Author: Paulina Kamyk

It seemed improbable, but today marks one year since Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. It was Community Foundations in countries neighboring Ukraine, but not only Ukraine, that were often the organizations that immediately responded by bringing aid to refugees from Ukraine and for the past 12 months have been caring for them and helping them organize […]

Let us present 15 community foundations that received grants in the “GCLS FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES” grant round – a special program created within the Global Challenges Local Solutions framework – to support community foundations dealing with refugee crisis caused by war in Ukraine. This round was organized due to the decision of the Charles Stewart […]

17 global goals > 17+ local solutions > 17 posters > 17 tests-inspirations to take! For 17 weeks, we are presenting a series of 17 posters prepared within the GCLS Knowledge Hub under the motto: “Let’s glocalize – community foundations driven by SDGs spirit” Each poster refers to one Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and contains […]

A special GCLS Grant Round to support community foundations dealing with refugee crisis caused by the war in Ukraine is OPEN now! With the decision of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, a funder of the Global Challenges Local Solutions European granting program, which is operated by the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland, […]

GCLS Knowledge Hub:  We invite you to watch the webinar recorded during the closed meeting organized for the representatives of community foundations from various countries across Europe. The speaker is Kamil Wyszkowski, the Executive Director of UN Global Compact Network Poland and the topic he addresses concerns a climate change as one of the greatest […]

We are happy to announce that by the decision of the GCLS Grant Committee – 9 Community Foundations have been selected to receive the grants in the 6th GCLS Grant Round. The vast majority of projects will be devoted to promotion and communication about the SDGs – raising awareness on the subject within local community and […]

We combine global goals with local activities. The Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland (ADPP) was funded in 1998 and since then we have been supporting local communities, community foundations and conducting country-wide social campaign. The range of Academy’s programs, addressed to residents of small towns and villages, covers about 30% of municipalities […]

Due to the events in the Ukraine and difficult refugee situation in some European countries, we expand the scope of the projects’ topics in the 6th GCLS Grant Round. In parallel with projects focused on communication, education and promotion about SDGs – as it was announced initially, we maintain this theme – the application may […]

If you would like to apply for the grant in the 6th Global Challenges Local Solutions competition round, but you have questions regarding the guidelines or application process, you are welcome to join the informational meeting on Zoom: February 28, at 2 P.M. (CET/Warsaw time) To participate, please register in advance  here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsfuuprz4rHdUNdRFATiB7J9Tf5aDoO-QU (after registering, […]