Our vision is an advanced civil society with citizens realizing their responsibility for societal development and environmental issues. A society with citizens who are interested in participating in public policy, have courage to adopt a critical stance and care about avoiding detriment to future generations.

The Ekopolis Foundation has been managing open grant programs focused on democracy and nature conservation for 19 years to date. Since 1991, we have supported 2 385 projects in the total amount of 10,214 mil. EUR. In 2009, we financially and non-financially supported activities throughout Slovakia within 8 programs and 2 funds. We awarded 100 grants in the total amount of over 1, 186 mil. EUR.

We offer innovative programs, ideas and open up-todate issues. Open grant programs, in which projects win support in an open competition, are our main tool.

We were the first Slovak foundation that has started to build its own long-term assets (endowment) systematically and elaborated a policy on conflict of interest. The foundation endeavors to become a stable and transparent financial source for active citizens and as well as a reliable partner of municipalities, public administration, business partners and foreign donors.

Corporate Partners in 2008  

• Public Spaces Program - ČSOB Financial group
• Greenways Program - Toyota
• Living Trails Program - Toyota Motor Slovakia
• Greenbelt Program - Slovnaft
• Smile for Tree - SHP Harmanec Group
• METRO - planting of trees in Slovakia
  

International Relations 

The Ekopolis Foundation is a member of the international association Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development joining foundations in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. 

The foundation is a member of the European Greenways Association that is devoted to the environmentally friendly traffic development in Europe.

Since May 2010 we are the member of European Cyclists Federation (www.ecf.com).

CEE Trust (www.ceetrust.org) and C.S.Mott Foundation (www.mott.org) ave been our main foreign supporters for many years.

Block Grant for Environmental Non-governmental Organisations represent the significant part of our financial support provided for the  Slovak NGOs. The foundation will distribute 2 Mil. EUR during three years. The Block Grant is financed of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism, Norwegian Financial Mechanism and the Budget of the Slovak Republic.