About
Oleg Deripaska established the Volnoe Delo Foundation in 1998. The Foundation supports a wide range of initiatives with a particular focus on education and children. The Foundation’s mission is to find effective solutions to key social problems in areas such as education, the development of science, the preservation of spiritual and cultural heritage, the improvement of health care, and increased access to social welfare and assistance.
Guiding principles
«Our Foundation’s mission is to stimulate civic responsibility, to find and implement long-term solutions to key social problems. We play a role in the development of knowledge-based society that helps people to enrich themselves spiritually and materially, granting them the opportunity for self-realisation. We promote social and scientific innovations that make a significant contribution to the creation, proliferation, use and protection of the global system of knowledge. We have initiated and carried out hundreds of philanthropic projects. Our openness and readiness to work with people and organisations who care about our country’s future plays a large role in this success.».
Tamara Rumyantseva,
General Director, Volnoe Delo Foundation
Founder
«I am proud to support causes and programmes that provide real solutions to key social problems and which preserve the unique and vast wealth of Russia’s cultural heritage. Volnoe Delo also provides significant support and funding for the promotion of science and education, two areas to which I am particularly devoted. While the scientific tradition is strong in Russia, there is a real need for increased and improved innovation, which our programmes will support. Our goal is to make a difference that lasts».
Oleg Deripaska,
Founder, Volnoe Delo Foundation