Structures affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church emerged as the largest recipients of funding from the Presidential Grants Foundation in 2026.
This was reported by the outlet BB, citing Russian media.
In particular, the Central Clinical Hospital of St Alexius of the Moscow Patriarchate received funding of 43 million rubles for the project “Life Lies Ahead!”. The project is aimed at providing assistance to people affected by the war in Ukraine, including prosthetics and rehabilitation at centres in the city of Zhukovsky and in Gorlovka, which has been occupied since 2014, as well as organising the work of volunteer nursing sisters in frontline medical facilities.
A second grant of 30 million rubles was awarded to the Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church. The funds will be used for the project “Professionals Nearby 2.0”, which is aimed at supporting Orthodox non-profit organisations that assist families raising children with disabilities. In addition, organisations Rus received 40 million rubles to create “food banks” for 15,000 families in need, while Fair Aid of Doctor Liza received the same amount to train volunteers to search for missing persons.
Among other major grant recipients was the Total Dictation Foundation, which was allocated 38 million rubles for a programme to promote the Russian language and Russian culture abroad. A further 33 million rubles were granted to the Centre for Curative Pedagogy for a project assisting children and adults with mental disorders, to the Strategic Initiatives Foundation of the Victory Museum for the “Victory Dictation” campaign, and to the Phoenix Foundation for the creation of a mobile mercy home to provide palliative care. The Old Age Is a Joy Foundation received 30 million rubles to support elderly people.
In total, presidential grants following the first competition of the Presidential Grants Foundation in 2026 were awarded to 1,469 non-profit organisations, which received 4.9 billion rubles, approximately 50 million euros. The average grant amounted to 3.3 million rubles.
