On September 3 at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House Chairman of Public Chamber Aleksei Fomin told about financial support of socially oriented non-profit organisations in Tatarstan. There are 6 thousand non-profit organisations in Tatarstan.

One of the forms of state support of public organisations is their participation in federal and regional contests of social projects aimed at solving social problems in the society. Thus, contests of socially oriented non-profit organisations for grants of Russian President, Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, and relevant ministries and agencies are held in the republic.

This year, in accordance with the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 1046, 10 mln rubles were allocated for holding the regional contest for grants of Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers for non-profit organisations that take part in implementation of socially oriented projects in Tatarstan. Applications can be submitted from September 10 to October 14.

By the contest results non-profit organisations will receive 95 mln rubles for their activity.