Volnoe Delo
| Abbreviation | VD |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1998 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | foundation |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
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Official language
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Russian |
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General Director
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Tamara Rumyantseva |
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Budget
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6.5 bln rubles |
| Website | Volnoe Delo |
Volnoe Delo Foundation () was established by Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska in 1998 and became one of Russia's largest private charity foundations in 2009., The Foundation supports a wide range of initiatives with a particular focus on education and children. The Foundation’s mission is to find effective solutions to key social problems in areas such as education, the development of science, the preservation of spiritual and cultural heritage, the improvement of health care, and increased access to social welfare and assistance.
Volnoe Delo means "voluntary business" in Russian.
Volnoe Delo has expanded rapidly with its budget increasing 17-fold from 2003 to 2010. A decade after being established, the Foundation has already allocated over 230 million dollars to support over 400 charity programmes.
Alliance magazine, which covers global philanthropy from London, named the Volnoe Delo Foundation the largest of private foundations in Russia. According to the magazine, Volnoe Delo made grants of over $36 million in 2006.
Recipients of the Foundation include more than 86,000 schoolchildren, 4,000 teachers, 8,000 undergraduate students, 4,000 academics, 1,000 pensioners, and more than 1,100 educational, scientific, cultural, healthcare, sport, religious and other establishments.
The Foundation supports the Moscow and St Petersburg state universities, the Hermitage Museum, Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres, and many other educational, cultural, historical and religious centres in more than 40 Russian regions.
The Foundation works to modernize Russian schools, to increase the quality and accessibility of education for every citizen, from schoolchildren to workers and retired servicemen.
Since 1998, the Foundation has carried out 25 programs and projects affecting: 35 regions, 520 schools, 4 000 teachers, 80 000 pupils, 69 universities, 500 university professors, 40 000 college students, 1 600 scientists, 18 vocational schools, 1 500 future qualified specialists.
The large programs in the field of education and science coincide with these priorities:
For years the Volnoe Delo Foundation has supported Russian theatres and museums, theatrical schools and artistic ensembles, young performers and authors.
Programme recipients include:
Since 2004 the Foundation has financially supported the Taman Expedition of the Archeological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Expedition conducts excavations of the ancient city of Phanagoria in the Krasnodar region (Kuban).
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