About our grant programmes

£1,138,500 pledged towards 75 grants

Summary

In 2024/25 our open grant programmes received 984 initial grant applications, which represents a 78% increase from the previous year. 80% of applications were for Active Lives and 20% were for the Positive Futures. Of these applications, 52 were ineligible, 11 decided to withdraw, and 921 went on to be considered for a grant.

75 grants were awarded, which represents a success rate of 7%, significantly down from last year’s rate of 17%.

Grants were awarded for the following purposes:

• capital funding 3%
• project funding 77%
• core funding 20%.

PHF awards a total grant which applicants can choose to use over a 1, 2 or 3 year period. 72% of grants were for 1 year, with 20% opting to spread the grant over 2 years and 8% opting for a 3 year grant.

Grantmaking budget

Active Lives £757,354

Positive Futures £378,677

You can download a breakdown of the grantmaking data for 2024/25 here

£1,170,839 pledged towards 92 grants

Summary

In 2023/24 our open grant programmes received 553 initial grant applications, which represents a 27% increase from the previous year. 73% of applications were for Active Lives and 27% were for the Positive Futures. Of these applications, 31 were ineligible, 7 decided to withdraw, and 515 went on to be considered for a grant.

92 grants were awarded, which represents a success rate of 18%, slightly down from last year’s rate of 21%.

Grants were awarded for the following purposes:

• capital funding 7%
• project funding 74%
• core funding 19%.

PHF awards a total grant which applicants can choose to use over a 1, 2 or 3 year period. 70% of grants were for 1 year, with 18% opting to spread the grant over 2 years and 12% opting for a 3 year grant.

Grantmaking budget

Active Lives £727,934

Positive Futures £363,967

Active Lives grants

Success rate:

• Small grants 11%
• Major grants 12%

Average grant:

• Small grants £3,367
• Major grants £16,337

Positive Futures grants

Success rate:

• Small grants 21%
• Major grants 17%

Average grant:

• Small grants £3,663
• Major grants £18,526

You can download a detailed breakdown of the grantmaking data for 2023/24 here

£1,203,835 pledged towards 83 grants

Summary

Applications received

In 2022/23 our open grant programmes received 404 initial grant applications, which represents an 8% decrease from the previous year.  73% of applications were for Active Lives and 27% were for the Positive Futures.

Grants awarded

83 grants were awarded, which represents an overall success rate of 21%, slightly up from last year’s rate of 19%.

Duration of grants

PHF awards a total grant which applicants can choose to use over a 1, 2 or 3 year period. The majority of grants were for 1 year (76%), with a small number of grantees opting to spread the grant over multiple years – 2 years (13%) and 3 years (11%).

Active Lives grants

Success rate:

• Small grants 30%
• Major grants 18%

Average grant:

• Small grants £3,758
• Major grants £19,657

Positive Futures grants

Success rate:

• Small grants 30%
• Major grants 20%

Average grant:

• Small grants £4,013
• Major grants £19,659

£1,262,836 million pledged towards 83 grants

Summary

Applications received

In 2021/22 our open grant programmes received 438 initial grant applications.  67% of applications were for Active Lives and 33% were for Positive Futures.

Grants awarded

83 grants were awarded, which represents a success rate of 19%.

Duration of grants

PHF awards a total grant which applicants can choose to use over a 1, 2 or 3 year period. The majority of grants were for 1 year (87%), with a small amount opting to spread the grant over multiple years – 2 years (6%) and 3 years (7%).

Active Lives grants

Success rate: 18%

Average grant: £15,858

Positive Futures

Success rate: 23%

Average grant: £13,880