We’re only able to support children and families thanks to the generosity of our supporters and funders – from trusts and corporate partners to marathon runners and cake bakers. Read below to find out where our income comes from and which individuals, companies and organisations have made especially significant contributions to our work.
Our charity income
The majority of our income comes from charitable trusts and foundations—such as UBS Optimus Foundation, St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation and Medicor Foundation, and corporate donors—such as RELX and Clifford Chance.
We also rely on the vital support of generous individuals who either donate directly or raise money for us through fundraising activities and events.
Our grant partners and funders.
In particular, we’d like to thank the following funders who provide significant support to our work. Because of their support, the lives of some of the most vulnerable children and families in the world are changing for the better.
Medicor Foundation
Medicor Foundation has been a significant partner since 2009, supporting our work in Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Bosnia. Together we've progressed national care reform, built the resilience of families and closed orphanage doors for good, reaching the point where in the whole of Bulgaria there are only now 3 left to close. In Moldova, we are working to build the capacity of foster care for children with disabilities, to demonstrate two best practice social service models and to get children from the one remaining orphanage in Northern Moldova back to family.
The Seneca Trust
The Seneca Trust is a key partner of Hope and Homes for Children in Rwanda and Romania and has been supporting our work since 2019. Their support is focused on closing institutions for children and adults with disabilities and developing alternative community-based services to support them. Their support in Bistrita County, Romania enabled the county to become institution-free, while in Rwanda, an exciting new community hub is being developed in Musanze District following the closure of an institution for people with disabilities in June 2025.
Oak Foundation
Oak Foundation have supported our work in Bulgaria, Romania and India. Our current partnership with Oak Foundation in India aims to accerlerate care reform in Jharkhand state, and build on the legacy of Oak Foundation's support to Hope and Homes for Children and our partner Children In Need Institute (CINI). Together we’ve supported 3,000+ children with a one stop shop of wholistic support in child friendly community owned centres. Children can access community run health, nutrition and educational support, so they can stay together with their loving families, avoiding the harm of orphanages
People’s Postcode Lottery
The People’s Postcode Lottery is a significant funding partner, supporting our work since 2016. Currently vital funding from players is enabling us to accelerate global advocacy efforts building consensus on the harm of institutionalisation and the urgent need for care reform, supporting us develop locally driven scalable solutions for systemic care reform in Nepal, and upholding the human right of every child to grow up in a family by transforming child protection systems in Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. Invaluable flexible funding also allows us to invest strategically into our efforts to
World Childhood Foundation
Childhood Foundation are currently partnering with Hope and Homes for Children in Ukraine. Thanks to their support we have significantly progressed care reform for children in Dnipropetrovsk region. We've developed, tested and scaled a family assistant service to support struggling families, supported foster families and provided targeted support to families to prevent family separation. Our ambition is to take these initiatives to scale in other regions and ensure they're a blueprint for alternative care and family strengthening in Ukraine.
The European Union
We've received a number of grants from The European Union in recent years. The European Union is currently co-funding our work in Ukraine (in partnership with Save the Children) and in Rwanda. In Ukraine funding from the European Union is addressing immediate needs of at-risk children and families as well as contributing to long-term, systemic change. In Rwanda, funding from the European Union is strengthening disability inclusive child protection and care for marginalised children.
UBS Optimus Foundation
UBS Optimus Foundation is a valued long term strategic funding partner for many years, supporting our work in South Africa, Rwanda, Ukraine and Nepal as well as our global advocacy. Together, we have built the evidence for child protection reform in South Africa scaling it to the tipping point of national coverage and, significantly advanced reform in Rwanda, closing orphanages, supporting families stay together and crucially ensuring children with disabilities are not left behind in Rwanda’s phenomenal trajectory towards being institution free. UBS OF stepped in from the moment of the full sc
UK Aid Match
We received two successive UK Aid Match grants (2015–2021). The first significantly advanced our work to end institutional care in Rwanda, contributing to an 80% reduction in the number of children in institutions. It also enabled regional partners to strengthen and promote community-based child protection. The second reached 135,255 children in Rwanda and Uganda, including those with disabilities, by showing how local services support families, prevent separation, and provide quality alternative care. In 2025, we secured a third grant to drive care reform across Africa.
Significant contributions to our work
In addition, we’d like to thank the following supporters who made especially significant contributions to our work.
The Family
The Family is a small group of courageous people, clear in their view that together, we can consign orphanages to history and give every child the chance to grow up in a loving family. Joining The Family is a three-year commitment to funding our core programme and our dedicated team -from our staff working directly with and for children, to those influencing national and global policy decisions and building a movement for change.
