Making a difference in the lives of children and young people.
Promoting the public good by encouraging data transparency.
Flexible and lasting funding.
We are proud to advance the work of our grantees through flexible, multi-year grants. Since 2016, we have donated or pledged more than £100 million to charitable causes in the UK.
Who we are
Based in London, The Mohn Westlake Foundation is a Family Foundation founded by Marit Mohn and Stian Westlake. We support charities carrying out vital work at the local and national level, through long-term funding.
Who we fund
- Initiatives committed to enhancing children and young people’s lives through access to education, performing arts and other enrichment activities. We invest in projects that genuinely make a difference in children and young people’s daily lives, or unlock access to new opportunities.
- Organisations promoting ‘data for good’ and encouraging data transparency. This includes supporting access to free and impartial information and advancing the collection and analysis of useful data, which constitute important pillars of a well-functioning society.
Our grant making approach
- We believe multi-year, flexible funding is the most effective way to support our grantees.
- We build strong relationships with our grantees and often support them over multiple grant cycles.
- We take great care in selecting grantees, and those we do select we consider experts in their chosen fields.
- We both solicit funding applications and are open to accepting unsolicited applications, but we can only add a limited number of grantees to our portfolio each year. See here for more details on the foundations funding approach and check your eligibility here before applying.
Funding at a glance
Overall funding committed to date:
£100m
Overall number of organisations funded to date:
41
For a more detailed breakdown of how funding is awarded, visit Our Funding.
