Among other major grant recipients is the "Total Dictation" fund.
Structures of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) became the largest recipients of funds from the Presidential Grants Fund in 2026, noted Vedomosti. In particular, the Central Clinical Hospital of St. Alexius of the Moscow Patriarchate received funding of 43 million rubles for the project "Life Ahead!". This project aims to provide assistance to those affected by the war in Ukraine, including prosthetics and rehabilitation at centers in Zhukovsky and Gorlovka, as well as organizing the work of volunteer nurses in frontline medical institutions.
The second grant of 30 million rubles was awarded to the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the ROC. The funds will go towards the project "Professionals Nearby 2.0", which is aimed at assisting Orthodox NGOs that support families with children with disabilities. Additionally, 40 million rubles were received by the organization "Rus" for the creation of "food banks" for 15,000 needy families and by the "Fair Aid of Doctor Liza" for training volunteers to search for missing persons.
Among other major grant recipients is the "Total Dictation" fund, which was allocated 38 million rubles for a program to promote the Russian language and culture abroad. The Center for Therapeutic Pedagogy received 33 million rubles for a project to assist children and adults with mental disorders, the Strategic Initiatives Fund "Museum of Victory" for the "Dictation of Victory" campaign, and the "Phoenix" fund for the creation of a mobile mercy house to provide palliative care. The "Old Age in Joy" fund was granted 30 million rubles to assist elderly people.
In total, presidential grants from the results of the first competition of the Presidential Grants Fund in 2026 were awarded to 1,469 non-profit organizations, which received 4.9 billion rubles (about 50 million euros). The average grant size was 3.3 million rubles. Among the regions with the most winners are St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Chelyabinsk regions. The acceptance of projects for the second competition will start on February 2 and last until March 16.
Currently, the number of citizen donors is decreasing, and large businesses are financing their own charitable projects, so the role of the state in supporting such initiatives is increasing, says political scientist Alexey Makarkin. "As for grants to ROC structures, they are still not going to confessional projects, but to humanitarian ones," he noted.
