Fund Information

Introductionintro

• The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, in the 2005 Policy Address, announced the setting up of Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged (the PFD) to promote tripartite partnership among the welfare sector, the business community and the Government to help the disadvantaged. Since 2005, the Government has injected a total of $1.2 billion. Apart from a commitment of around $800 million for the “Regular Portion (RP)” of the PFD to help the disadvantaged, a total of around $400 million has been earmarked as “Dedicated Portion (DP)” under the PFD. Since its launching in 2015, the DP has encouraged the business sector to work with non-governmental welfare organisations (welfare NGOs) and schools to implement more after-school learning and support programmes for primary and secondary students from grassroots families to facilitate their whole-person development.
• Under the PFD, the Government provides matching grants having regard to the donations made by business organisations to support applicant organisations in running social welfare projects.    

Eligibilityeligibility

• Bona-fide charitable welfare NGOs having tax-exempted status under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112) may apply for the matching grants from the PFD.
• Priority consideration will be given to applications which are :
  • in pursuit of 4"E"s, namely Enhancement of quality of life, Employment / Skill development, Empowerment and Exclusion prevention;
  • with output and outcome evaluation;
  • with promising sustainability and strategic partnerships with the business corporations;
  • with elements of early intervention and preventive measures targeting a social problem; and
  • demonstrative of the initiatives of the applicant welfare NGO in rendering appropriate services to meet the changing needs of the target groups and expand their social partnership.

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