Kulczyk Foundation
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| Formation | 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Warsaw |
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President | Dominika Kulczyk |
| Website | kulczykfoundation |
The Kulczyk Foundation is a Polish private foundation founded in 2013 by Grażyna Kulczyk, Jan Kulczyk, and Dominika Kulczyk, who has been the President of the foundation since its establishment.[1] Apart from Dominika Kulczyk, the foundation is managed by Przemysław Pohrybieniuk, the managing director, and the board of directors consisting of Sebastian Kulczyk, Waldemar Dąbrowski, Janusz Reiter, and Grzegorz Stanisławski.[2] The foundation's main objective is to fight against gender inequality and create a more equitable society for women and girls around the world through local educational initiatives, partnerships with communities, and cooperation with NGOs with similar objectives.[3] The foundation also focuses on improving the living standards of people suffering from poverty who lack access to education, healthcare, and other basic human needs, as well as projects aimed at spreading awareness of current gender inequality issues.[4] The foundation has completed more than 200 projects in over 63 countries.[5]
The foundation supports aid projects in countries which lie on the last positions created by the Human Development Index, HDI (Human Development Index). It helps countries affected by poverty and various kinds of natural disasters. It works with locally operating international NGOs supporting them through joint projects. Kulczyk Foundation allocates 100% of its own and 100% of funds raised from donors for humanitarian action.
A characteristic feature of the activities of Kulczyk Foundation is the principle of "smart aid" – wise help, that does not burden the budget of the organization long-term presence in one place, at the same time leaving a lasting and positive changes in the lives of the inhabitants of the regions visited.
Statutory objectives
The means for the Foundation's statutory purposes are obtained by its founders' donations, as well as through direct fundraising activities targeted at businesses. The daily operations of the Foundation and the idea of volunteering are presented in program "Domino Effect" created jointly by TVN Television and Kulczyk Foundation.
