what we do

We encourage and support the development and long-term financial sustainability of Slovak non-profit organizations by providing grants, loans, and expert consultancy. We support the development of corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. We provide consultancy for creating philanthropic strategies.  We undertake research projects and organize educational events. We recognize the philanthropic activities of corporations and individuals in Slovakia with our annual Via Bona Slovakia Award. We administer the Business Leaders Forum – an informal association of firms that commit themselves to enforce the principles of corporate social responsibility in Slovakia. We contribute to the development of civil society in the non-democratic and transition countries of the world, such as Belarus, Cuba, Iraq, and Serbia. We support the development of a foreign policy for Slovakia and the EU that is based on values of democracy, respect for human rights, and solidarity.

We undertake programming in three basic areas:

• strengthening of the nongovernmental sector
• corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility
• democratization and development abroad

Here you can find Pontis Foundation´s Calendar for 2009, containing preliminary dates of events in .pdf format.