Grant funders

Nesta

Private foundation, England

Also known as National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

United Kingdom

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Given in 2024 £11.4m
Typical grant £100k Middle half £40k to £100k
New grantees in 2024 72% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

72% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder 21% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

London 502 grants · typical £50k
North West 89 grants · typical £45k
Wales 85 grants · typical £30k
South East 78 grants · typical £38k
South West 76 grants · typical £38k
Scotland 73 grants · typical £30k
East of England 61 grants · typical £28k
West Midlands 53 grants · typical £30k

Top local authority areas

Westminster 73 grants · typical £50k
Camden 72 grants · typical £72k
Islington 59 grants · typical £50k
Hackney 57 grants · typical £50k
City of London 44 grants · typical £70k
Lambeth 40 grants · typical £50k
Southwark 37 grants · typical £50k
Tower Hamlets 35 grants · typical £70k
City of Edinburgh 34 grants · typical £50k
Cardiff 30 grants · typical £19k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Sysmex Astrego Sweden AC01715 £8.0m 10 Jun 2024
Playful Anywhere CIC AC01714 £35k 21 May 2024
University of warwick AC01692 £100k 16 May 2024
Evophase LTD AC01691 £100k 13 May 2024
Ukcric AC01693 £100k 12 May 2024
Open climate fix limited AC01694 £100k 1 May 2024
Transhumanity LTD AC01690 £100k 29 Apr 2024
HR wallingford limited AC01689 £100k 26 Apr 2024
Polaron LTD AC01687 £100k 16 Apr 2024
CC informatics LTD AC01684 £100k 11 Apr 2024

Data: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales register of charities, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0); © Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0, on condition of no direct marketing); Contains grants data published by UK grantmakers via 360Giving GrantNav. Each award names its publisher and licence. (CC BY 4.0, OGL v3.0 or CC0 1.0, as published by each funder (CC BY-SA data excluded)); Nesta, via 360Giving GrantNav