World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Registered charity 1188731 · since 2020sustainablehospitalityalliance.org·International·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£106k

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2024

From filed accounts

£43,799

Typical grant (median)

3 published grants

Key takeaways

Its stated themes are youth employment, human rights and environmental protection, so your work fits best if it trains vulnerable young people for hospitality jobs or addresses those themes in the hotel industry.
The annual report gives no grant range, but the funder paid £105,953 in grants in total, so a modest, clearly costed request is the safest starting point, and you should confirm the size with the contact.
No application process is published and no deadlines are given, so contact the funder first to ask how to approach it rather than sending a cold proposal.
It says it works particularly with aligned organisations and through careful due diligence before formal partnerships, so relationships and preparation are likely to matter.
Expect agreements covering delivery, monitoring, financial accountability and operational standards, so have your governance and financial records ready.

Overview

World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1188731).

World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance is a charity that exists to advance education, prevent and relieve poverty and unemployment, advance human rights, and protect the natural environment and promote sustainable development, anywhere in the world. It was founded by chief executives from ten global hotel companies as the International Hotels Environment Initiative, following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Its members represent over 8 million rooms globally, including over 55 hotel companies and value chain partners, with a combined reach of over 66,000 properties. It works across four areas: human rights, youth employment, climate action and water stewardship.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Foundation’s recorded grants supported partner organisations delivering programmes that train vulnerable young people for work in the hotel industry. It works with aligned organisations through integrated social-investment programmes, particularly where hospitality members and partners can extend the reach and impact of its objectives. Its wider purposes include education, poverty and unemployment relief among disadvantaged young people, human rights, and protection of the natural environment and sustainable development in the global hospitality industry. The Alliance describes its youth employability work as opening routes into inclusive and green hospitality jobs. Its approach is collaborative, working with local partners and hospitality companies. It conducts due diligence before formal partnerships and uses agreements covering delivery, monitoring, financial accountability and operational standards.

Themes

Youth employment
Human rights
Environmental protection

Geographic Focus

Anywhere in the world.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It particularly works with aligned organisations where members and partners can extend the reach and impact of its objectives.
Formal partnerships follow careful due diligence, with agreements setting out delivery, monitoring, financial accountability and operational standards.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.

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Grants

3 published grants analysed · median £43,799

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

Kherwadi Social Welfare Association
£46,482year to 31 December 2024
Spence Evoluzione Charitable Trust
£43,799year to 31 December 2024
World Vision Mexico
£15,672year to 31 December 2024

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£323,319	£215,111	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£1,012,951	£909,754	£97,275	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£1,234,437	£1,184,787	£94,012	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,462,301	£1,684,576	£108,232	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,629,904	£1,602,178	£105,953	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£97,275 grants

YE 2022

£94,012 grants

YE 2023

£108k grants

YE 2024

£106k paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants paid out in the year.

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.