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First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko chaired a meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the allocation of Presidential grants for the development of civil society, which summed up the results of the second competition of 2026 and set forth the procedure for allocating grants in 2027.
The latest Presidential Grants Foundation competition awarded grants to 1,426 socially oriented non-profit organisations from 87 regions. They will receive Presidential grants totalling 4.3 billion rubles to implement their projects, which achieved the highest scores in an independent assessment. A total of 10,222 public initiatives from 89 regions applied for support.
This year, Presidential grants were awarded to 2,895 socially significant projects by non-profit organisations, amounting to 9.2 billion rubles in total
In addition, in 2026, more than 4,000 non-profit initiatives will receive regional support through competitions in 82 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. This will be co-financed by the Presidential Grants Foundation, contributing 2 billion rubles.
The application window for the next competition, for 2027 grants, will open on September 1, 2026, and close on October 15, 2026. The competition regulations were adopted at the Coordinating Committee meeting.
The Coordinating Committee also decided to continue co-financing the support for socially oriented non-profit organisations at the regional level in 2027.
The meeting was held at the Diana Gurtskaya Centre for Social Integration, where members of the Coordinating Committee observed part of the qualifying round of the White Cane international charity festival for gifted children with visual impairments, which is being held with the support of the Presidential Grants Foundation.
June 16, 2026, Moscow