John Ellerman Foundation
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £360,000 | 58% | 5 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £265,000 | 42% | 5 |
| General charitable purposes | £150,000 | 24% | 2 |
| Education and training | 4 | ||
| Preventing or relieving poverty | 2 | ||
| Economic and community development, and employment | 2 | ||
| Health and saving lives | 1 | ||
| Disability | 1 | ||
| Animals | 1 | ||
| Recreation | 1 | ||
| Other charitable purposes | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2026 | £150,000 |
| 2025 | £90,000 |
| 2023 | £265,000 |
| 2021 | £120,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 10
- Grants on 360Giving
- 12
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £95,631
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £150,000
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 3 of 10
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff6
- Powys3
- Flintshire1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- Over £5 million3
- £100,000 to £500,0003
- £1 million to £5 million2
- £500,000 to £1 million2
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
John Ellerman Foundation is a general grantmaking trust distributing over ?4 million each year. The Foundation aims to support national charities working in the following three categories: Arts, Environment and Welfare.
- Status
- Registered on 29 November 1971
- Income in its latest year
- £3,431,000, year ending 31 March 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Interest Research Centre Limited | £150,000 | 360Giving | 2026 |
| Music Theatre Wales | £90,000 | 360Giving | 2013, 2025 |
| Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Limited | £115,000 | 360Giving | 2023, 2024 |
| Theatr Clwyd Trust Ltd | £150,000 | 360Giving | 2023 |
| Welsh National Opera Limited | £120,000 | 360Giving | 2021 |
| National Museum of Wales | Not recorded | 2016, 2019 | |
| Wales Environment Link | Not recorded | 2018 | |
| Tempo Time Credits Limited | Not recorded | 2017 | |
| Hijinx Theatre | Not recorded | 2015 | |
| Social Farms and Gardens |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.