Statistics
Amount awarded in 2009
The total invested by the Foundation through grants and commissioned work in 2009 was £11.6 million. The Trustees awarded £10.9 million in grants through their four main programmes, and a further £183,000 in grants for policy and training work and under the Exceptional category. £143,131 was awarded through the staff matched giving scheme.
All grants and commissions are listed under the relevant programme/activity area in the previous section.
2009 main grants by region and per capita
Per capita, in 2009, the Foundation spent £3.54 per head averaged across the whole region (2008: £3.12). The long-term trend of the majority of grants being made to groups in Tyne and Wear continued (the area has over a third of our region’s population).
| Region | Approved amount (£'000) |
Number of awards |
|---|---|---|
| Cumbria | 1,247 | 19 |
| Durham | 1,343 | 18 |
| Northumberland | 741 | 12 |
| Tees Valley | 1,795 | 27 |
| Tyne & Wear | 4,507 | 62 |
| North East and Cumbria area-wide |
1,263 | 27 |
| Grand Total | 10,896 | 165 |
Overview
- 185 grant applications were successful and over £11 million was awarded.
- 103 grants were made for a term of three years, 26 for two years and 56 for one year or under.
- 52% of the grant sum awarded was for core costs and 43% for project costs.
- 75% of the number of grants made were to organisations which had previously held a Foundation grant.
- The Foundation dealt with 457 completed grant applications during the year.
- 62% of eligible applications were successful.
- The Foundation rejected 115 eligible applications and 157 applications were ineligible for funding or were withdrawn by the applicant.
- By the end of December 2009 the Foundation was managing new or ongoing grants totalling £36 million.