Support St Paul's

The St Paul’s Cathedral Foundation was established in 2000 as a separate registered charity (1082711) and company (4040667) first and foremost to raise £40 million for the 300th anniversary campaign under the patronage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. 

This was successfully achieved in 2008 and enabled the stonework of the entire building to be cleaned inside and out, new sound and lighting systems, new disabled access facilities, cleaning of mosaics, creation of an education centre, a new set of liturgical vestments, organ restoration and the redevelopment of the South Churchyard and garden area, and more besides.

The Cathedral Foundation has since developed into the principal fundraising arm of St Paul’s on behalf of the Dean and Chapter and actively seeks funds for two major capital projects:

· The renovation of the Chapter House, the engine room of the cathedral, a detached and now forlorn building originally designed by Wren which needs full renovation to designs already approved by the City Corporation
· New exhibitions in the upper Triforium levels and the restoration of the fabric and contents of Wren’s Library, as part of our overall Interpretation project. This programme began with Oculus: an eye into St Paul's, a permanent film experience in the crypt: Oculus was funded principally by The Garfield Weston Trust for St Paul’s Cathedral, City of London Endowment Trust (COLET), AIG (now Chartis) and American Express through the World Monuments Fund.

It further fundraises for work related to the cathedral’s core mission and outreach including:

· Music, including chorister music
· Educational work with schools and families

Please for further information and help us with these projects. Note that the St Paul’s Cathedral School Foundation (the choristers charity) and the Friends of St Paul’s both work with and are supported by the Foundation.

You can help by contributing to the Triforium and Library Interpretation project, the Chapter House project, music and chorister music, or other aspects of St Paul’s Cathedral by a gift now or through a gift in your Will. We also have a number of Corporate Partners, trusts and foundations and City Livery Companies who support our work.

You can also support us through the St Paul’s Cathedral Trust in America, a 501 (c) 3.

The St Paul’s Cathedral Foundation was formed for a range of purposes:

· The maintenance, restoration, repair and conservation of, and the undertaking of works to, the fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral
· To further the theological and adult educational work of the cathedral
· To promote the development of the musical educational work of the cathedral, the maintenance of the organ and other instruments in the cathedral, and the musical training of the choirs and musicians of the cathedral and of the choristers at the St Paul’s Cathedral School
· To promote the work and mission of the cathedral as a diocesan, national and international institution.