# The Api Education Project

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218226 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218226)
- What it funds: Education / training
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Nepal, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Syria
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/api-education-project

The Api Education Project advances the education of young people in the humanities and the arts, in the UK and internationally, by removing financial barriers that prevent talented students from continuing their studies, We do this by:- Providing grants and scholarships to individuals- Working through vetted partner organisations- Supporting educational opportunity in the humanities and arts

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time in particular but not limited to the advancement of education of young people in the humanities and the arts, for the public benefit anywhere in the world, by making grants and awards to educational institutions and charities to fund students in full time education.

## What it funds

The Api Education Project is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training for children / young people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales, Nepal, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Syria.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Api Education Project in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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