The Royal Northern College of Music Endowment Fund

• This Fund does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small nonprofit that is not already an approved grantee should not send in a cold application.
• Its stated remit centres on the Royal Northern College of Music and its students, with requests from other approved grantees also considered, so the first step is to contact the College or an approved grantee.
• The Trustee prefers projects and activities that enhance the College's long-term standing and profile, so a proposal should show how it does that.
• The median grant was about £1,200,000, but only five grants went to organisations, so that is a thin basis for sizing a request.
• No geographic focus is stated, so no area should be assumed as a condition of applying.

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

• RNCM Grant
  £3,000,000year to 31 July 2025
• RNCM Grant
  £3,000,000year to 31 July 2025
• Projects and Events - Payable to Institutions
  £1,198,464year to 31 July 2025
• Projects and Events - Payable to Institutions
  £1,192,464year to 31 July 2025
• Projects and Events - Payable to Institutions
  £6,000year to 31 July 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 3 grants to individuals.

• Grants paid, year to 31 July 2021; year to 31 July 2022; year to 31 July 2023; year to 31 July 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
• Grants paid, year to 31 July 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

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.

• Annual report (year to 31 July 2025)

This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.