Teple Misto

What Teple Misto does

Teple Misto is a Ukrainian civic transformation platform headquartered in Ivano-Frankivsk, operating since 2014 as a registered charitable organization (Благодійна організація «Благодійний фонд «Тепле Місто»). It functions as a platform-plus-programs architecture that both implements its own flagship projects and supports grassroots community initiatives, having executed approximately 400 initiatives and supported 250+ social projects across urbanism, contemporary art, education, new economy, sustainable mobility, and veteran reintegration. Core programs include Tekstura (reading promotion), Urban Space 100 (Ukraine's first social restaurant, with 80% of net profit redirected to a community grant fund), Promprylad.Renovation (an innovation center under construction on a former industrial plant site with a $25M total reconstruction budget), Pro-Veteran (psychosocial and reintegration services for veterans and families), Save Ukraine Now (military support coordination), and Shelter Ukraine (IDP assistance across western Ukraine). The underlying technology is a lightweight civic platform: social media channels, a website (warm.if.ua), email newsletter, digital donation collection via WayForPay, and a dedicated grants portal (grants.warm.if.ua) — no proprietary software products, APIs, or AI/ML systems.

The business model is that of a donor-dependent nonprofit. Funding sources include grants from international institutional donors (National Endowment for Democracy, Renovabis, GIZ, European Endowment for Democracy, International Renaissance Foundation, Valores Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy), donations from individuals and organizations, and the net profit of Urban Space 100. Teple Misto redistributes much of this funding through its own grant program (maximum 90,000 UAH per project for experienced teams, 20,000 UAH for new teams, with at least 10% co-financing required) and Shelter Ukraine (maximum 200,000 UAH per organization). The primary customer segments are the residents and civil society organizations of Ivano-Frankivsk and the broader Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, with secondary segments including veterans and their families in the Prykarpattia region. The organization is led by CEO Oksana Bryndzak with a small core team of ~10 staff, governed by a five-member Supervisory Board, and operates as a consortium member on the Promprylad.Renovation project alongside Insha Osvita, MitOst, PACT Ukraine, and Lviv Business School.

Name

Teple Misto

Legal name

БЛАГОДІЙНА ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ "БЛАГОДІЙНИЙ ФОНД "ТЕПЛЕ МІСТО"

Website

https://warm.if.ua

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Teple Misto is a Ukrainian civic transformation platform based in Ivano-Frankivsk, operating since 2014 as a charitable nonprofit. It implements flagship urban, cultural, and veterans programs and grants funds grassroots community projects, serving residents, NGOs, and initiative groups in Ivano-Frankivsk and western Ukraine.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic / Community Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG, Place-Based Initiatives) (BPAIANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ), Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN), Post-Conflict Recovery, Reconciliation & Social Cohesion Programs (BPADAFAL), Community Arts, Culture & Creative Placemaking Enterprises (BPAGALAO)

Keywords

• Civic transformation platform
• Urban development programs
• Community grant funding
• Social restaurant concept
• Veteran support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ivano-Frankivsk

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grants and philanthropic funding: Teple Misto receives grants from international donors including National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Renovabis, International Renaissance Foundation, and others. These fund both the platform's own operations and the grants distributed to community projects.
2. Social restaurant revenue (Urban Space 100): Urban Space 100, the first social restaurant in Ukraine, directs 80% of its net profit to fund urban development projects in Ivano-Frankivsk. This creates a self-sustaining grant fund fed by the restaurant's commercial operations.
3. Donations and charitable contributions: The platform collects donations from individuals and organizations to support specific projects, including the Save Ukraine Now military support initiative and general platform operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Teple Misto is a civic-transformation platform that runs its own urban development, cultural, education, veteran-support, and emergency-response programs in Ivano-Frankivsk and provides grants (up to 90,000 UAH per project) and capacity-building support to local NGOs and grassroots initiative groups. Its flagship commercial-civic asset is Urban Space 100, the first social restaurant in Ukraine, which directs 80% of net profit into a self-sustaining grant fund for community projects.

Product overview

Teple Misto is a civic transformation platform operating since 2014 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. It functions as a platform-plus-programs architecture, implementing its own flagship initiatives while supporting grassroots community projects. The core platform manages approximately 400 initiatives across urbanism, contemporary art, education, new economy, sustainable mobility, and veterans support. Key flagship programs include: Текстура (reading promotion), Urban Space 100 (social restaurant funding urban projects), Промприлад.Реновація (innovation center at former industrial plant), Ґранти Теплого Міста (grant program up to 90,000 UAH), Pro-Veteran Program (veteran support), SAVE UKRAINE NOW (military coordination), SHELTER UKRAINE (displaced persons support), and Urban Space Radio (urban media). Additional programs cover sustainable mobility (bicycle infrastructure, bike schools), sports events (Frankivsk Half Marathon, Hot Sport), contemporary art (Art Residence with international artists, Open Art Lectures), urban development (urbanism program, School of Urban Studies, City Scanning Session), cultural initiatives (postcards, dance platforms), and community building (Grants School, Experience Exchange). The platform also developed Ivano-Frankivsk's visual identity including its award-winning logo.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Urban Space 100: First social restaurant in Ukraine - profit directed exclusively to urban development projects
• Текстура (Tekstura)
• Промприлад.Реновація (Promprylad.Renovation)
• Ґранти Теплого Міста (Teple Misto Grants)
• MetaLab
• Urban Space Radio
• Pro-Veteran Program
• Save Ukraine Now

Products and services

• Teple Misto Platform (Тепле Місто) Umbrella civic-transformation platform operating in Ivano-Frankivsk since 2014, implementing own projects in urbanism, culture, education, veterans support, and social innovation and supporting local NGOs through grants and capacity-building.
• Urban Space 100 (Social Restaurant) The first social restaurant in Ukraine, whose 80% net profit funds Teple Misto's urban development projects and serves as a self-sustaining grant mechanism.
• Tekstura (Reading Promotion Program) Reading-promotion program that builds social connections through lectures, Lektoriy events, the Adult Book Club, and other literature-related practices for the Ivano-Frankivsk community.
• Promprylad.Renovation (Innovation Center) Innovation center being created on the premises of the former Promprylad industrial plant in Ivano-Frankivsk; serves as a knowledge-distribution platform across education, art, new economy, and urbanistics.
• Teple Misto Grants (Ґранти Теплого Міста) Grant program funding grassroots initiatives, NGOs, and community groups in Ivano-Frankivsk OTG with maximum grants of 90,000 UAH for experienced teams and 20,000 UAH for new teams, focused on urban space, culture, progressive education, and public health.
• Pro-Veteran Program (Проветеранський напрям) Veteran-support program providing psychoeducational training, legal, financial, communication, and fundraising consultations; mentorship; psychosocial support; peer-to-peer training; and mapping services for veterans, female veterans, and their families in the Prykarpattia region.
• Save Ukraine Now Coordination Center Coordination center for military support in the Prykarpattia region, unifying volunteers, authorities, and Territorial Defense Forces and delivering equipment and supplies to frontline military units.
• Shelter Ukraine Initiative providing support to internally displaced persons and the organizations helping them, including shelter setup, food, medicine, essential goods, and evacuation support across western Ukrainian regions.
• Development Strategy of Ivano-Frankivsk Long-term city development strategy initiative bringing together civic sector, business association, cultural sector, and analytics to position Ivano-Frankivsk as a globally competitive city with metropolis-level quality of life.
• New Economy of Ivano-Frankivsk (NEF) Project driving the transformation of Ivano-Frankivsk into a competitive innovative economic center through economic-transformation processes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% of residents surveyed are proud to be members of Ivano-Frankivsk community
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Consortium of strategic partners (Insha Osvita, MitOst, PACT Ukraine, Lviv Business School / LvBS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromprylad.Renovation is implemented by a consortium of strategic partner organizations: Teple Misto platform, Insha Osvita NGO, MitOst, PACT Ukraine, and Lviv Business School (LvBS). These partners collectively contribute to urban innovation, education, and regional development goals.
• SILab UkrainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSILab Ukraine partnered with Teple Misto on the Shelter Ukraine initiative to support internally displaced persons and civilians in areas of active hostilities. SILab handles aid for eastern and central Ukrainian regions while Teple Misto covers western regions including Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Zakarpattia, Volyn, and Chernivtsi.
• VPLYV FUNDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable organization VPLYV FUND co-founded the Shelter Ukraine initiative with Teple Misto and SILab Ukraine. VPLYV FUND is responsible for shelter support projects in central Ukrainian regions.
• Lileya-NV Publishing House (Видавництво Лілея-НВ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBookstore and publisher partnering with Tekstura reading promotion program and CO 'Vidkryty Kod' for a charitable initiative to create a library for the pediatric oncology department of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Children's Clinical Hospital.
• CO 'Vidkryty Kod' (громадська організація 'Відкритий код')minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGO partnering with Tekstura and Lileya-NV on the hospital children's library initiative. CO 'Vidkryty Kod' contributes to the project's community engagement and organizational coordination.
• MetalabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetalab collaborated with Teple Misto from mid-2021 to study factors influencing Ivano-Frankivsk residents' transportation decisions. The project was part of the Environmental Policy and Advocacy Initiative in Ukraine, funded by the International Renaissance Foundation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Impact Hub Kyiv: Ukrainian node of the global Impact Hub network supporting social entrepreneurs and civic innovators. Comparable as an emerging ecosystem player offering co-working, programming, and community support for civic and impact-driven projects, partially overlapping with Promprylad.Renovation.

Direct peers

• Insha Osvita: Ukrainian civic-education NGO that is part of the Promprylad.Renovation consortium alongside Teple Misto. Comparable as a Ukrainian civic-society organization driving education, civic participation, and community transformation projects.
• CANactions School: Ukrainian interdisciplinary postgraduate urban studies school that co-developed and delivered the School of Urban Studies within Teple Misto. Operates in the same civic-urbanism niche in Ukraine with overlapping target audiences (urbanists, architects, civic activists).
• PACT Ukraine: International development organization with active Ukraine programming and a Promprylad.Renovation consortium partner. Comparable as a civil-society capacity-building implementer targeting community resilience and local development in Ukraine.
• Lviv Business School (LvBS): Ukrainian business and management school and a named Promprylad.Renovation consortium partner. Comparable as an educational and community-development institution operating in western Ukraine with overlapping programs in entrepreneurship and innovation.
• Skovoroda Hromada Foundation: Ukrainian civic foundation funding community-level initiatives. Comparable to Teple Misto as a domestically rooted charitable platform that re-grants to grassroots civic and community-development projects across Ukraine.
• MitOst: International civic-society support organization and Promprylad.Renovation consortium partner. Comparable as an enabler of civic activism, cultural exchange, and community-led transformation programs across Central/Eastern Europe.
• SILab Ukraine: Ukrainian social innovation lab and co-founder of the Shelter Ukraine initiative alongside Teple Misto. Comparable as a Ukrainian civic/social-impact organization operating humanitarian and community-support programs targeting displaced persons and vulnerable populations.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Urban History of East Central Europe: Lviv-based research institution producing urban history and civic-engagement programming in Ukraine. Comparable as a more established, research-led civic/urban organization that overlaps with Teple Misto's urbanism and community-development agenda.
• ZMINA (Human Rights Center): Established Ukrainian human rights and civic-space NGO. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the Ukrainian civic-society sector with overlapping donor base (NED, EED, IRF) and overlapping beneficiaries including veterans, IDPs, and civic activists.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/warmifua
• Instagraminstagram.com/teple_misto
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teple-misto

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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