Together,
We Can Achieve More!
We are a support organisation, providing professional, human and financial assistance for the creation and development of communities in Hungary.
Our goal is to initiate profound social change in Hungary by supporting bottom-up initiatives that increase individual initiative and responsibility, as well as strengthen trust and solidarity in society.
OUR PROGRAMMES
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME
The programme establishes and develops community foundations, and acts as their contact point in Hungary.
GIVING CIRCLE PROGRAMME
The Giving Circle Programme works to build donor communities through the organisation of fundraising evenings.
REVITALISING SMALL TOWNS
In the Revitalising Small Towns Programme, we provide multi-year support to local community leaders who aim to develop their small town community.
SOLIDARITY WOMEN’S PROGRAMME
Our programme supports initiatives working for a better representation of women’s perspectives: through community fundraising evenings and Hungary’s first women’s giving circle.
NEWS
Our Ambassador Campaign in February – Together we can give more!
During our February campaign, our ambassadors raised more than 3 million forints (€7,538), contributing to the foundation’s work and the achievement of our shared goals.
10 years of the Roots and Wings!
After a decade, the Roots and Wings Foundation has become a community of people who believe in the power of collective action. On this anniversary, we recap the past and open the future.
“We want to show young people the broadest possible perspectives”
Interview with Janka Becsey, the project leader and a beneficiary of our Revitalising Small Towns Programme, about how youth work can spark dialogue between extremely different social groups.
“These people love their community so much that they are dissatisfied with it and want to change it.”
We have launched the second cycle of our Revitalising Small Towns programme, supporting seven active community people over three years. We talked to Edit Kovács, Programme Manager, and Péter Peták, expert of the programme.
“It’s important to feel the power we have as residents”
We spoke with Petra and Zsófia, members of the Zöldendre Association and participants in our Revitalising Small Towns Programme, about shaping small-town thinking, and the nature of power.
Trust or control?
Opposing mainstream grant-making practices, “trust-based philanthropy” is gaining momentum worldwide. Instead of paternalistic control, it promotes reciprocity, balanced power dynamics, and the inclusion of beneficiaries’ perspectives.
