TELUS Digital Romania Foundation opens the registrations for the first grants session of 2025

TELUS Digital Romania Community Board has opened the registrations for the first session of the annual grants program designed to provide non-governmental organizations in Romania with the opportunity to benefit from funding for their education, health or environment related initiatives. NGOs can submit their projects by April 11th, and the total amount of the funds allocated in this second session is 50,000 USD, representing 50% of the annual program budget.

Grants are awarded exclusively to non-governmental organizations registered in Romania. The submitted projects must be implemented by the end of 2025, have as direct beneficiaries children, young people or their families, and use social innovation and technology in addressing a problem identified in the communities where these organizations are active.

Interested NGOs can submit their proposals of projects through an application form available on the website https://www.telus.com/en/social-impact/giving-back/community-grants/romania. When writing their application, organizations are encouraged to present details related to the identified problem, the way in which the proposed project will provide an innovative solution, through concrete actions, as well as the expected measurable results.

Depending on the number of beneficiaries and the complexity of the proposed projects, NGOs can request grants up to 10,000 USD. The Foundation’s Board will evaluate the proposals and select the winning projects by the end of May 2025.

With this new grant session, TELUS Digital Romania Community Board continues its commitment started in 2016 to support local communities. To date, the Foundation has funded 143 projects in Romania with grants amounting to 800,000 USD (over 3,5 million lei). In 2024, 13 organizations benefited from a grant from the TELUS Digital Romania Foundation: Hercules Association, eematico Association, Te Aud Romania Foundation, Anaid Association, Educația la Sat Association, FREE Association, International Foundation for Children and Families, Caravana cu Medici Iași Association, Autism Voice Association, SMA Family Association, The Story of Autism Association, Nautic Titans Sports Club Association, Climato Sfera Association.

The Community Board grants program, along with the annual volunteer event TELUS Days of Giving and other social campaigns organized throughout the year are key actions taken by TELUS Digital (known in the past as TELUS International) to fulfill its “We Give Where We Live” commitment and better the communities its team members are part of.