Community & Social Justice Poverty & Inclusion 2025
Rosa Fund

Annual Report and Accounts 2024-2025

Rosa is the only UK-wide funder and sector builder dedicated to organisations led by and for women and girls. In 2024-25, 61 grants worth £900,252 were awarded through the Stand With Us (£537k, 23 grants, VAWG frontline) and Voices from the Frontline (£363k, 38 grants, campaigning) programmes. Over £11.5m has been invested since 2008, impacting 400,000+ women and girls. 642 individual attendances were recorded across 55 hours of free training; 436 people attended the annual conference; and total income was £1.44m.

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Stand With Us grants programme (organisational development for VAWG frontline organisations); Voices from the Frontline grants (campaigning and influencing for women and girls); Rise Fund (organisational development for Black and racially minoritised women and girls organisations); free training and networking; annual conference; sector research and advocacy; ACF VAWG Funder Network co-chair; Thrive Network (donor community) Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (London HQ)

📊Key Metrics

61 grants totalling £900,252 awarded in 2024-25; £537,322 across 23 Stand With Us grants; £362,930 across 38 Voices from the Frontline grants Key Metric 1
£11.5m+ invested in women and girls organisations since 2008; 400,000+ women and girls impacted; £7.50 raised for every £1 invested in organisations using grant for fundraising Key Metric 2
436 attended annual summer conference (up from 390); 642 individual attendances across 34 training and networking sessions (55 hours of content); 98% rated training excellent or very good Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 50% of organisations used Stand With Us grant to attract funding from other sources; £2.1m additional funding raised by grantees; 97% of Rise Fund grantees reported more effective leadership
  • 80% of Rise Fund grantees implemented more effective systems and processes; report 'Underfunded, under resourced and under the radar' featured on BBC Woman's Hour; roundtable with Minister for Safeguarding and VAWG Jess Phillips MP
  • Total income £1.44m; total expenditure £1.67m (net deficit £230k due to timing of grant awarding); 54% of Stand With Us grantees operating in top 10% most disadvantaged areas; 50% of Stand With Us grantees led by and for Black and racially minoritised women; only 1.8% of UK charitable grant funding goes to women and girls organisations

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UK-Wide

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