31. Mar. 2023
A whopping 13 Community Engagement Grants worth together DKK 4.9 million or EUR 660,000 have been awarded by the Foundation Board. In the future, the Foundation wishes to actively support more volunteering activities by Grundfos employee through the grant programme.
The first batch of Community Engagement Grants in 2023 have been awarded by the Grundfos Foundation, among the many great initiatives is a continuation of the collaboration with Proyecto Agua Segura in Argentina. Find the full list of grantees further down.
Transforming access to water in Argentine communities from Grundfos Foundation | PDJF on Vimeo.
DKK 25 million for Community Engagement Grants in 2023-24
The Foundation Board has set aside EUR 3.4 million (~DKK 25 million) for supporting local projects where employees in all of the Grundfos Group’s companies may apply for funding via the Poul Due Jensen Community Engagement Grant. In 2022, the Foundation awarded EUR 2.8 million (~DKK 20.8 million) in total toward 52 community grants.
“In 2023, we look forward to seeing Grundfos’ new Volunteering Policy taking speed, and we hope that the Foundation’s Community Engagement Grants boost new powerful partnerships all over the world.“
Kim Nøhr Skibsted, Executive Director
| Project title | Location | Partner | Amount (DKK) |
| Sports summer camp for orphans | Serbia | Children’s village ‘Dr. Milorad Pavlović ‘ | 298,000 |
| Virtual volunteering on 3 continents | United Kingdom | We Make Change Global Limited | 78,225 |
| Community engagement: Access to safe water | Argentina | Proyecto Agua Segura | 856,750 |
| Financial aid for Ukrainian students in technical university, Ukraine | Ukraine | Faculty of Engineering Systems and Ecology, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture | 160,920 |
| Sponsorship – 2023-2024 Competition Season | United States | Red Alert Robotics | 69,285 |
| Volunteering – Dept. 9150 cares about its community, Manila | Philippines | Tahanan ng Pagmamahal Children’s Home Inc. | 19,370 |
| Integration through job in Mid-Jutland | Denmark | Niis (Ny Integration i Samfundet) | 651,502 |
| Water & Education Empowerment in Opi Community, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria | Nigeria | Rector Cares Foundation | 734,570 |
| Support Education in Fotokol High School with a library and ICT lab | Cameroon | SA.LA.MA (Sante par la Langue Maternelle) | 311,631 |
| Responsible Engineers of Sustainability II | Turkey | The Sustainability Steps Association [SADE] | 314,712 |
| Complimentary toilets for Otoase township, Ghana | Ghana | The Good Shepherd Love Foundation | 392,443 |
| Underprivileged Students’ Computer Classroom Support and Student Study Tour CSR Project | Hong Kong SAR China | Netspring Limited | 558,000 |