Building homes in Romania
The Foundation has granted EUR 130,000 in support of an SOS Childrens Village for approximately 40 disadvantaged children in Romania. Through Hope Build, volunteers come together to construct multiple homes in just five days, offering immediate support for families in need.
Habitat for Humanity builds safe and affordable homes designed as multi-family units (duplexes, quadruplexes), providing each family with a secure space. These initiatives not only offer essential housing but also contribute to creating empowered, sustainable communities. In the community of Cumpăna, Habitat has already built 36 homes for low-income families and in Țuțora, another 10 homes have been constructed to serve vulnerable families.
In 2022, 30 Grundfos employees helped build 5 houses in Bacau. Photo: Grundfos Romania
The Foundation believes in the fundamental value of communities. Everybody needs to feel as part of a community, and everybody can contribute to communities and society. Globally, our Community Engagement grant allows Grundfos employees to attract funds to community projects where they contribute with volunteer work.
- The next deadline for applications is June 27. Find out more here
List of grants
The following Community Engagement Grants were awarded by the Grundfos Foundation on June 2nd, 2025:
Project Title |
Organisation |
Country |
Amount (EUR) |
| Pump-school for local partners | Engineers Without Borders Denmark | Ghana | 47,000 |
| Empowerment of Vulnerable Women in Enugu State | Nigerian Red Cross Society, Enugu Branch | Nigeria | 12,824 |
| Enhancing labour market inclusion of people with disabilities | Vadvirag Alapitvany | Hungary | 68,500 |
| Inclusion and apprenticeships | Niis | Denmark | 83,000 |
| SWIFT access to clean water in Isiwu and Eginrin-Ekun | Optimal Greening Foundation | Nigeria | 89,822 |
| The Parent Playbox: Early Childhood Education for a Sustainable Tomorrow | Kids Collab | South Africa | 15,700 |
| Water access in North Cameroon | AFENC | Cameroon | 50,093 |
| Growing Together: A Social Garden for St. Christopher House | Charity of the Diocese of Székesfehérvár | Hungary | 18,190 |
| Bridging the gap: Empowering youth from the protection system | HOPE AND HOMES FOR CHILDREN | Romania | 25,000 |
| Support for SOS Childrens Village & volunteer project | Habitat for Humanity | Romania | 130,000 |
| Vigyázó Kéz (Caring Hand) foundation runs two kinds of summer camps for orphaned children | “Vigyázó kéz” Gyermekvédelmi Egyesület | Hungary | 30,000 |
| Bridging the Gap to Clean Water, Manila | SOS Children’s Villages Philippines | The Philippines | 13,317 |
| Clean water for University of Ghana | Rainbow Trust Foundation | Ghana | 111,160 |
| Underprivileged Students’ Green IT Classrooms Support and Students’ Study Tour Project | Netspring Limited | China | 76,000 |
| Jászság Biodiversity project | MME BirdLife Hungary | Hungary | 30,000 |
| Muir College Water Project | The Muir Foundation | South Africa | 115,400 |
| 3-year collaboration with WWF Finland | WWF Finland | Finland | 20,000 |
| Water. Biodiversity. People. Grundfos heroes Italy 2025 | United Way Spain | Italy | 26,055 |
| Community Engagement through sports | PHINEO gAG (United Way Germany) |
Germany | 81,900 |
| Reading Adventure | Drumul Impreuna Romania (United Way Romania) |
Romania | 32,450 |
| Empowering Refugees through Career Development | United Way the Netherlands | Netherlands | 40,000 |
| Integrated Water and Sanitation Solutions for a Healthier Kumbungu community | HOPIN ACADEMY | Ghana | 60,380 |
| Caravan “Path of Champions” | Novak Đoković Foundation | Serbia | 20,000 |
| Training as an instrument of transformation (top-up grant) | Plan International Ethiopia | Ethiopia | 54,017 |
| Strengthening generations | Fundacja Dobrych Inicjatyw (United WayPoland) |
Poland | 60,000 |
| Enhancing climate-resilient WASH practices and policies for children in Serbia | UNICEF Serbia | Serbia | 47,193 |
| Youth Challenge program for real-life career impact | Alliance pour l’éducation (United Way France) |
France | 30,000 |
| Community Water Access: Cuartel V | Agua Segura | Argentina | 98,160 |
| 3 years of saplings and tree-planting, Manila | Million Trees Foundation Inc. | The Philippines | 30,000 |
| Total (EUR) | 1,516,162 | ||