The Pink Ribbon Foundation Grants

Overview

The Pink Ribbon Foundation’s mission is to help breast cancer charities help their clients recover from their cancer and then live longer, healthier, happier lives. Through its grant making the Pink Ribbon Foundation funds practical projects and initiatives, which aim to help registered charities to deliver good physical and mental health to individuals with, and recovering from breast cancer.

Who can apply in 2026

Any charity working in the field of breast cancer can apply for a grant across the UK.

• Registered charity
• Social enterprise
• Community Interest Company
• For profit organisation delivering a charitable project

Applications from general cancer charities must demonstrate that the grants requested will be applied to benefit those affected by breast cancer. Where applications relate to general services, details must be given of how many (and what proportion) of the total number benefiting from the charity’s work are affected by breast cancer.

They will consider funding delivery for projects that are already up and running. These can also be pilot programmes that are being rolled out to reach a new or much wider audience or projects that take a new approach in tackling a specific challenge.

Partnership bids welcome with one clearly identified lead organisation submitting on behalf of the partnership and act as the main contact. See FAQs for further details.

The Pink Ribbon Foundation understands that new and emerging organisations may not have the documentation and record of established organisations. If this is the case, they will advise you on what further information will be required to support relevant and appropriate due diligence.

If your organisation is part of or affiliated to a national organisation, body or network, you can apply but they encourage you to contact your national office or HQ to find out whether there are plans to submit an application on behalf of the national network before you make a start on an application for funding

Funding Levels & Notes

The Foundation will consider all grant applications to the value of £6,000. 

• All applications should be properly costed and in your application. They strongly advise applicants to apply for the level of funding the project or project specifics require, rather than the maximum level of funding available. 
  • Applications for just the sum of £6,000 will be considered as poor. 
• Should you apply for a figure above £6,000.00 it may be granted at the discretion of the Foundation.
• In reviewing applications, they consider a number of criteria, including the scope and impact of a project and the size of the organisation applying. 
• They expect projects that receive funding to be delivered within 12 to 18 months.
• The Pink Ribbon Foundation funds projects and initiatives that make a direct impact on individuals with breast cancer in the UK. Your application should relate to a specific project, not 'business as usual' or core costs. 
  • Note - they have ‘helped out’ with core costs should the need be vital to the continuity of an organisation. 
  • Recognising that there will be an element of core costs incurred in delivering a project, the Pink Ribbon Foundation will accept that successful grant recipients may allow 15% of the total amount of grant funding awarded as a contribution towards core costs. This part of the grant if asked for is therefore unrestricted funding for successful applicants to use however they wish.

The Pink Ribbon Foundation will only accept one application per organisation for each year.