THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£28.5m
Grants listed (FY2025)
37
Listed grants total
£18.5m
Accounts grants total
£27.6m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 34 of 37 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (92%), and 31 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 910.

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (42 grantees)
  • Scotland (32 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (24 grantees)
  • Throughout England (10 grantees)
  • Throughout London (7 grantees)
  • Ireland (5 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (5 grantees)
  • Kenya (5 grantees)
  • Nigeria (4 grantees)
  • Jersey (4 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newEden Project Campaigns—£3.0m
newBBC CHILDREN IN NEED—£1.1m
newTrussell—£900k
newHOME-START UK—£750k
newFamily Fund Trust—£690k
newAssociation of Colleges—£539k
newNura Global Innovation Lab (formerly the Pears Program for Global Innovation)—£360k
newTHE WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS—£350k
upTHE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY£100k£1.4m
upSense£150k£300k
upPublic First£115k£190k
not listedImperial College London£5.0m—
not listedBritish Council - Israel Office£1.5m—
not listedAMBITIOUS ABOUT AUTISM£400k—
not listedBRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£370k—
not listedPLACE2BE£300k—
not listedDisabled Children's Partnership£300k—
not listedBeanstalk, Creative Therapies and Migrant Children's Programme£275k—
not listedCoram£265k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Eden Project CampaignsFY2025£3.0mfor their flagship initiative, the Big Lunch.
UK YouthFY2025£2.0mto extend the UK Youth Fund launched in 2023-4, bringing the Foundation’s commitment to a total of £9 million to date.
the British Red CrossFY2025£1.4mfor a three-year strategic partnership to champion International Humanitarian Law and principles across policy, civil society and education.
Hebrew University of JerusalemFY2025£1.1mPears Scholars and alumni
BBC Children in NeedFY2025£1.1mfor a new funder collaboration to tackle child poverty in the UK.
TrussellFY2025£900kFinancial Inclusion: from Provision to Prevention
Home-Start UKFY2025£750kto support local Home-Starts to adapt and strengthen their volunteer model.
The Family FundFY2025£690kfor direct grants to disabled and severely ill people aged 18-24.
University College LondonFY2025£600kCore funding for the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
Association of CollegesFY2025£539kYouth Social Action Apprenticeship Programme: Phase Three
Carers TrustFY2025£500kfor their grants fund to support unpaid carers.
Nura Global Innovation Lab (formerly the Pears Program for Global Innovation)FY2025£360kCore funding
the Whittington Health CharityFY2025£350kfor a courtyard sanctuary garden at the Whittington Hospital in North London to create much-needed outdoor space for patients with complex needs, including dementia.
DFN Project SearchFY2025£330kCore funding
Contact a FamilyFY2025£300kCore funding
Leeds Community FoundationFY2025£300kPears Youth Fund
Turn2usFY2025£300kfor their Response Fund.
StreetGames UKFY2025£300kFit and Fed
The Pennies FoundationFY2025£300kCore funding
SenseFY2025£300kChildren’s Multi-Sensory Impairment Team
The Duke of Edinburgh's AwardFY2025£250kCore funding
The Linking NetworkFY2025£250kCore funding
NALA FoundationFY2025£240kCore funding
Carers TrustFY2025£230kCore funding
The National Holocaust MuseumFY2025£220kCore funding
First GiveFY2025£220kCore funding
Marie CurieFY2025£220kHospice Care at Home service
Center for International Experiential LearningFY2025£208kCore funding
Jewish CareFY2025£205kCore funding
School-Home SupportFY2025£200kCore funding
Duke of Edinburgh’s AwardFY2025£194kto support the development of youth volunteering in NHS Trusts
Public FirstFY2025£190kto act as the secretariat and delivery body for a new Commission into Countering Online Conspiracy in Schools.
the UCL Institute of EducationFY2025£168kto develop and roll out their existing training on responding to online conspiracies.
Association of Ambulance Chief ExecutivesFY2025£116kto support youth volunteering in the ambulance service
the UCL Policy LabFY2025£75kfor This Place Matters, a research and policy collaboration with More in Common UK and Citizens UK to reimagine community cohesion in Britain.
Institute for Voluntary Action ResearchFY2025£51kto establish a new ICS Youth Engagement Learning Network
a new funding collaborative designed to address crime and violence in Arab society in IsraelFY2025£50k
Imperial College LondonFY2024£5.0mFunding to establish the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine
UK YouthFY2024£2.0mUK Youth Fund (Grants for Cost-of-Living Crisis) Extension
British Council - Israel OfficeFY2024£1.5mBIRAX (Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership)
Hebrew University of JerusalemFY2024£1.0mHealthy Ageing Pears Scholars and alumni initiative
Carers TrustFY2024£500kDirect grants for carers
University College LondonFY2024£500kCore funding for the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
Ambitious about AutismFY2024£400kEmploy Autism: Developing a sustainable model
Bradford District Community FoundationFY2024£370kGiveBradford and UK City of Culture 2025
Turn2usFY2024£300kTurn2us Response Fund direct grants
The Place2BeFY2024£300kCore funding
Disabled Children's PartnershipFY2024£300kLearning Hub at Disabled Children's Partnership
Beanstalk, Creative Therapies and Migrant Children's ProgrammeFY2024£275kCore funding
CoramFY2024£265kCore funding
Society for International Development - IsraelFY2024£257kCore funding
Chabad Lubawitsch BerlinFY2024£250kCore funding
British Council Occupied Palestinian Territories OfficeFY2024£250kSenior EAL post to support refugees
The Linking NetworkFY2024£250kRosetrees Pears Chair in Bioinformatics
Maudsley CharityFY2024£250kSpeech, Language and Communication Alliance
Speech and Language UKFY2024£250kHigher Education Scholarships for Palestinians (HESPAL) in the UK
The Duke of Edinburgh's AwardFY2024£250kSchools Linking in partnership with DLUHC
The Harris FederationFY2024£225kSenior EAL post to support refugees
Star AcademiesFY2024£225kStar Community Hubs
The National Holocaust Centre and MuseumFY2024£220kCore funding
Marie CurieFY2024£220kMarie Curie Community Nursing Service
JDC Pears FellowsFY2024£208kExtension of post-doctoral research fellowship at the Centre for Collective Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
First GiveFY2024£204kCore funding
American Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeFY2024£200kCore funding
University College LondonFY2024£200kCore funding
Bridging InsightsFY2024£190kCore funding
SightsaversFY2024£180kTreating and preventing Trachoma in Zimbabwe
Jewish CareFY2024£165kCore funding
NorwoodFY2024£165kCore funding
Solutions Not SidesFY2024£160kCore funding
Core fundingFY2024£150kCore funding
SenseFY2024£150kCapital grant: Sense Belfast Hub
SenseFY2024£150kCore funding
Commission on Countering Online Conspiracy in SchoolsFY2024£150kCommission on Countering Online Conspiracy in Schools
Learning by Giving: Student Philanthropy ModuleFY2024£150kLearning by Giving: Student Philanthropy Module
Faith in LeadershipFY2024£139kCore funding
Chartered College of TeachingFY2024£130kCore funding
UK Grantmaking PlatformFY2024£128kCore funding
Public FirstFY2024£115kCore funding
Young CitizensFY2024£110kPrimary Years Programme
Carers UKFY2024£110kCore funding
JW3FY2024£110kCore funding
University of KentFY2024£110kCore funding
Holocaust Centre NorthFY2024£110kCore funding
360GivingFY2024£110kCore funding
Quaker Social ActionFY2024£100kCore funding
Antisemitism Policy TrustFY2024£100kCore funding
The British Red CrossFY2024£100kIsrael and Occupied Palestinian Territory Appeal
United Jewish Israel AppealFY2024£100kCore funding
Tevel b'TzedekFY2024£100kCore funding
UK Jewish Film LtdFY2024£100kPears Short Film Fund
International Award for Young People IsraelFY2024£100kCore funding
YachadFY2024£100kCore funding
MaslahaFY2024£100kCore funding
One Small ThingFY2024£100kCore funding
Hope into Action UKFY2024£90kCore funding
Office of the Chief RabbiFY2024£85kSocial Responsibility work
Horatio's GardenFY2024£80kCapital funding for Horatio's Garden Sheffield
Bridging InsightsFY2024£80kEmergency grant
The Edmond de Rothschild PartnershipsFY2024£80kDiversity Unit at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Future FirstFY2024£80kCore funding
Mitzvah Day UKFY2024£80kCore funding
Collective Impact InitiativeFY2024£80kCore funding
Council of Christians and JewsFY2024£80kCore funding
Hebrew University of JerusalemFY2024£80kDiversity Unit and Shared Society
Atlantic CollegeFY2024£75kScholarship
Integrated Education FundFY2024£74kThe Trust Programme 2024 and core funding
Abraham InitiativesFY2024£65kCore funding
The Orpheus CentreFY2024£60kCore funding
Kiln Theatre LimitedFY2024£60kMinding the Gap project
The Literacy PiratesFY2024£60kCore funding
Why Philanthropy MattersFY2024£58kCore funding
Round Up IsraelFY2024£55kCore funding
aChord- Social Psychology for Social ChangeFY2024£52kEmergency grant
Kisharon LangdonFY2024£50kCore funding
The Linking NetworkFY2024£50kCore funding
London School of Jewish StudiesFY2024£50kFunding towards teacher training
New Israel Fund UKFY2024£50kCrisis Appeal
Rene CassinFY2024£50kCore funding
The Woodland TrustFY2024£50kYouth Re-Imagined 2023-24
Union of Jewish StudentsFY2024£50kEmergency fund
ACEVOFY2024£50kCore funding
AJEEC-NISPEDFY2024£50kEmergency fund
Beit Halochem UKFY2024£50kCore funding
British Red CrossFY2024£50kSudan Response
Eden Project Campaigns LtdFY2024£50kCore funding
The FedFY2024£50kCore funding
International AlertFY2024£50kCore funding
Keshet UKFY2024£50kCore funding
UK YouthFY2023£5.0mUK Youth Fund
Hebrew University of JerusalemFY2023£1.0mPears Scholars Initiative
Home-Start UKFY2023£1.0m'Breathing Space' fund for HSUK's network
SamaritansFY2023£1.0mCapacity building to support sustainability of branch network
Family FundFY2023£690kDirect grants for disabled and severely ill people aged 18-24
Association of CollegesFY2023£566kYouth Social Action Apprenticeship Programme: Phase Two
Carers TrustFY2023£500kDirect grants for carers
CoramFY2023£500kCoram Institute - Story Studio Cafe
University College LondonFY2023£500kFunding for the Centre for Holocaust Education
Kaye Academic College of EducationFY2023£457kAdditional classrooms for the Pears Art Center
Jerusalem Institute for Policy ResearchFY2023£326kPears Programme for Global Innovation
Anna FreudFY2023£300kCore Funding
DFN Project SearchFY2023£300kCore Funding
Leeds Community FoundationFY2023£300kPears Youth Fund 2023-25
SenseFY2023£300kChildren’s Multi-Sensory Impairment Team
The Linking NetworkFY2023£275kSchools Linking in partnership with DfE and DLUHC
Society for International Development - IsraelFY2023£274kCore Funding
StreetGames UKFY2023£262kFit and Fed
University College LondonFY2023£253kUCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education: Public engagement and outreach
The Duke of Edinburgh's AwardFY2023£250kCore Funding
NALA LtdFY2023£240kCore Funding
Carers TrustFY2023£220kCore Funding
Contact a FamilyFY2023£220kCore Funding
First GiveFY2023£220kCore Funding
AJDCFY2023£210kJDC Pears Fellows and UK Staff Member
The National Holocaust Centre and MuseumFY2023£200kCore Funding
MencapFY2023£200kFamily support early intervention in Newham
School-Home SupportFY2023£200kCore Funding
Marie CurieFY2023£200kMarie Curie Community Nursing Service
Center for Countering Digital HateFY2023£200kCore Funding
OLAMFY2023£195kCore Funding
AJDCFY2023£189kJDC Entwine Pears Fellows and UK staff member
Center for International Experiential LearningFY2023£166kCore Funding
Jewish CareFY2023£165kCore Funding
Rene CassinFY2023£150kStop Uyghur Genocide Campaign
NorwoodFY2023£150kCore Funding
Bridging InsightsFY2023£150kCore Funding
Bradford Literature FestivalFY2023£150kBradford Literature Festival 2023-25
Hand in HandFY2023£150kCore Funding
AJEEC-NISPEDFY2023£150kCore Funding
Turn2UsFY2023£150kTurn2us Response Fund direct grants
Institute for Jewish Policy ResearchFY2023£150kCore Funding
Young CitizensFY2023£130kPrimary Years Programme
Access Social CareFY2023£110kCore Funding
Child Poverty Action GroupFY2023£110kCore Funding
UJIAFY2023£100kCore Funding
Holocaust Centre NorthFY2023£100kCore Funding
AJWSFY2023£100kCore Funding
SightsaversFY2023£100kTreating and preventing Trachoma in Ethiopia
Cranfield TrustFY2023£100kCore Funding
Tevel b'TzedekFY2023£100kCore Funding
Institute for Voluntary Action ResearchFY2023£100kCore Funding
JW3FY2023£100kCore Funding
Antisemitism Policy TrustFY2023£100kCore Funding
Antisemitism Policy TrustFY2023£100kCore Funding
The Felix ProjectFY2023£100kCore Funding
Autism InitiativesFY2023£90kCore funding for Autism Alliance
The MixFY2023£90kCore Funding
Crisis ActionFY2023£80kCore Funding
MerchavimFY2023£80kCore Funding
Independent Provider of Special Education AdviceFY2023£80kCore Funding
Antisemitism Policy TrustFY2023£75kCore Funding
YMCA George Williams CollegeFY2023£75kYouth Infrastructure Collaboration: Building a Healthy Data Ecosystem for the Youth Sector
Beit Halochem UKFY2023£60kFunding for Veteran Games 2023
360GivingFY2023£60kCore Funding
CarefreespaceFY2023£60kCore Funding
International AlertFY2023£57kResearch project
Why Philanthropy MattersFY2023£55kCore Funding
Eden Project Campaigns LtdFY2023£55kCore Funding
The Wiener LibraryFY2023£21kHolocaust
University College LondonFY2022£1.1mResearch into the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging
University College LondonFY2022£1.1mfor a joint research project investigating the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging in English schools
The National Holocaust Centre and MuseumFY2022£1.0mredevelopment of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum including an overall upgrade of the site and facilities and a redesign of The Journey, the primary schools exhibition
The National Holocaust Centre and MuseumFY2022£1.0mSite redevelopment
Contact a FamilyFY2022£500kfor onward granting to groups in their rare conditions network.
Chabad, BerlinFY2022£425kadditional funding for the Pears Centre
Hebrew University of JerusalemFY2022£425kPears Centre - additional grant
Chabad BerlinFY2022£400kEmploy Autism
University of OxfordFY2022£399kResearch into the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging
University of OxfordFY2022£399kfor a joint research project investigating the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging in English schools
Carer’s TrustFY2022£350kfor direct grants for Carers.
Carers TrustFY2022£350kDirect grants for Carers renewal
The Woodland TrustFY2022£300kYouth reimagined – expanding volunteering opportunities
MencapFY2022£300kPears DCMS Volunteering Futures Fund
Disabled Children's PartnershipFY2022£300kLearning Hub at Disabled Children's Partnership renewal
The Woodland TrustFY2022£300kPears iwill Fund: Youth Re-imagined at the Woodland Trust
MencapFY2022£300kTo co-produce programmes in three geographic areas to support people with a learning disability to be connected and included in the place they live through volunteering.
The Place2BeFY2022£300kCore Funding renewal
Jerusalem Institute for Policy ResearchFY2022£288kPears Program for Global Innovation renewal
SenseFY2022£273kTo expand their ‘Virtual Buddying’ pilot, to bring people with and without disabilities together to build more resilient communities through the power of volunteering.
SenseFY2022£273kLoughborough Hub
Society for International Development - IsraelFY2022£263kCore funding renewal
CoramFY2022£250kCore funding renewal
The Linking NetworkFY2022£250kCore funding renewal
The Duke of Edinburgh's AwardFY2022£250kCore funding renewal
Agahozo-Shalom Youth VillageFY2022£250kCore funding renewal
UK YouthFY2022£240kDCMS Community Match Challenge grant
UK YouthFY2022£240kAdditional funding to be passed through to grassroots youth organisations adversely affected by the pandemic.
CoramFY2022£230kPears DCMS Volunteering Futures Fund
Coram BeanstalkFY2022£230kTo build new volunteer networks in three geographic areas of unmet need with high levels of deprivation.
University College LondonFY2022£225kUCL Institute of Advanced Studies: Interpreting Perpetrator Voices project
UNICEFFY2022£200kGive the World a Shot Vaccinaid campaign
The National Holocaust Centre and MuseumFY2022£200kCore funding renewal
New Israel Fund UKFY2022£200kCore funding renewal
Marie CurieFY2022£200kMarie Curie Community Nursing Service renewal
First GiveFY2022£200kCore funding renewal
UNICEF UKFY2022£200kmatch funding donation to the Give the World a Shot Vaccinaid campaign.
Home-Start UKFY2022£180kPears DCMS Volunteering Futures Fund
Home-Start UKFY2022£180kTo build and develop their platforms, systems and processes to increase volunteer opportunities and assist with volunteer recruitment, retention and training.
Antisemitism Policy TrustFY2022£175kCore funding renewal
Young CitizensFY2022£160kGo Givers Programme renewal
Full FactFY2022£150kunrestricted funding.
University of SussexFY2022£150kFunding to establish the Sussex Kindness Research Centre
SenseFY2022£150kLoughborough Hub
NorwoodFY2022£150kCore funding renewal
Jewish CareFY2022£150kCore funding renewal
Full FactFY2022£150kCore funding
Faith in LeadershipFY2022£150kCore funding renewal
Contact a FamilyFY2022£150kDCMS Community Match Challenge grant
SenseFY2022£150kfor renovation and expansion of services at Sense College, Loughborough
Contact a FamilyFY2022£150kSupporting families with disabled children through two networks: rare conditions support groups and parent carer forums.
The University of SussexFY2022£150kfunding to establish the Sussex Kindness Research Centre within the School of Psychology.
OLAMFY2022£145kCore funding renewal
American JDCFY2022£142kJDC Entwine Pears Fellows and UK staff member renewal
Edinburgh and Lothians Health FoundationFY2022£137kYoung Volunteers Programme
Home-Start UKFY2022£125kDCMS Community Match Challenge grant
Home-Start UKFY2022£125kGrants to HSUK's network of 134 local HomeStarts across England, focusing on those in areas of high deprivation.
International Award for Young People - IsraelFY2022£125kCore funding renewal
StreetGames UKFY2022£121kFit and Fed, 3 regional clusters renewal
Solutions Not SidesFY2022£120kCore funding renewal
StreetGames UKFY2022£120kStaff post: Fit and Fed Sustainability Lead
UCL Centre for Research in Autism and EducationFY2022£120kPublic engagement and outreach renewal
Chartered College of TeachingFY2022£120kCore funding renewal
StreetGames UKFY2022£120kfor a new Sustainability Lead staff post for Fit and Fed.
The International Centre for the Study of RadicalisationFY2022£105kCore funding renewal
SamaritansFY2022£100kPears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People - additional grant
Maudsley CharityFY2022£100kadditional funding for the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People
MaslahaFY2022£100kAdditional direct grants for disabled or severely ill young people aged 18-24
JW3FY2022£100kThe Big Jubilee Lunch 2022
Family FundFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
United Jewish Israel AppealFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
Eden Project Campaigns LtdFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
Center for Countering Digital HateFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
Carers UKFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
Antisemitism Policy TrustFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
The Bureau of Investigative JournalismFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
Young MindsFY2022£100kParents' Helpline
Family FundFY2022£100kfor ‘Your Opportunity’ direct grants to disabled or seriously ill young people aged 18-24.
UK Jewish Film LtdFY2022£100kPears Short Film Fund renewal
School-Home SupportFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
Maudsley CharityFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
National Autistic SocietyFY2022£90kfor a new Mental Health Policy Officer staff post.
Big Brothers Big Sisters UKFY2022£80kTo grow youth mentoring programmes to another two local authority areas.
I CANFY2022£80kunrestricted funding.
Center for International Experiential LeadershipFY2022£80kunrestricted funding.
Horatio’s GardenFY2022£75ktowards a new garden at the Spinal Cord Injuries Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast
The Duke of Edinburgh’s AwardFY2022£56kCategory Increasing Access to the DofE Education in further education
SamaritansFY2022£55kGrants to local branches adversely impacted by the pandemic.
The Royal Society of the ArtsFY2022£49kRSA4 investigation into youth social action
The Literacy PiratesFY2022£40kTo invest in their digital infrastructure to grow the number of volunteers in response to increased demand.
Northamptonshire Health Charity FundFY2022£35kYouth volunteering co-ordinator

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 18512785 vs reference 27551694 (32.8% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.