Impulse: Results of the Second Small Grants Competition Round
The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF), together with the East Europe Foundation (EEF), with the support of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and in partnership with Sweden (Sida), is implementing the Empowering Civil Society for Ukraine’s Resilience and Recovery project, known as Impulse.
As part of the project, the partners launched a Small Grants Competition for civil society organisations from the regions of Ukraine most affected by the war.
The competition aims to engage civil society organisations from the hardest-hit regions in shaping Ukraine’s recovery and advocating for sustainable development, human rights, non-discrimination and gender equality, as well as transparent governance in recovery strategies and local development plans.
The grants also provide organisations with opportunities to strengthen their teams and organisational capacity through implementing small-scale projects, participating in a training programme and developing new partnerships.
The Expert Council of the Democracy and Good Governance Programme, which administered the competition, selected 24 project proposals out of 140 applications.
The following organisations were selected as grant recipients:
- Charitable Organisation “Charitable Foundation ‘Rubicon of Will’”, Zaporizhzhia
- Charitable Foundation “Volunteers: Adults to Children”, Kharkiv
- NGO “Slobozhanshchyna Initiatives”, Sumy
- NGO “Melitopol Volunteer Group ‘Patriot’”, Zaporizhzhia
- NGO “Environmental News”, Kherson
- NGO “Centre for the Quality of Local Governance”, Ukrainka, Kyiv region
- NGO “Fastiv Team”, Fastiv, Kyiv region
- Civil Society Union “Stop Poisoning Kryvyi Rih”, Kryvyi Rih
- NGO “Women’s Format”, Chernihiv
- Charitable Foundation “Let Your Heart Beat”, Zviahel, Zhytomyr region
- NGO “Desna League of Naturalists”, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv region
- NGO “Country of Free People”, Kyiv
- NGO “Odesa Regional Agricultural Advisory Service ‘Centre for Rural Development and Legal Support’”, Odesa
- NGO “Environmental Geoinformation Systems of Ukraine”, Kharkiv
- NGO “Eastern Variant”, Kyiv
- NGO “Nova Druzhkivka”, Druzhkivka, Donetsk region
- NGO “Dorechni”, Zaporizhzhia
- NGO “All-Ukrainian Environmental Organisation ‘To Clean Sources’”, Kramatorsk
- NGO “Black Sea Centre for Political and Social Research”, Kherson
- NGO “Eco City Chernihiv”, Chernihiv
- Charitable Organisation “Kherson City Community Foundation ‘Protection’”, Kherson (re-registered in Cherkasy)
- NGO “Tavria Association of Territorial Communities Regional Development Agency”, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region (re-registered in Uman)
- NGO “From Village to City”, Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Kyiv region
- NGO “Institute for the Development of Social Innovations”, Kyiv
Representatives of the International Renaissance Foundation will contact the selected organisations shortly to coordinate the next steps.
The third round of the Small Grants Competition is already open. Organisations can submit their applications by 25 November via the competition page.
