# Pears Foundation extends Pennies support

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/18/pears-foundation-extends-pennies-support/
- Published: 2016-07-18T09:20:37+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**[Pears Foundation](http://www.pearsfoundation.org.uk/) has announced that it is
to support [Pennies](http://pennies.org.uk/) for a further two years. bringing its
support for the digital charity box to over five years and a total of £700,000 in
grants.**

The independent family grant-maker invests £15-20 million of private money every
year into good causes that are chosen through its own research and networks, and
has worked with over 250 partner organisations to date.

Alison Hutchinson CBE, chief executive of Pennies said:

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> “We are growing the micro-donation movement to benefit many UK charities by encouraging
> new givers and new giving. It is therefore vital for us to secure core funding
> and are hugely appreciative of the sustained financial support from grants such
> as this.”

Pennies has raised more than £6.5m for charities in the last five years, supporting
more than 100 charities and receiving more than 28m donations via over 50 participating
retailers. Charities interested in fundraising using Pennies can find more information
on the [charities page of the Pennies site](http://pennies.org.uk/charities/).

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