Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls

What Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls does

Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls is a London-based registered charity (Charity No. 1124856) and company limited by guarantee founded in 2008, operating as the first and only UK-wide grant-maker dedicated exclusively to investing in women-led organisations. It distributes restricted and unrestricted grants through several discrete programmes: Stand With Us (up to £28,000 for organisations addressing male violence against women and girls), Voices from the Frontline (up to £10,000 over 18 months for campaigning and advocacy), Rise Fund (up to £40,000 over two years for Black and racially minoritised-led organisations), the Justice and Equality Fund (delivered with TIME'S UP UK), the Woman to Woman Fund (financed from Tampon Tax revenue), and Covid-19 emergency response funds. In 2024-25, Rosa distributed over £900,000 across 61 grants with an average size of £14,758.

Beyond grant-making, Rosa operates a sector-strengthening platform consisting of free training (55 hours delivered to 100+ organisations in 2024-25), an annual Summer Conference (500+ attendees in 2026 across two days including 200+ at a dedicated training day), and research/publications that document impact and lobby statutory funders. Revenue is sourced entirely from charitable donations and grants, with named corporate partners including Cummins, Chanel, Kering, and Zoom Cares, and major institutional funders including Esmee Fairbairn and Comic Relief. The organisation is governed by a Board of Trustees and led by CEO Rebecca Gill, with a headcount of 27 and is implementing a 2025-2028 three-year strategy.

Name

Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls

Legal name

Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls

Website

https://rosauk.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rosa is a London-based UK grant-making charity, founded in 2008 and the first UK-wide funder dedicated exclusively to women-led organisations, distributing restricted grants, training, and sector convening to women's and girls' charities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Grantmaking and Philanthropic Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN), Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB)

Keywords

• Women's grantmaking foundation
• Charitable grant programmes
• Capacity building training
• Fundraising for nonprofits
• Women's sector funding

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Rosa raises every penny it distributes in grants through donations from individuals, corporate partners, and institutional funders. The organisation conducts ongoing fundraising activities including events, campaigns, and partnership development with donors and philanthropists who believe in the power of grassroots women's organisations.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate partners including Cummins, Chanel, Kering, Zoom Cares, and others provide funding and support for Rosa's grant-making programmes and events such as the annual Summer Conference.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Rosa is a UK charitable foundation that raises money from individuals, companies, and other funders and redistributes it as grants to grassroots women's and girls' organisations across the UK. Alongside grant-making, it provides training, networking, and advocacy support to strengthen the women's sector, and convenes an annual conference for the women's and girls' sector.

Product overview

Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls is a charitable grant-making organisation that operates multiple funding programmes rather than a unified software product. Its core offerings include the Stand With Us Fund (up to £28,000 grants for VAWG organisations), Voices from the Frontline (up to £10,000 for campaigning and advocacy), and Rise Fund (up to £40,000 for Black and racially minoritised-led organisations). Additional programmes include the Justice and Equality Fund (in partnership with TIME'S UP UK), Woman to Woman Fund (from Tampon Tax revenue), and Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund. Rosa also provides training and capacity building services, hosts annual conferences, and publishes impact reports documenting the women and girls sector's achievements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rise Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• £4 raised per £1 invested (Stand With Us first round)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Reclaim These StreetsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerReclaim These Streets raised over £500,000 in the wake of Sarah Everard's murder by a serving Metropolitan Police Officer. This funding established the Stand With Us fund in 2021. Rosa worked with an Advisory Group including Rosa Trustees, VAWG experts, and Reclaim These Streets representatives to develop the grant-making approach.
• ImkaancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRosa partnered with Imkaan, a Black feminist organisation, to deliver the Emergency Response Fund for BME Women's Organisations during Covid-19. Imkaan coined the term 'dual pandemics' to describe the relationship between Covid-19 and violence against women and girls. They provided expertise on addressing the complex discrimination faced by women of colour.
• TIME'S UP UKflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRosa collaborated with TIME'S UP UK to launch the Justice and Equality Fund in 2018 in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The fund was created to provide year-long and multi-year grants to organisations working to dismantle the culture of sexual harassment and abuse, with opportunities for grantees to network, learn and grow.
• 360GivingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRosa works with 360Giving to share information about grants made, supporting more effective charitable giving. Rosa's awarded grants since 2013 are available using the 360Giving Data Standard, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
• Association of Charitable FoundationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRosa co-chairs the ACF Violence Against Women and Girls Issue-Based Network, where funders share learning and practice about ending male violence against women and girls.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Comic Relief: Major UK grantmaking charity that distributes tens of millions annually to social causes including women's rights. Broad incumbent in the UK grantmaking space with overlapping funder relationships (a major Rosa institutional partner) and complementary women's sector programming.
• Lloyds Bank Foundation: Major UK charity funder supporting small and medium-sized charities with multi-year grants and capacity building. Directly comparable to Rosa in the small-charity grantmaking segment, having participated in Rosa's 'Meet the Funders' sessions and serving overlapping beneficiaries.
• National Lottery Community Fund: UK's largest community grantmaking body distributing hundreds of millions annually. Comparable as a large-scale UK institutional funder with women's and girls' programming that has participated in Rosa's funder convening events.
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: One of the UK's largest independent foundations, granting over £50M annually across social, cultural, and environmental causes. Comparable to Rosa as a major UK institutional funder actively supporting the women's and girls' sector with similar long-term strategy horizons.

Direct peers

• Mama Cash: Netherlands-based international women's fund that grants to feminist organisations worldwide, including many led by and for women and girls of colour. Directly comparable to Rosa as a gender-lens grantmaking foundation with focus on supporting women's rights movements.
• Global Fund for Women: One of the world's leading grantmaking foundations specifically dedicated to women's rights and gender equality, distributing funds to grassroots organisations globally. Directly comparable to Rosa as a women's-focused grantmaker with similar catalytic capital deployment model and emphasis on movement building.
• Imkaan: UK-based Black feminist organisation focused on ending violence against Black women and girls, partnering with Rosa on the Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund for BME Women's Organisations. Comparable to Rosa's Rise Fund focus on Black and racially minoritised-led organisations.
• Women's Resource Centre: UK-based support organisation for women's organisations providing capacity building, training, and advocacy. Directly comparable to Rosa in the UK women's sector infrastructure space, addressing similar gaps in organisational development support for women's NGOs.

Regional players

• Big Give: UK-based match-funding platform that runs the Women & Girls Match Fund, partnering with Rosa on collaborative funding initiatives. Comparable as a UK-based intermediary that channels philanthropic capital to women's and girls' charities through a similar pooled/amplified funding model.

Emerging players

• FRIDA - The Young Feminist Fund: International grantmaking entity that funds young feminist-led organisations globally with small grants. Comparable to Rosa in its emphasis on grassroots women's organising, participatory grantmaking, and explicit intersectional focus, though operating internationally rather than UK-only.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@RosaForWomenUK
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rosa-uk-fund

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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