Pilgrimage People

Registered charity 1145830 · since 2012pilgrimagepeople.org·Israel, Jordan·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£1,500

Annual giving, year to 30 September 2025

From filed accounts

£750

Typical grant (median)

2 published grants

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. Don't spend time on an approach; the similar funders below support the same kind of work.

Key takeaways

Pilgrimage People funds work in the Holy Land, so a group whose work is elsewhere is unlikely to fit.
The charity does not accept unsolicited requests, and trustees consider requests only through the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem or the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, so make contact through one of those church bodies rather than writing cold.
Its annual report shows £1,500 awarded in total, and the funds available limit how much it can support, so keep any request modest and tied to education, healthcare, economic development or student pilgrimage bursaries.
The charity says trustees check each request against its purposes and funding priorities, so set out clearly how the project meets them.
Its grant range is not stated, so ask the church body what size of request is realistic before you apply.

Overview

Pilgrimage People is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1145830).

Pilgrimage People is a charity registered in England and Wales that began by running pilgrimages to the Holy Land, bringing visitors and the people they visited together to support and strengthen a common faith. Its objects are to support, principally through the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, primarily but not exclusively the Christian community of the Holy Land, through education, health and the relief of poverty. Its current funding priorities are education, healthcare, economic development and bursaries. The annual report records £1,500 awarded in its most recent year, and the amount of work it can support is limited by the funds available each year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Pilgrimage People directs profits from its tours to support Christian communities in the Holy Land, including education, health and community projects. Its stated priorities are education, healthcare and economic development, primarily, but not exclusively, for the Christian community of the Holy Land. It also prioritises bursaries that enable school-aged students whose economic circumstances would otherwise prevent them from participating to join a pilgrimage through their own education establishment. Trustees consider requests or known situations from organisations and individuals alike through the church bodies serving the area. Bursary requests may come from a student up to age 18 or a member of school staff on the student's behalf, and trustees carry out due diligence against charitable purposes and funding priorities.

Themes

Education
Healthcare
Economic development
Student pilgrimage bursaries

Geographic Focus

The Holy Land.

How to apply

Trustees consider eligible requests or known situations from within the Holy Land, from organisations and individuals alike through the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem or the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

Who can apply:

From organisations and individuals alike, through the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.
Bursaries: From school-aged (to 18 years) students or a member of school staff on their behalf.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Trustees carry out due diligence to ensure requests meet the charity's purposes and funding priorities.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Israel
Jordan

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Pilgrimage People.

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of JerusalemNo public processGave £184k Friends of the Holy LandNo public processGave £936k The Joseph Storehouse TrustNo public processGave £1.1M The Good Deeds Foundation (In Memory of Maher Farid Irsheid)No public process The Marcus Margulies Charitable TrustRollingGave £445k Christian Friends of IsraelNo public processGave £234k The Kennedy Leigh Charitable TrustRollingGave £285k The Jerusalem TrustRollingGave £4.5M The Kasner Charitable TrustRollingGave £373k Tomchei Torah VuchesedRollingGave £212k

Grants

2 published grants analysed · median £750

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Episcopal Church of Jerusalem
£750year to 30 September 2025
Latin Patriarchate
£750year to 30 September 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 September 2021	£38,068	£80,949	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2021
year to 30 September 2022	£193,918	£213,021	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2022
year to 30 September 2023	£363,616	£373,042	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2023
year to 30 September 2024	£262,728	£284,934	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2024
year to 30 September 2025	£446,438	£452,453	£1,500	Accounts for year to 30 September 2025

Grants paid, year to 30 September 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.