Grant programmes
Our Active Lives and Positive Futures grant programmes are currently closed to applications. You can find out more here.
If you are looking for a small grant and are based in Surrey you may be able to apply to the Peter Harrison Foundation Community Fund which is managed by the Community Foundation for Surrey. Find out more here
Find out how to apply here
We cannot give a timescale at this point. We first need to manage the backlog of applications and then take time to review our funding strategy and make decisions about how the Foundation will operate in the future. We will announce any changes to this status on our website and through our communications channels.
We do not accept applications for these grants. The Trustees use these funds to support projects that are of particular interest to them, and which fall outside our open grant programmes.
How to apply
If you need to access an application form that you have already submitted you can use this portal. Please note this is read only, and you cannot make changes to your form once it has been submitted.
All applications submitted by the 1 April 2025 deadline are currently being assessed. You will be notified of the outcome of your application by 31 July 2025.
We are a very small team and it is not feasible for us to give individual feedback to all applicants.
The main reason for not funding projects is that we receive many more applications than we can support. You can find out more about our grantmaking, including the number of applications, number of grants awarded and grant funds available, on each of the grant programme pages.
We regret that we have to turn down many good proposals, even though they may meet our criteria. You can find more information about how we prioritise applications on the grant programme pages.
We will notify you of the outcome of your application within four months of the application deadline. You can see our application deadlines and decision dates below:
| Application deadline | Decision |
| 1 January | 30 April |
| 1 April | 31 July |
| 1 July | 31 October |
| 1 October | 31 January |
If you are applying for a major grant, you may be invited to submit additional information. Please note, this is by request only, and PHF will contact you by email to provide details of how to log back into the application portal.
Grant awards
Yes, you can download the PHF logo and our brand guidelines on the Publicising our grant page. Please ensure you read the guidelines carefully before using the logo.
You can see our standard terms and conditions here. Some grants will have additional conditions applied and these will be detailed in your grant offer letter.
The majority of grants are paid as soon as we receive your signed grant offer letter. Some grants will have extra conditions attached, for example planning permission approval for capital projects, or a minimum amount of match funding secured from other funders. These will be detailed in your grant offer letter, and funds will be released upon written confirmation that all conditions have been met.
All payments are made by bank transfer, and we use the Confirmation of Payee service to verify the identity of recipients.
Your grant offer letter needs to be signed by two of your trustees or senior members of staff and then returned to us within 2 months to accept your grant offer. You will be asked to log into the application portal and upload your signed grant offer letter and your organisation’s bank details. Once these are received, we will process your grant payment.
You will be sent an email notification of your grant award, followed by a grant offer letter (also by email). This grant offer letter needs to be signed by two of your trustees or senior members of staff and returned to us within 2 months.
Grant reports
You can find full details on what information is required for progress reports and final reports on our Information for grantees page.
Yes. We will send you an email with a link to the form when your report is due. If you would like to submit your report earlier you can find the forms on the Submit your grant report page.
You will need to submit a brief report at the end of each year of your grant, and you will be sent an email reminder including a link directly to the grant report form. You will then have two months to submit your report. We can be flexible about reporting dates, so if this doesn’t fit with your project timescales then please get in touch to discuss a more appropriate schedule.
You can find out more on the Information for grantees page.