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Our 2024/25 Impact Report is live!

Summed up in one sentence: In one of the toughest periods the sector has faced, the small charities we back continue to make remarkable progress despite immense pressures.

The proof is in their numbers:

• 81% average achievement against transformational stretch targets.
• 5.4x income growth over 10 years (vs. 83% decline in comparable charities).

This year, we distributed £1.73 million across 50 grants to exceptional small charities working on mental health and wellbeing, social equity and inclusion, youth opportunity, and environment and sustainability.

2024/25 also saw us step up our ambition for nationwide impact:

• We made our mission bolder. The Fore is creating a society that solves its own problems.
• New goal: Getting exceptional grassroots solutions to nationwide impact in 5 years.
• Strengthened core grants: Increased maximum unrestricted funding by 50% to £45,000, reflecting economic realities and matching the ambition of the leaders we back.
• Ramped up our efforts to challenge the funding status quo: We launched our free Philanthropy Insights training, our Brace for Impact podcast, and expanded our Funders Collective to encourage more catalytic philanthropy and help philanthropists and their advisors see how they can create change.

Read The Fore’s Impact Report 2024/25 to see how together, we can create a society that solves its own problems.