Our year in numbers
We received 1,231 applications requesting a total of £67 million and made 1,219 final decisions of which 63% were approvals.
Covid Response Fund
Total number of grants 433
Total value of grants £12.5m
Covid Response Fund
Total number of grants 433
Total value of grants £12.5m
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Main developments
Our grant-making this yearIn the emerging crisis, we focussed our efforts on being more responsive: speed was important – getting money out to where it was needed, but so too was our ongoing communication with the organisations and people we fund, to understand the changing impact of the pandemic on the communities they work with. We offered flexibility and simplified our requirements, enabling funding to be repurposed and timelines shifted.
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What we funded
An overview of the grants madeOur open funds in the UK, and the grants awarded through our Covid Response Fund, are closely aligned with the priorities in our strategy.
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We’re not interested in endings simply for the sake of endings. We’re interested in endings because we believe that a good ending creates conditions for what comes next and for brighter beginnings.
Stewarding Loss
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Looking forward
Looking to the futurePHF is firmly committed to seizing the opportunities of our new ways of working, and not falling back into old habits. Both staff and trustees reflected on this during the review process.
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