Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe grants
Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe funds Academic Jewish Studies, Jewish heritage and culture, and Jewish communal life across Europe, awarding over £5.5m to organisations.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe funds projects across Europe supporting Academic Jewish Studies, Jewish heritage and culture, and Jewish communal life. One condition applies to everything it funds: any Foundation-funded project must ensure the material catalogued, conserved, preserved or digitised is freely accessible to the public. Its main rounds are staged, and smaller grants are available year round for preliminary work. At the point recorded here, first-stage applications were closed and its Paths to Leadership single-stage round was open. Second-stage and single-stage applications were due by Thursday 24 September, 2026, which you should confirm before you rely on it. The register places the charity in England and Wales while listing beneficiary countries across Europe, Israel and the United States.
What they fund
The register records arts, culture, heritage and science, education and training, and environment, conservation and heritage. The funder's own guidance is more specific: Academic Jewish Studies, Jewish heritage and culture, and Jewish communal life.
Who and where
The register lists the charity itself as operating throughout England and Wales, with beneficiary countries across Europe as well as Israel and the United States. The funder describes funding projects across Europe.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
What they say they're looking for
“A fundamental principle of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe's mission is to increase access to European Jewish heritage and culture.”
Source: rothschildfoundation.eu — Open Access Policy - Rothschild →
“EUROPEAN JEWISH HERITAGE AND JEWISH COMMUNAL LIFE”
Source: rothschildfoundation.eu — Grants - Rothschild →
Who they say they'll fund
“We fund projects across Europe which support the fields of Academic Jewish Studies, Jewish heritage and culture and Jewish communal life.”
Source: rothschildfoundation.eu — Grants - Rothschild →
“Any Foundation-funded project must ensure the material catalogued, conserved, preserved, or digitised is freely accessible to the public.”
Source: rothschildfoundation.eu — Open Access Policy - Rothschild →
Deadlines they mention
“Second-stage and single-stage applications due by Thursday 24 September, 2026”
Source: rothschildfoundation.eu — Grants - Rothschild →
How they say to apply
“FIRST-STAGE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. Paths to Leadership (single-stage) is open.”
Source: rothschildfoundation.eu — Grants - Rothschild →
“Smaller grants are available year round for preliminary work.”
Source: rothschildfoundation.eu — Grants - Rothschild →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
To advance any charitable purpose and to benefit any charity as the trustees in their discretion think fit, primarily, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, by the provision of grants and loans for such charitable purposes or charities which are for the charitable benefit of the jewish community…
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
How much does Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe give?
It does not publish a grant range in the material we hold. In its most recent published accounts it recorded £5,534,383 in grants to organisations and £432,767 in grants to individuals. Smaller grants are available year round for preliminary work, but it does not put a figure on them, and there is no typical (median) award published.
What does it fund?
Projects across Europe supporting Academic Jewish Studies, Jewish heritage and culture, and Jewish communal life. The Charity Commission register also records arts, culture, heritage and science, education and training, and environment, conservation and heritage.
Who can apply?
The register records that it makes grants to organisations, and lists other charities and voluntary bodies, and people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, among its beneficiaries. Its governing objects describe charitable benefit to the Jewish community in Israel or elsewhere in the world.
Is there anything I would have to agree to?
Yes. Any Foundation-funded project must ensure that the material catalogued, conserved, preserved or digitised is freely accessible to the public. Its open access policy describes increasing access to European Jewish heritage and culture as a fundamental principle of its mission.
How do I apply?
It runs staged rounds. Its grants page stated that first-stage applications were closed and that its Paths to Leadership single-stage round was open, with second-stage and single-stage applications due by Thursday 24 September, 2026. Dates and rounds change, so check the funder's own website (www.rothschildfoundation.eu) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1083262) for the current position, as processes can change.
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