to support research and academic study of the history and contemporary practice of fine art, architecture and design. Its primary activity is publishing serious visual-arts books under the Lund Humphries imprint. It also runs talks and panel discussions that share the research in its publications, and it makes targeted donations to UK arts institutions.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Foundation supports research, development, production and publication of serious, high-quality books on art, architecture and design, working with leading authors, scholars and cultural institutions across the UK. It supports artists and architects, historians of art and architecture, and art institutions by ensuring that important subjects are documented, interpreted and made available to the general public in a durable and authoritative form. Its public-engagement work includes author talks and panel discussions that disseminate the research content of its publications. It also supports the visual-arts community through targeted donations to UK arts institutions.

Themes

Art publishing
Architecture publishing
Design publishing

Geographic Focus

Priority: UK.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

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1 year of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2025	£993,933	£968,703	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

— No grants figure for that year.

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.