Virtual Session : New Grants process from The James Kane Foundation

Find out more on the new grants process from The James Kane Foundation in Northern Ireland.

The James Kane Foundation has recently moved to an online grant application process.

Timescales

• The Board will accept Expressions of Interest forms from Monday 6th January 2025 until Friday 28th March 2025 at 4pm. 
• Expressions of Interest forms will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis during this period. We will let you know asap once a decision is made.

Eligibility Criteria

The Foundation will support applications that are aligned to its mission, “To progress and facilitate education and career opportunities” and the following two themes:

• Enabling STEM related education and career opportunities.
• Enabling students to make the correct choices between employment/career and higher-level education pathways.

Only projects within Northern Ireland meeting one or both of these themes will be eligible.

What will we fund?

The Foundation can fund Individuals and the wider community with a focus on:

• Education bodies including schools, colleges and third level institutions (but will not fund activity which these have a statutory duty to provide.)
• Employers including private sector companies.
• Charities and Social Enterprises
• The Foundation can fund on a multi-year basis.
• Priority may be given to projects that benefit those living in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council area.
• Grants can be used in conjunction with other funding sources you may have already secured.
• The Foundation can fund the same organisation more than once. Applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• The Foundation seeks additionality in all projects that it funds.

What won’t we fund?

The James Kane Foundation will not fund initiatives which it believes schools, colleges or councils have a statutory obligation to provide.

How to apply
All potential applicants are asked to submit an Expression of Interest form. This is an opportunity to summarise your project and explain how it meets the theme/themes of the James Kane Foundation. This information will be used to decide whether you’ll be invited to submit a full application or not. The James Kane Foundation recognise the time and amount of work that is involved in planning a project and applying for funding. The Expression of Interest acts as a filter regarding any projects which are unlikely to receive funding and saves the time involved on working on a full application.

The Process

Step One – Fill in a short EOI outlining how your project meets the themes of The James Kane Foundation.

Download the James Kane Foundation EOI below and email to manager@jameskanefoundation.org

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Step Two – Expressions of Interest forms will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis. We will be in touch to let you know the outcome.

Step Three – If successful, you will be asked to complete a full application form. This will be sent to you.

For grant application guidelines, please see below.

James Kane Foundation Funding Guidelines 2025

Grant Budget

The Foundation intends to allocate in the region of £400,000 and will consider multi-year funding. 75% of the budget will be allocated to large grants and 25% to small grants (under £25,000).

Please visit our projects page for examples of previously funded projects.

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