Our Donors

In 2004, we received funds for our activity from the Open Society Institute, financed by George Soros. Though far smaller than in previous years, these funds continued to be a significant item in the Foundation’s budget. Our activities were also supported by other Polish and foreign institutions and private donors.

We continued the Third Sector Program planned for 2003-2006 from the grant awarded by the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern EuropeWith the funds from the Ford Foundation, we operated the Citizens in Action Program supporting civic initiatives in Belarus and Ukraine. The Robert Bosch Foundation funded Polish-German Twin Cities Program initiated in 2002 and the recently launched Community Initiatives Partnership Program to support Polish-German-Russian cooperation projects in the Kaliningrad District.

Our activities in the area of international co-operation were co-funded by a variety of organisations, including the Polish-American-Ukrainian Cooperation Initiative, PAUCI and Canadian International Development Agency - Official Development Assistance in Central Europe CIDA-ODACE. The New Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe. Between the European Union and United States Conference was co-financed by the Robert Bosch Foundation and Oracle Poland; support was also provided by the Embassy of France and Hines Poland. The United States and Royal Netherlands Embassies contributed to the Anti-Corruption Program. The Amsterdam Group and the International Centre for Alcohol Policies supported the conference on alcoholism, organised by the Regional Alcohol and Drug Program.

Our programs for children and teenagers: Equal Opportunities - Local Scholarship Funds for young people from low income families and the Rainbow Academy Program for disabled children and youth, were supported, among others, by Levi Strauss & Co., the Commercial Union Poland insurance company, the Belgian Evens Foundation and individual donors, including Helen and Peter Maxwell, a private donor wishing to remain anonymous, whose donation was used to establish the K Fund, as well as from payments of 1% of income tax. In-kind donations for the Equal Opportunity Program were provided by: Talens Poland and Wydawnictwo Literackie publishing office.

In 2004, as in previous years, we ran the Commercial Union Charity Fund, a donor-advised fund of an insurance company that had been co-operating with us since 1996. The Fund was used to support projects indicated by the donor in the area of health care and education. The income gained from investing the endowed M Fund, created in 2002 thanks to a donation by a private donor, was, in line with the Founder’s will, used to help disabled and ill children, and support equal opportunities projects. For a successive year we administered the Beata Pawlak Fund used, in line with the Founder’s last will, to finance an annual prize for the best article on other cultures, religions and civilizations.

In 2004, we continued our efforts begun two years prior, to grow the endowment which will constitute a basis for our funding in the future. Our efforts to build the endowment and expand our funding base were supported by the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

We thank all our donors from the bottom of our hearts!
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