25. Mar. 2022
The Foundation has approved community grants worth almost 9 million DKK (1,2m EUR) for local social initiatives all over the world. Additional emergency funding of 2.7m DKK (268,000 EUR) is also on the way to local organisations helping refugees in Poland Hungary and Slovakia.
Title and description | Location | Organisation | Amount (EUR) |
Adaptation of technical rooms for teaching purposes | Poland | Bialsko Podlaska Ecological Foundation |
40,000 |
Alma’s Intelligent Garden (Almas Intelligente Have) | Denmark | Mølleskolen | 128,000 |
Expanding safe water points in upper west Ghana | Ghana | Water4 | 86,700 |
Supporting water as a business in Ochicha | Nigeria | RECTOR CARES FOUNDATION | 134,800 |
Improvement of Dodoma Water Management for better food security | Tanzania | ADDA – Agricultural Development Denmark Asia | 137,200 |
Integration through jobs in Aarhus area | Denmark | Niis | 57,200 |
Sports summer camp for orphans | Serbia | Aktiv Novi Sad | 35,000 |
Affordable Irrigation Pilot for smallholder farmers in Anyenamae and Boafre | Ghana | Blue Gold Works | 50,000 |
Red Alert Robotics Sponsorship | USA | Red Alert Robotics | 8,900 |
Improved water access through community centers in Escobar | Argentina | Proyecto Agua Segura | 133,000 |
Sustainable water access and sanitation in Cebu, 2022 | Philippines | Water and Life Philippines | 100,000 |
Open access book on membrane filtration for the global community of water professionals | Netherlands | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education | 27,500 |
STEM network and camps for girls and role models in Denmark | Denmark | High5Girls | 59,000 |
Employment support program for special needs graduates in Chennai | India | Ability Foundation | 20,500 |
Female entrepreneurs in WASH | Ghana | Bridge for Billions | 97,000 |
Scholarships against social exclusion in Algete | Spain | Fundación Balia | 14,900 |
Training center for people with disabilities in Bajío. | Mexico | Juntos | 64,000 |
Total | 1.2m EUR |
In 2022, the Foundation has allocated 20m DKK (2.7m EUR) in total for support to community engagement by Grundfos companies. Find out more here.
Rector Cares Foundation works in Obuofia Community in Nigeria.
Local aid via Grundfos companies to help out refugees from Ukraine
An additional 5m DKK (EUR 672,000) has been made available to Grundfos companies in Ukraine’s neighbouring countries for local emergency relief via the Poul Due Jensen Community Engagement Grant for local churches, associations and organisations providing assistance to the refugees from Ukraine.
The first batch of emergency grants have been approved and are on their way to assist 9 organisations in Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.
Purpose of grant | Country | Organisation – | Amount (EUR) |
Humanitarian aid for Ukraine | Poland | Polska Akcja Humanitarna | EUR 50,000 |
Humanitarian support for the victims of war in Ukraine | Poland | EUR 50,000 | |
Medical assistance for Ukraine | Poland | Polish Medical Mission | EUR 50,000 |
Ukrainian children in need | Poland | SOS Children’s Villages – Poland | EUR 50,000 |
Rediscover home in mind and soul – Budapest | Hungary | VONESZO Hátrányos Helyzetűeket | EUR 50,000 |
Emergency aid to Ukraine – Budapest | Hungary | EUR 50,000 | |
Long term activities for the refugees from Ukraine | Hungary | Hungarian Interchurch Aid | EUR 50,000 |
Help for Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia | Slovakia | EUR 12,000 | |
Helping refugees at Saint Joseph Parish, Budapest | Hungary | EUR 6,000 | |
Total | EUR 368,000 |
In 2021, around DKK 14.5 million (~EUR 2 million] was spent within a financial framework of 20m DKK (~EUR 2.7 million). That means around 75 % of the allocated funds were used in 2021.