The Foundation carries out their objectives by:
- Financing education in the UK and abroad by making donations to schools’ core costs and assisting the disadvantaged.
- Funding the relief of poverty and those in hardship or distress in the UK and abroad.
- Promoting end developing theatrical, musical and dramatic arts by a variety of means including education, theatre refurbishment/restoration programmes and the support of a broad range of theatre productions for the enjoyment and education of the public at large.
- Funding medical research and the relief of sickness generally.
- Providing donations to environmental projects aimed at the conservation, protection and enhancement of nature in the UK and elsewhere.
- Funding community-based projects where often a relatively small donation can make a big impact to many people both immediately and into the future.
Applications may be made at any time in writing to: The Mackintosh Foundation, 1 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3RB.