The John Lewis Partnership Foundation supports UK charities and social-purpose projects that improve employability, work readiness, and skills, with a strong emphasis on practical, capacity-building support rather than open-ended grantmaking. Its distinctive model includes the Employability Fund for employability-related interventions and the Golden Jubilee Trust, which places John Lewis Partners into charities on secondment to help deliver a time-bound project with lasting impact. This suggests a funder especially interested in strengthening third-sector organizations and helping people move into work.
Primarily UK-focused, invite-only support through specific programs; gives targeted employability grants and in-kind capacity-building via employee secondments rather than broad open application funding.
This appears to be an invite-only funder with program-specific support, so nonprofits should align proposals tightly to employability or capacity-building outcomes in the UK. For the Golden Jubilee Trust, be prepared to show how a secondment would deliver a clear, time-bound project with lasting organizational benefit.
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Current and upcoming funding from John Lewis Partnership Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: UK Registered charities can host a Partner secondment if the role has a clearly defined purpose and ongoing benefit.
Deadline: Two annual windows: Spring and Autumn; Spring 2026 closed, Autumn 2026 not yet open.
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