Education grants · Ukraine
€100,000 grants for education in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.
Coastal schools sheltering displaced families and operating from basements during air-raid alerts.
Context
Odesa Oblast, on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of displaced families from the east. Local schools host children from regions where their own schools have closed, and many lessons run in basement shelters during air-raid alerts. Teachers prepare lessons that can be paused, packed up, and continued underground.
The Foundation does not fund weapons, advocacy, or political work. It funds the staff and infrastructure that let teachers keep teaching: shelter equipment in school basements, mental-health support for traumatised students, materials for children whose textbooks were left behind, and stipends for teachers stretched thin.
Wherever possible we work with organisations already established before 2022, so the work continues after our money is spent.
Funding priorities
What we'd fund in Ukraine.
A non-exhaustive list. Bring us what your community needs and we will read the application carefully.
- Shelter equipment and lighting for school basements used as classrooms.
- Mental-health support for displaced children.
- Replacement learning materials for pupils who arrived without books.
- Teacher stipends and respite for educators in overstretched schools.
Eligibility
We fund registered organisations only — NGOs, schools, and social enterprises — whose work is education-focused, broadly defined, and whose project operates in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.
Applicants need to be able to submit a short monthly progress report in English or French. We do not fund religious instruction, political campaigning, or for-profit ventures.
Apply when the first round opens.
Applications open in early 2027. Read the full criteria and join the waitlist now — we will email you the day applications open with a direct link to the form.
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