THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 1009195 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£28.5m

Grants listed (FY2025)

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

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST “In 2017, Solid produced a research report in partnership with the Institute of Fundraising and Pears Foundation on senio”
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLUBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE “Pears Foundation has been a transformative partner for UK Youth, driving both emergency relief and long-term resilience ”
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM “If I had to pick one partnership that is most emblematic of our Foundation’s identity and values it would be the Pears S”

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

Education/training (41 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (16 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (16 grantees)
Disability (16 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (13 grantees)
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (10 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (9 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (7 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (6 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (5 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (38 grantees)
Scotland (28 grantees)
Northern Ireland (24 grantees)
Throughout England (8 grantees)
Ireland (5 grantees)
Throughout London (5 grantees)
Kenya (5 grantees)
Isle Of Man (4 grantees)
Nigeria (4 grantees)
Jersey (4 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Eden Project Campaigns	FY2025	£3.0m	for their flagship initiative, the Big Lunch.
UK Youth	FY2025	£2.0m	to 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 Cross	FY2025	£1.4m	for a three-year strategic partnership to champion International Humanitarian Law and principles across policy, civil society and education.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem	FY2025	£1.1m	Pears Scholars and alumni
BBC Children in Need	FY2025	£1.1m	for a new funder collaboration to tackle child poverty in the UK.
Trussell	FY2025	£900k	Financial Inclusion: from Provision to Prevention
Home-Start UK	FY2025	£750k	to support local Home-Starts to adapt and strengthen their volunteer model.
The Family Fund	FY2025	£690k	for direct grants to disabled and severely ill people aged 18-24.
University College London	FY2025	£600k	Core funding for the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
Association of Colleges	FY2025	£539k	Youth Social Action Apprenticeship Programme: Phase Three
Carers Trust	FY2025	£500k	for their grants fund to support unpaid carers.
Nura Global Innovation Lab (formerly the Pears Program for Global Innovation)	FY2025	£360k	Core funding
the Whittington Health Charity	FY2025	£350k	for 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 Search	FY2025	£330k	Core funding
Contact a Family	FY2025	£300k	Core funding
Leeds Community Foundation	FY2025	£300k	Pears Youth Fund
Turn2us	FY2025	£300k	for their Response Fund.
StreetGames UK	FY2025	£300k	Fit and Fed
The Pennies Foundation	FY2025	£300k	Core funding
Sense	FY2025	£300k	Children’s Multi-Sensory Impairment Team
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award	FY2025	£250k	Core funding
The Linking Network	FY2025	£250k	Core funding
NALA Foundation	FY2025	£240k	Core funding
Carers Trust	FY2025	£230k	Core funding
The National Holocaust Museum	FY2025	£220k	Core funding
First Give	FY2025	£220k	Core funding
Marie Curie	FY2025	£220k	Hospice Care at Home service
Center for International Experiential Learning	FY2025	£208k	Core funding
Jewish Care	FY2025	£205k	Core funding
School-Home Support	FY2025	£200k	Core funding
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award	FY2025	£194k	to support the development of youth volunteering in NHS Trusts
Public First	FY2025	£190k	to act as the secretariat and delivery body for a new Commission into Countering Online Conspiracy in Schools.
the UCL Institute of Education	FY2025	£168k	to develop and roll out their existing training on responding to online conspiracies.
Association of Ambulance Chief Executives	FY2025	£116k	to support youth volunteering in the ambulance service
the UCL Policy Lab	FY2025	£75k	for 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 Research	FY2025	£51k	to establish a new ICS Youth Engagement Learning Network
a new funding collaborative designed to address crime and violence in Arab society in Israel	FY2025	£50k
Imperial College London	FY2024	£5.0m	Funding to establish the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine
UK Youth	FY2024	£2.0m	UK Youth Fund (Grants for Cost-of-Living Crisis) Extension
British Council - Israel Office	FY2024	£1.5m	BIRAX (Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem	FY2024	£1.0m	Healthy Ageing Pears Scholars and alumni initiative
Carers Trust	FY2024	£500k	Direct grants for carers
University College London	FY2024	£500k	Core funding for the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
Ambitious about Autism	FY2024	£400k	Employ Autism: Developing a sustainable model
Bradford District Community Foundation	FY2024	£370k	GiveBradford and UK City of Culture 2025
The Place2Be	FY2024	£300k	Core funding
Disabled Children's Partnership	FY2024	£300k	Learning Hub at Disabled Children's Partnership
Turn2us	FY2024	£300k	Turn2us Response Fund direct grants
Beanstalk, Creative Therapies and Migrant Children's Programme	FY2024	£275k	Core funding
Coram	FY2024	£265k	Core funding
Society for International Development - Israel	FY2024	£257k	Core funding
The Linking Network	FY2024	£250k	Rosetrees Pears Chair in Bioinformatics
Chabad Lubawitsch Berlin	FY2024	£250k	Core funding
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award	FY2024	£250k	Schools Linking in partnership with DLUHC
Maudsley Charity	FY2024	£250k	Speech, Language and Communication Alliance
Speech and Language UK	FY2024	£250k	Higher Education Scholarships for Palestinians (HESPAL) in the UK
British Council Occupied Palestinian Territories Office	FY2024	£250k	Senior EAL post to support refugees
The Harris Federation	FY2024	£225k	Senior EAL post to support refugees
Star Academies	FY2024	£225k	Star Community Hubs
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum	FY2024	£220k	Core funding
Marie Curie	FY2024	£220k	Marie Curie Community Nursing Service
JDC Pears Fellows	FY2024	£208k	Extension of post-doctoral research fellowship at the Centre for Collective Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
First Give	FY2024	£204k	Core funding
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee	FY2024	£200k	Core funding
University College London	FY2024	£200k	Core funding
Bridging Insights	FY2024	£190k	Core funding
Sightsavers	FY2024	£180k	Treating and preventing Trachoma in Zimbabwe
Jewish Care	FY2024	£165k	Core funding
Norwood	FY2024	£165k	Core funding
Solutions Not Sides	FY2024	£160k	Core funding
Core funding	FY2024	£150k	Core funding
Sense	FY2024	£150k	Capital grant: Sense Belfast Hub
Sense	FY2024	£150k	Core funding
Commission on Countering Online Conspiracy in Schools	FY2024	£150k	Commission on Countering Online Conspiracy in Schools
Learning by Giving: Student Philanthropy Module	FY2024	£150k	Learning by Giving: Student Philanthropy Module
Faith in Leadership	FY2024	£139k	Core funding
Chartered College of Teaching	FY2024	£130k	Core funding
UK Grantmaking Platform	FY2024	£128k	Core funding
Public First	FY2024	£115k	Core funding
360Giving	FY2024	£110k	Core funding
University of Kent	FY2024	£110k	Core funding
Holocaust Centre North	FY2024	£110k	Core funding
Young Citizens	FY2024	£110k	Primary Years Programme
JW3	FY2024	£110k	Core funding
Carers UK	FY2024	£110k	Core funding
One Small Thing	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
Antisemitism Policy Trust	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
The British Red Cross	FY2024	£100k	Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory Appeal
United Jewish Israel Appeal	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
Tevel b'Tzedek	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
UK Jewish Film Ltd	FY2024	£100k	Pears Short Film Fund
International Award for Young People Israel	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
Yachad	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
Maslaha	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
Quaker Social Action	FY2024	£100k	Core funding
Hope into Action UK	FY2024	£90k	Core funding
Office of the Chief Rabbi	FY2024	£85k	Social Responsibility work
Horatio's Garden	FY2024	£80k	Capital funding for Horatio's Garden Sheffield
Bridging Insights	FY2024	£80k	Emergency grant
The Edmond de Rothschild Partnerships	FY2024	£80k	Diversity Unit at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Collective Impact Initiative	FY2024	£80k	Core funding
Council of Christians and Jews	FY2024	£80k	Core funding
Hebrew University of Jerusalem	FY2024	£80k	Diversity Unit and Shared Society
Mitzvah Day UK	FY2024	£80k	Core funding
Future First	FY2024	£80k	Core funding
Atlantic College	FY2024	£75k	Scholarship
Integrated Education Fund	FY2024	£74k	The Trust Programme 2024 and core funding
Abraham Initiatives	FY2024	£65k	Core funding
The Orpheus Centre	FY2024	£60k	Core funding
Kiln Theatre Limited	FY2024	£60k	Minding the Gap project
The Literacy Pirates	FY2024	£60k	Core funding
Why Philanthropy Matters	FY2024	£58k	Core funding
Round Up Israel	FY2024	£55k	Core funding
aChord- Social Psychology for Social Change	FY2024	£52k	Emergency grant
The Woodland Trust	FY2024	£50k	Youth Re-Imagined 2023-24
Union of Jewish Students	FY2024	£50k	Emergency fund
ACEVO	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
AJEEC-NISPED	FY2024	£50k	Emergency fund
Beit Halochem UK	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
British Red Cross	FY2024	£50k	Sudan Response
Eden Project Campaigns Ltd	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
The Fed	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
International Alert	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
Keshet UK	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
Kisharon Langdon	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
The Linking Network	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
London School of Jewish Studies	FY2024	£50k	Funding towards teacher training
New Israel Fund UK	FY2024	£50k	Crisis Appeal
Rene Cassin	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
University College London	FY2022	£1.1m	for a joint research project investigating the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging in English schools
University College London	FY2022	£1.1m	Research into the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum	FY2022	£1.0m	Site redevelopment
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum	FY2022	£1.0m	redevelopment 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
Contact a Family	FY2022	£500k	for onward granting to groups in their rare conditions network.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem	FY2022	£425k	Pears Centre - additional grant
Chabad, Berlin	FY2022	£425k	additional funding for the Pears Centre
Chabad Berlin	FY2022	£400k	Employ Autism
University of Oxford	FY2022	£399k	for a joint research project investigating the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging in English schools
University of Oxford	FY2022	£399k	Research into the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging
Carer’s Trust	FY2022	£350k	for direct grants for Carers.
Carers Trust	FY2022	£350k	Direct grants for Carers renewal
Mencap	FY2022	£300k	To 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.
Disabled Children's Partnership	FY2022	£300k	Learning Hub at Disabled Children's Partnership renewal
The Woodland Trust	FY2022	£300k	Youth reimagined – expanding volunteering opportunities
The Place2Be	FY2022	£300k	Core Funding renewal
The Woodland Trust	FY2022	£300k	Pears iwill Fund: Youth Re-imagined at the Woodland Trust
Mencap	FY2022	£300k	Pears DCMS Volunteering Futures Fund
Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research	FY2022	£288k	Pears Program for Global Innovation renewal
Sense	FY2022	£273k	To expand their ‘Virtual Buddying’ pilot, to bring people with and without disabilities together to build more resilient communities through the power of volunteering.
Sense	FY2022	£273k	Loughborough Hub
Society for International Development - Israel	FY2022	£263k	Core funding renewal
The Linking Network	FY2022	£250k	Core funding renewal
Coram	FY2022	£250k	Core funding renewal
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village	FY2022	£250k	Core funding renewal
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award	FY2022	£250k	Core funding renewal
UK Youth	FY2022	£240k	DCMS Community Match Challenge grant
UK Youth	FY2022	£240k	Additional funding to be passed through to grassroots youth organisations adversely affected by the pandemic.
Coram Beanstalk	FY2022	£230k	To build new volunteer networks in three geographic areas of unmet need with high levels of deprivation.
Coram	FY2022	£230k	Pears DCMS Volunteering Futures Fund
University College London	FY2022	£225k	UCL Institute of Advanced Studies: Interpreting Perpetrator Voices project
UNICEF	FY2022	£200k	Give the World a Shot Vaccinaid campaign
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum	FY2022	£200k	Core funding renewal
New Israel Fund UK	FY2022	£200k	Core funding renewal
UNICEF UK	FY2022	£200k	match funding donation to the Give the World a Shot Vaccinaid campaign.
Marie Curie	FY2022	£200k	Marie Curie Community Nursing Service renewal
First Give	FY2022	£200k	Core funding renewal
Home-Start UK	FY2022	£180k	To build and develop their platforms, systems and processes to increase volunteer opportunities and assist with volunteer recruitment, retention and training.
Home-Start UK	FY2022	£180k	Pears DCMS Volunteering Futures Fund
Antisemitism Policy Trust	FY2022	£175k	Core funding renewal
Young Citizens	FY2022	£160k	Go Givers Programme renewal
Sense	FY2022	£150k	Loughborough Hub
The University of Sussex	FY2022	£150k	funding to establish the Sussex Kindness Research Centre within the School of Psychology.
Full Fact	FY2022	£150k	unrestricted funding.
Contact a Family	FY2022	£150k	Supporting families with disabled children through two networks: rare conditions support groups and parent carer forums.
Sense	FY2022	£150k	for renovation and expansion of services at Sense College, Loughborough
Contact a Family	FY2022	£150k	DCMS Community Match Challenge grant
Faith in Leadership	FY2022	£150k	Core funding renewal
Full Fact	FY2022	£150k	Core funding
Jewish Care	FY2022	£150k	Core funding renewal
Norwood	FY2022	£150k	Core funding renewal
University of Sussex	FY2022	£150k	Funding to establish the Sussex Kindness Research Centre
OLAM	FY2022	£145k	Core funding renewal
American JDC	FY2022	£142k	JDC Entwine Pears Fellows and UK staff member renewal
Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation	FY2022	£137k	Young Volunteers Programme
Home-Start UK	FY2022	£125k	Grants to HSUK's network of 134 local HomeStarts across England, focusing on those in areas of high deprivation.
International Award for Young People - Israel	FY2022	£125k	Core funding renewal
Home-Start UK	FY2022	£125k	DCMS Community Match Challenge grant
StreetGames UK	FY2022	£121k	Fit and Fed, 3 regional clusters renewal
StreetGames UK	FY2022	£120k	for a new Sustainability Lead staff post for Fit and Fed.
StreetGames UK	FY2022	£120k	Staff post: Fit and Fed Sustainability Lead
Solutions Not Sides	FY2022	£120k	Core funding renewal
Chartered College of Teaching	FY2022	£120k	Core funding renewal
UCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education	FY2022	£120k	Public engagement and outreach renewal
The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation	FY2022	£105k	Core funding renewal
Family Fund	FY2022	£100k	for ‘Your Opportunity’ direct grants to disabled or seriously ill young people aged 18-24.
Maudsley Charity	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
Samaritans	FY2022	£100k	Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People - additional grant
School-Home Support	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
UK Jewish Film Ltd	FY2022	£100k	Pears Short Film Fund renewal
United Jewish Israel Appeal	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
Young Minds	FY2022	£100k	Parents' Helpline
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
Antisemitism Policy Trust	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
Carers UK	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
Center for Countering Digital Hate	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
Eden Project Campaigns Ltd	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
Family Fund	FY2022	£100k	Core funding renewal
JW3	FY2022	£100k	The Big Jubilee Lunch 2022
Maslaha	FY2022	£100k	Additional direct grants for disabled or severely ill young people aged 18-24
Maudsley Charity	FY2022	£100k	additional funding for the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People
National Autistic Society	FY2022	£90k	for a new Mental Health Policy Officer staff post.
I CAN	FY2022	£80k	unrestricted funding.
Big Brothers Big Sisters UK	FY2022	£80k	To grow youth mentoring programmes to another two local authority areas.
Center for International Experiential Leadership	FY2022	£80k	unrestricted funding.
Horatio’s Garden	FY2022	£75k	towards a new garden at the Spinal Cord Injuries Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award	FY2022	£56k	Category Increasing Access to the DofE Education in further education
Samaritans	FY2022	£55k	Grants to local branches adversely impacted by the pandemic.
The Royal Society of the Arts	FY2022	£49k	RSA4 investigation into youth social action
The Literacy Pirates	FY2022	£40k	To invest in their digital infrastructure to grow the number of volunteers in response to increased demand.
Northamptonshire Health Charity Fund	FY2022	£35k	Youth 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.