About The Edgar E Lawley Foundation

Fifty Years of Philanthropy 1961- 2011

The objectives of The Edgar E Lawley Foundation are for general charitable purposes with particular reference to medicine, to necessitous elderly persons, and to educational purposes with reference to the arts, commerce and industry.

Its area of benefit is undefined within the United Kingdom but traditionally the Foundation has given particular assistance to smaller charities in the West Midlands area. The Foundation will not consider applications for grants from and on behalf of private individuals.

The Foundation maintains a preference for awarding unrestricted grants to smaller charities and not for profit organisations.

The current annual grants programme amounts to approximately £200,000 per annum with a typical grant being in the region of £1,500 per successful applicant.  The next grant programme which will be for 2012/13  for which applications  should be submitted no earlier than 1 August 2012 in respect of a closing date of 31 October 2012. Further details can be found on our ' Grants'  page of the web-site.

Copies of the Foundations Annual Report are available on request from the Administrative Trustee (See contact page) enclosing a large stamped addressed envelope.