The Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged (PFD), managed by the Social Welfare Department (SWD), is inviting 19th round Regular Portion and 12th round Dedicated Portion applications starting from today (December 18). Eligible welfare non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as primary and secondary schools can submit applications from today to 30 October 2026.

     The Government set up the Regular Portion of the PFD in 2005 to promote tripartite partnership among the welfare sector, business corporations and the Government by providing matching grants to jointly support the disadvantaged. If a business corporation makes a donation to support welfare NGOs in implementing welfare projects, the fund will provide matching grants.  Since the initiation of the Dedicated Portion in 2015, the welfare sector, business community, schools, and the Government have been collaborating to provide more after-school learning and support programmes for primary and secondary students from grassroots families to facilitate their whole-person development.

     Through the Regular Portion of the PFD, matching grants totalling over $627 million were approved for collaboration with approximately 1 900 business partners to support over 230 welfare NGOs, implementing around 1 200 welfare projects that have benefited more than 1 million disadvantaged individuals. Additionally, the fund and about 500 business partners have, through the $366 million Dedicated Portion, supported nearly 70 welfare NGOs and 100 schools, implementing about 580 after-school learning and support projects for primary and secondary students from grassroots families, benefiting nearly 140 000 students.

     For application details of the new round of the PFD, please visit the following Social Welfare Department webpages or contact the PFD Secretariat (Tel: 3468 2710/3468 2718; Email: pfdenq@swd.gov.hk).

Regular Portion: www.swd.gov.hk/en/svcdesk/funds/partnership/
Dedicated Portion: www.swd.gov.hk/en/svcdesk/funds/dedicatedportion/

Ends/Thursday, December 18, 2025
Issued at HKT 15:00

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