Hilton funds the central administrative costs of the Foundation, so every net £1 and €1 donated by our generous supporters goes directly to projects helping young people. The Foundation has a rigorous application process which aims to identify the most effective projects helping the most disadvantaged young people. Please see below for our application pack: guidelines, terms and conditions and an application form.

Central Grants - structure and approval process
Completed applications are first assessed by the Foundation office, with a shortlist of approximately 20 of the strongest and regionally representative applications put forward for consideration by the Grants Committee. The Grants Committee comprises independent and Hilton nominated members, and meets quarterly to discuss the applications. There is approximately £100,000 available to distribute each quarter.

Applications from each of our four chosen areas are selected or consideration:

• Disabled children
• Children in hospital
• Homelessness
• Life-limited children

If favoured, grant applications for up to £10,000 can be approved by the Committee, and applications for more than £10,000 are recommended to the Trustees for final approval. There is no limit on the amount of money that a charity can request. However, the Foundation is a small charity and generally will not make awards of over £30,000 (per year). Funding can be requested for up to 2 years for any particular project.

Reapplications are welcome however unsuccessful applicants are asked not to reapply for at least 12 months from the date of their rejection letter.

Deadlines
Due to high demand on our limited grant fund, deadlines have now been introduced. Please ensure your completed application is received both electronically and hard copy by 5.30pm on the date indicated in order to be considered. Applications should be sent by email to [email protected] Eligible applications received after the deadline will be retained for the next funding round. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. All received applications are acknowledged by email, once the hard copy has been received and logged.

Central Grant Application Pack

Sponsored Grants
There is no application process for Sponsored Grants. Hilton team members work with the Foundation to make these grants to local charities and schools that they have identified and nominated. Nominated causes must fall within our giving remits and relationships are maintained locally.

Giveaways
From time to time the Foundation runs local grant giveaways with local newspapers. click here to see our last campaign.

Raffle Prizes and Auction Prizes
In response to huge ongoing demand from charities and good causes, Hilton Hotels hasagreed to donate a limited number of accommodation vouchers for use by charities for raffle or auction prizes at their fundraising events. The Foundation manages this process and to enter the monthly draw to receive a voucher, requests should be made by email to [email protected] Whether successful or unsuccessful, to maintain a fair response we require that organisations leave a gap of three months between each request. Please note that once awarded, these vouchers cannot be transferred, extended or exchanged. Restrictions apply and it is the responsibility of the winning charity to inform their supporters of all conditions prior to the auction/raffle.

The Foundation has an ongoing partnership with Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity, who exists to grant wishes to children with serious and life-limiting illnesses aged between 3 and 18 across the United Kingdom. By providing accommodation to these children and their families whilst on their wishes the Foundation is able to save the charity funds enabling them to undertake even more wishes.