Once you have submitted your application form to the foundation, as a general rule, you should allow up to 6 months, for a decision to be made for Merseyside applications. JMF operates a two stage process and you will hear from us within three months to inform you about an outcome of the first stage, if appropriate, you will then be visited by a member of our staff. You are welcome to phone or e-mail us anytime and ask for an update.
Trustees will continue to review the Foundation’s grant making policy at regular intervals.
No grants are made to individuals, nor are grants made for capital building projects or for work that clearly falls under statutory responsibility. Please see What We Do Not Fund for a complete list of our exclusions.
The size of grant varies, but we prefer to give smaller grants to a larger number of projects. Small schemes are preferred because capacity and ambition are likely to be better matched and people are more likely to be stimulated to further effort.
Applications may be refused where we feel that the organisation concerned is already well funded or has large reserves.
Those that are:
NOTE: Unsolicited applications that fall outside our policy criteria are not considered
Merseyside grant making statistics 2024/25
During the year 2024/25, the Foundation received 218 applications of which 129 were from Merseyside and 88 from Northern Ireland.
In 2024/25, in Merseyside, John Moores Foundation awarded grants to 60% of the organisations that applied for funding. In total, these organisations requested £2,998,723 and John Moores Foundation awarded £825,773 (27.5%) of this via one, two and three year grants.
Approximately 39% of grants given in Merseyside were for £5,000 or less with an average of £6,726.