Joe Frankland is CEO at PRS Foundation, the UK’s leading independent charitable funder of new music and talent development.
Widely respected as an inclusive, collaborative and proactive funding body, PRS Foundation supports an exceptional range of new music activity through direct grants to music creators and through support for pioneering organisations, including venues, festivals, promoters and other talent development organisations.
Five out of the last six Mercury Prize winners have received PRS Foundation support at crucial career moments and the charity has supported BRITS, Mercury, Ivors Composer Award, AIM and RPS Award-winners.
PRS Foundation co-founded global gender equality initiative, Keychange and launched the POWER UP initiative which tackles anti-Black racism in music.