Grant competition on Advocacy Support to Strengthen the Role and Impact of Civil Society aims to effectively influence decision-making processes, policy development, and the sustainable development of democratic institutions through the implementation of advocacy campaigns at the local and national levels.
Grant competition includes two lots:
Lot 1. Improving the Legal Environment for Civil Society – supports initiatives aimed at enhancing the legal environment for civil society operations to ensure the effective and sustainable work of CSOs, volunteer groups, and other civic initiatives.
Lot 2. Institutional Support for CSOs Engaged in Advocacy in the Fields of Recovery, Democracy Building, and Reform Support – aims to strengthen the sustainability of CSOs that, through advocacy, promote democratic values and practices, participate in recovery and reform implementation processes, defend human rights, and work in other socially significant areas.
Application submission for this grant competition takes place in three rounds:
- April 14, 2025
- December 2025 – the exact date will be announced with the launch of the second wave
- October 2026 – the exact date will be announced with the launch of the third wave
For the first wave of the competition Fund received 140 project proposals for the first wave. Based on the evaluation results, 28 organizations have been selected.
- 7 organizations were selected for the focus area – Improving the Legal Environment for Civil Society.
- 21 organizations were selected under the focus area – Institutional Support for CSOs Engaged in Advocacy Activities.
The selection committee approved the projects from the following organizations in the first wave of the competition:
- Institute of Legislative Ideas
- Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
- Patients of Ukraine
- National Assembly of People with Disabilities Justice League
- Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin
- Crimean Tatar Resource Center
- La Strada-Ukraine
- Forest Initiatives and Society
- All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
- Parents of Children with Cancer
- Civil Society Development Foundation Western Ukrainian Resource Center
- Volyn Institute of Law
- Lada: Support Club for Pregnancy and Motherhood
- National Agency for Humanitarian Aid Zdorovi
- We Build Ukraine
- Kateryna Osadcha Foundation
- Detector Media
- Centre for Economic Strategy
- Center for Expert Solutions and Advocacy
- Ukrainian Union of Maidan Activists Unbroken
- Active Society of Ukraine
- Kyiv City Branch of the National CSO Civil Network OPORA
- Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law
- Institute for Information Security
- Khmilnyk District Public Organization PRAVO
- National Interests Advocacy Network ANTS
- Your Support Charitable Foundation
- Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research
