The key facts
- The Presidential Grants Fund supported 156 projects worth 509 million rubles in the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia
- The funds are aimed at preserving national languages, traditions and the cultural heritage of indigenous small-numbered peoples
- Following the second 2026 competition, 1,426 NGOs became winners with total funding of 4.28 billion rubles
Competition results: 156 projects worth 509 million rubles
The Presidential Grants Fund has supported 156 projects with a total value of 509 million rubles as part of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia. According to the fund's press service, the funds are aimed at preserving national languages and traditions, developing interethnic cooperation and supporting the cultural heritage of the indigenous small-numbered peoples. The fund emphasized that the supported initiatives not only help preserve the distinct identity of the country's peoples, but also strengthen ties between them, with special attention given to projects that introduce the younger generation to the history and culture of their small homeland.
Examples of supported initiatives
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The overall scale of the second 2026 competition
According to Life.ru, the fund previously announced the results of the second 2026 competition: 1,426 non-profit organizations were named winners and received 4.28 billion rubles, and the teams plan to attract another about 3.9 billion rubles as co-financing. Among the leading regions by the number of supported initiatives were St. Petersburg, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Nizhny Novgorod Regions. Thus, the 156 projects worth 509 million rubles selected in the Year of Unity are part of a broader distribution of the competition's funds.
