Ic Philanthropy Foundation
Charity 1167925
http://www.icphilanthropy.ictennis.net/
Overview
Summary
Ic Philanthropy Foundation appears to be a volunteer-run, internationally oriented grant-maker that uses tennis as a vehicle for wider social development. Rather than operating primarily as a local sports provider, it seems to mobilise the International Lawn Tennis Club network to resource programmes for disadvantaged children and other under-served participants. Its distinctive role is linking competitive sport with life skills, inclusion and healthier living, while relying on member nations and local clubs to translate charitable aims into delivery.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Edgbaston
Confidence: medium
Current programme material confirms delivery at Edgbaston, including free tennis sessions under the Edgbaston Schools Participation Programme. The associated Edgbaston Priory Club is in Birmingham. However, the programme does not publish a complete current venue list or explicitly label the site by ward.
- IC Philanthropy Foundation, Edgbaston Schools Programme 2025
The programme's school-to-club pathway gave children free tennis sessions 'at Edgbaston or Lordswood Tennis Club'. - IC Philanthropy Foundation, Great Britain project page, accessed August 2026
The Edgbaston Priory Community Tennis Programme in Birmingham delivers coaching and competition opportunities in schools and community venues for disadvantaged children. - Edgbaston Priory Club official website, accessed August 2026
The club gives its address as Birmingham.
Harborne
Confidence: medium
A current 2025 programme update identifies Lordswood Tennis Club as a feeder-club venue where programme sessions take place. The available programme material does not specify the ward or identify all other local delivery venues.
- IC Philanthropy Foundation, Edgbaston Schools Programme 2025
The update records an annual open day at its feeder club, Lordswood Tennis Club, and says children received free programme sessions at Lordswood Tennis Club. - Birmingham City Council, Lordswood Community Tennis Club directory entry
The council lists Lordswood Community Tennis Club in Birmingham. - IC Philanthropy Foundation, Great Britain project page, accessed August 2026
The Birmingham programme is co-sponsored with Give It Your Max and supported by Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club, with delivery in schools and community venues.
Remaining uncertainties
- The organisation's current Birmingham delivery is evidenced through a partnership programme rather than through a standalone ICPF-operated site; the evidence does not establish that ICPF owns or manages Edgbaston Priory Club or Lordswood Tennis Club.
- Current sources confirm delivery through schools and community venues but do not name the schools or provide a full, current list of venues. Additional Birmingham wards may therefore be served, but cannot be identified reliably from the evidence reviewed.
- Older ICPF material describes activity across South Birmingham, but the current 2024 and 2025 materials do not define a South Birmingham boundary or provide sufficient current venue detail to code further wards.
- The charity's registered office is in Warlingham, Surrey, and should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site.
- ICPF's overall footprint is international: its 2024 annual review reports 17 supported programmes across multiple countries, while Birmingham is one of its Great Britain programme locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme delivery plan or monitoring report listing each Birmingham school, park, community venue and feeder club used during 2025-26.
- Confirmation from ICPF, Give It Your Max or Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club of which partner leads delivery, venue management and safeguarding at each Birmingham location.
- Current venue information sufficient to identify the full Birmingham footprint at the appropriate ward geography.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A network-based funder rather than a direct service provider
The foundation appears to operate chiefly by funding and enabling programmes delivered through International Lawn Tennis Clubs, rather than by running coaching programmes itself. Its role may therefore be to convert relationships within an international tennis network into locally delivered opportunities.
Why it matters
This helps explain both its reach and its dependency: it can work across countries without building a large delivery infrastructure, but programme quality and access may depend heavily on partner clubs.
Show evidence
“Makes grants to International Lawn Tennis Clubs around the world which run programmes for disadvantaged children.”
Source:Charity Commission“Makes Grants To Organisations, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body.”
Source:Charity Commission“Number of IC Member Nations involved in programmes: 15.”
Source:Organisation
Tennis is treated as a developmental setting, not an end in itself
The available evidence suggests that participation in tennis is intended to build broader capabilities, including confidence, teamwork, rule-following and resilience in winning and losing. Sport appears to be the organisation's method for pursuing education, health and social inclusion simultaneously.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the foundation from organisations focused principally on sporting performance or participation numbers. Its potential value lies in connecting sports provision with personal development outcomes.
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“The objective is to teach participants the benefits of healthy living, team work, learning to lose and to win, punctuality, staying within the rules and other life skills acquired by playing a competitive sport.”
Source:Charity Commission“The advancement of education, including physical education and personal development of young persons through sport and tennis in particular.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its inclusion ambition is broader than childhood disadvantage alone
Although disadvantaged children are central to its stated programmes, the charity's objects indicate a wider inclusion framework that also encompasses disability, age, ill health and financial hardship. It may therefore be positioned to support more varied access needs than its public programme description makes visible.
Why it matters
This raises a useful question about whether its current programme portfolio fully reflects its broad charitable remit, particularly for disabled people and older participants.
Show evidence
“Relief is provided for those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.”
Source:Charity Commission“Who the charity helps: Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission“Number of children participating since 2009: 23,500.”
Source:Organisation
- How grants are allocated, monitored and evaluated across member nations.
- Whether disabled people, older people and people facing ill health are actively reached in current programmes.
- What outcomes participants experience beyond participation in tennis.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reviews or programme reports showing locations, delivery partners, grant amounts and participant profiles.
- Outcome evidence on life skills, wellbeing, continued participation and access for disabled or financially disadvantaged participants.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
1. To make grants to International Lawn Tennis Clubs around the world which run programmes for disadvantaged children which allow them to experience the fun of playing tennis and through this to acquire life skills with a view to improving their chances in life. 2. The provision of facilities, equipment and coaching that will encourage an increase in playing opportunities to those less advantaged
Charity objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH SPORT AND TENNIS IN PARTICULAR. THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH GRANT AID FOR THE COACHING OF TENNIS AND FACILITIES FOR PLAYING TENNIS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO TEACH PARTICIPANTS THE BENEFITS OF HEALTHY LIVING, TEAM WORK, LEARNING TO LOSE AND TO WIN, PUNCTUALITY, STAYING WITHIN THE RULES AND OTHER LIFE SKILLS ACQUIRED BY PLAYING A COMPETITIVE SPORT. RELIEF IS PROVIDED FOR THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.