About the Foundation

The Vladimir Potanin Foundation was registered by Moscow Registration Chamber on 10 January 1999, registration certificate No.076100.

The Vladimir Potanin Foundation was established for implementation of socially significant long-term projects in the sphere of domestic education and culture. It is a private Foundation with budget financed by personal assets of Vladimir Potanin.

The Mission of the Foundation is to promote the development of strategic philanthropy and recognition of active and creative professionals. The Foundation cooperates with those who are capable of changing themselves and are ready to make their contribution to the development of Russian society. The Foundation shapes a social milieu, which values creativity, professionalism and proactive volunteer work.

The Foundation operates in line with the following principles:

• making the rules transparent and providing all participants of the Foundation’s projects and programs with equal conditions by means of contest mechanisms;
• holding leadership in the industry means not to be afraid of experiments and using new technologies, while being creative in applying Russian and foreign charitable experience;
• cooperating with professional partners.

The Foundation primarily focuses on the implementation of long-term scholarship and grant programs. They are aimed at talented young students of the country’s major state educational institutions, as well as at talented teachers.

Culture supporting projects are also of importance for the Foundation, which aims to encourage vocational and creative growth of the Russian museum society. The Foundation strives to support innovations of pro-active and creative museum professionals with potential for cultural breakthrough.

The Foundation annually awards over 400 grants and 2,300 scholarships.

The Vladimir Potanin Foundation is a member of the European Foundation Centre and a founding member of the Russian Forum of Donors.