Fundusz dla Odmiany | For a Change Fund

Name

Fundusz dla Odmiany | For a Change Fund

Legal name

Fundusz dla Odmiany

Website

https://dlaodmiany.org.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Grantmaking and LGBT+ Advocacy Funding

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Participatory grantmaking
• Lgbt advocacy funding
• Community grant programs
• Nonprofit philanthropy services
• Mini grants funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations (One-time and Recurring): Individual supporters make one-time or recurring monthly donations via bank transfer, PayU, or PayPal. As of late 2020, 42 regular monthly donors; by 2021, over 80 regular donors; by 2022, 84 regular donors. Monthly donors receive personalized communication and impact reports.
2. Corporate Philanthropy / Employer Matching: Corporate employees can direct donations through Benevity CSR platforms, where employers may match contributions. The fund is listed on Benevity for corporate employee giving programs.
3. Full Grant Sponsorship: Individuals or groups can fully fund an entire grant (PLN 4,900) as an earmarked donation. Donors specify the type of initiative they wish to support, and the fund connects them with a local group implementing relevant LGBT+ activities.
4. Major Institutional Donations: Large institutional donors such as Stop Bzdurom collective (PLN 200,000 in December 2020), Fundacja Equaversity (PLN 50,000-100,000 for multiple grant cycles), Civic Europe/MitOst/Sofia Platform/Stiftung Mercator (Trailblazers project), and Norwegian/EEA Grants (Odmienianie krok po kroku program).
5. 1.5% Tax Assignment (Poland): Polish taxpayers can assign 1.5% of their income tax to the fund by providing its KRS number (0000791625). This is a common mechanism for Polish NGOs to receive recurring support from individual taxpayers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Fundusz dla Odmiany is a non-governmental grant-making foundation that distributes mini-grants (typically PLN 4,900–5,500, with SuperGrants up to PLN 10,000) to informal groups, organizations, and individuals running local LGBT+ initiatives in small towns and rural Poland. Grants are awarded through a participatory process where applicants evaluate each other's proposals, supplemented by decisions from a Community Advisory Panel. The foundation also runs an educational-development cycle (Odmienianie krok po kroku) combining webinars, workshops, and mentorship with grant funding, and manages specialized tracks including NeuroGranty for neuroatypical LGBT+ people and the Królik Fund legacy grant.

Product overview

Fundusz dla Odmiany (For a Change Fund) is a non-governmental grant-making organization that supports local LGBT+ activism across Poland, with particular focus on smaller cities and rural areas. The organization operates multiple interconnected programs: Granty dla Odmiany provides mini-grants up to 5,500 PLN through participatory community evaluation; Odmienianie krok po kroku offers an educational-development cycle combining training with grant funding for individual activists; SuperGranty dla Odmiany supports previous recipients with larger grants up to 10,000 PLN; NeuroGranty targets neuroatypical LGBT+ people (created with Fundacja Jim); and Spotkania u Ciebie enables local community meetings using the Fund's methodology. The organization also manages the Królik Fund as Poland's first endowed legacy grant for the community. Funding comes from individual donors, corporate matching through Benevity, and institutional partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Granty dla Odmiany (Grants for Change) Main flagship grant competition supporting local LGBT+ initiatives in smaller cities and rural areas of Poland. Distributes approximately 15 grants per round of up to PLN 5,500 each, awarded through a participatory community evaluation process where applicants assess each other's proposals, supplemented by a 6-person Community Advisory Panel. Available to informal groups, organizations, and collectives.
• SuperGranty dla Odmiany (SuperGrants for Change) Grant program for organizations and groups that previously received Fundusz support. Offers larger grants up to PLN 10,000 for continued or expanded community work. Includes budget for group development and stipends.
• NeuroGranty Specialized grant track created in partnership with Fundacja Jim, supporting activities targeting neuroatypical (autistic, ADHD, etc.) LGBT+ people in Poland. Approximately 6 grants of up to PLN 5,500 each, focused on neuroqueer community building and accessible events.
• Odmienianie krok po kroku (Changing Step by Step) Nearly year-long educational-development cycle combining webinars, workshops, and lectures on LGBT+ organizing for individual activists. Participants receive grants up to PLN 4,900 to implement their own community initiatives. By 2024, over 50 people had been trained through the program.
• Spotkania u Ciebie (Meetings at Your Place) Program enabling community members to organize local meetings about LGBT+ situations in their towns, using the Fund's proprietary methodology for conducting safe, honest conversations in non-metropolitan communities across Poland.
• Królik Fund Poland's first legacy/estate grant fund for the LGBT+ community. An additional grant is awarded in each edition of Granty dla Odmiany, named after the individual whose history inspired the endowed grant.
• Kryzysowy Fundusz Wsparcia (Crisis Support Fund) Emergency support fund established in response to acute LGBT+ crises (notably the 2020 Margot arrest incident). Financed psychological support, crisis interventions, and legal aid for affected individuals.
• Online Donation Portal (Darowizny online) Online donation platform enabling one-time and recurring monthly donations via PayU payment gateway and PayPal in PLN, EUR, USD, and GBP. Includes 1.5% Polish tax assignment option (KRS 0000791625), pre-set monthly tiers of PLN 30, 50, and 100, and full-grant earmarked sponsorship at PLN 4,900.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40 local initiatives supported across Poland in first three years of operations (2019-2021)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fundacja Jim (JiM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 October 2024Co-created NeuroGranty - Poland's first grant program specifically for neuroatypical LGBT+ people. Fundacja Jim (Foundation for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders) partnered with Fundusz dla Odmiany to design and launch this specialized grant track. The program offers approximately 6 grants of up to PLN 5,500 for initiatives supporting neurodivergent LGBT+ individuals.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GiveOut: UK-based LGBTQ+ giving platform pooling individual donations to fund LGBT+ organizations globally. Comparable as a community-led fundraising and regranting model serving grassroots LGBT+ groups; differs in geography and pooled-giving structure.
• Dreilinden gGmbH: German foundation funding organizations working on gender identity and sexual orientation. A current financial partner of Fundusz dla Odmiany; directly comparable as a thematic LGBT+ grantmaker operating in Europe with similar grantmaking focus.
• Mosaic Trust: UK-based charitable trust supporting LGBT+ human rights globally, including grantmaking to grassroots organizations. Comparable as a small thematic grantmaker focused on LGBT+ community organizations in difficult legal environments.
• FemFund: Polish feminist grantmaking foundation supporting women's and LGBTQ+ rights organizations. Most directly comparable as a small, Poland-based, thematic grantmaker with a similar funding model and beneficiary community overlap (LGBT+ groups are explicitly listed among grantees).

Broad incumbents

• Open Society Foundations: Global philanthropic organization funding human rights, civil society, and LGBT+ equality across Europe. Comparable as a major institutional grantmaker active in the same human rights space in Poland and CEE; vastly larger scale and broader mandate.
• Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego (Stefan Batory Foundation): Major Polish civil society foundation running the Rights and Justice Program, which supports human rights and LGBT+ organizations. Comparable as a Polish grantmaking foundation overlapping in beneficiary populations, though operating at much larger scale with a broader civil society mandate.
• ILGA-Europe: European umbrella organization advancing LGBT+ rights across Europe, including through grantmaking and capacity building. Comparable as a major European LGBT+ grantmaking and advocacy actor; differs in operating at continental scale rather than a single country.
• Arcus Foundation: International foundation supporting LGBT+ human rights, including in Central/Eastern Europe. Comparable as a thematic grantmaker funding local LGBT+ organizations; differs in scope, scale, and global programmatic focus.
• Astraea Foundation: Global philanthropic foundation supporting LGBT+ and human rights movements, including in Central and Eastern Europe. Comparable as a thematic LGBT+ grantmaker with a participatory-grantmaking ethos; operates at much larger international scale.

Others

• Civic Europe: CEE-focused incubator implemented by MitOst and Sofia Platform, funded by Stiftung Mercator, supporting locally rooted civic initiatives including LGBT+ activism. Currently a financial partner of Fundusz dla Odmiany; comparable as a regional grantmaking intermediary.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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