INTRODUCTION

Like most other Foundations, we receive many more applications than we can possibly fund. On average, only one in four of all appeals within our guidelines is successful. We recognise that preparing good applications places heavy demands on the time and resources of charities, and diverts energies from their ultimate purpose. We therefore have a two-stage application process.
STAGE ONE
Please first read our General Guidelines for All Applicants and then Category Guidelines. Please ensure that you are eligible to apply, and do not appear in the list of exclusions. Then, please send us your latest Annual Report and Audited Accounts, (include financial forecasts or estimates for financial years ended since then), together with a letter - no more than two sides of A4. This should tell us about your charity. Please include:

• What you do, who your beneficiaries are and where you work;

• Examples of your work and illustrate how you match our guidelines;

• An explanation of your need for funding - your turnover, reserves, main sources of income, why you need funds now, and, if you are requesting funds for a particular project, rough costings;

• Contact information of the person leading on your application, including their personal email address and direct telephone number.

All letters are reviewed by the Grants Manager, Director and at least one Trustee who recommend whether your proposal should be taken to the next stage. If not we will tell you at this juncture, rather than ask you to complete a full application.

STAGE TWO
If your proposal is recommended to the next stage, we will send you by email, an application form. You should return this to us within one month. We do not have specific deadlines for applications, as our Trustees meet regularly throughout the year. (The application form is also available on request in printed format, and we ask you to post us a printed version when applying.)

On receipt of your full application, we will organise to come and see you (or meet you) and this will involve staff and/or Trustees. We do this as a matter of policy with all full applicaitons. During or after a visit we may ask for additional information, or clarification of some issues. Your application will then be considered at the next available Board meeting which take place every two months. We will write to you as soon as possible after that with a decision.

CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence should be sent to:

Barbra Mazur
Grants Manager
The John Ellerman Foundation
Aria House
23 Craven Street
London WC2N 5NS
Tel: 020 7930 8566 (general) 020 7451 1471 (direct)
Fax: 020 7839 3654
 Email:barbra@ellerman.org.uk

Please note that we do not reply to circulars. We are always happy to discuss potential applications by telephone, email or meeting. Before calling us, please ensure that you have studied our Guidelines