- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Strengthening Civic Space
- Grant Amount $100,000
- Grant Period September 1, 2007–August 31, 2009
- Location St. Petersburg, Russia
- Geographic Focus Russia
About this grant
The program goal is to strengthen the nonprofit sector in Northwest Russia. The Saint-Petersburg NGO Development Centre will focus on two key areas of activity. First, a resource center function will provide ongoing consulting, training, and other support services to the sector while also promoting partnership activities among nonprofits and between this sector and local or regional governments. The second area of focus will be a philanthropy development program aimed at developing individual giving and corporate social responsibility in this region. The center has been instrumental in increasing the professionalism of community-based organizations and, through its "Kind Peter" charitable giving campaign, has introduced new approaches to individual giving to Saint-Petersburg. Established in 1994, the Saint-Petersburg NGO Development Centre is one of the leading support organizations contributing to the growth of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy in Russia.