It`s Craft Charitable Foundation has a reporting year from May to May. And the foundation's programs renew the cycle from May 12 every year.
It`s Craft Presentation and Impact Report ENG
PROGRAM 1. Its Craft Revolving Fund - a revolving grant.
2024
- Viktoriia Poplavska with a project to scale up the social sewing enterprise "Free Thread". She received UAH 40,000 to create a new collection and employ additional women from the social group.
- Volodymyr and Maria Kodola, owners of a family woodworking workshop, will create a new collection of educational toys for children - UAH 40,000.
2023
- Solomiia Bratakh with the project "Pumpkin Paradise - a tourist pearl of Lviv region" - UAH 20,000. She received funds to scale up sales of the family farm by organizing tastings.
- Anna Babina, owner of the Babyni Kozy farm, won with the idea of producing craft soap from goat's butter - UAH 30,000.
2022
- KUT-KOLO brand, Maksym Tkachov, sole proprietor, manufacturing lightweight concrete items, financial support for the company's recovery from rocket attacks - UAH 30,000.
- First Organic Nursery LLC, represented by director Andrii Kalyniak, financial support for the company to replenish working capital for the preservation of organic vegetables - UAH 20,000.
2021
- "Ecopackaging Khmelnytskyi, Oleksandr Zhylinskyi, Khmelnytskyi Regional Foundation for Social and Labor Rehabilitation of Disabled People, Khmelnytskyi - UAH 20,000.
- Herbal workshop "Sacrament of the Earth", Natalia Khramchenko, Kherson - UAH 10,000.
- Consulting services for the implementation of entrepreneurial activities for 6 (six) months in the areas of business model refinement, company and product branding, accounting, online sales, participation in exhibition activities - Yulia Zhuravska ("DariNa Handicraft Candles", Lviv region), Svyatoslav Surma ("Production of paper bags", Lviv region), Vira Bratchenko ("Pickles and preservation according to the author's recipe", Dnipro region).
PROGRAM 2. Permanent competition for creators - mini-grants to create prototypes of creative products: covering the cost of materials, raw materials or small services.
2023
- May: Oksana Plakosh "Modern carpet with samchykivka ornament by tafting", Zakarpattia region.
- August: Valeriia Malanska "Starting a local production of eco-bags as an element of souvenir products", Stina village, Vinnytsia region.
- November: Mariia Dubniak "LeatHer Shine", creation of a belt-corset with fringe decorated with natural stones, Kyiv.
- November: Elizaveta Cherkashyna "Woven belts with Mongolian motif", Kharkiv region.
2021
- August: Zoriana Kuryliak's "Star Necklace", Lviv.
- November: Lilia Orlova "Eco-packaging of rolled teas", Sievierodonetsk.
PROGRAM 3. Kentavrida - publication of artistic works based on the history and legends of Tavria.
2023
44 applications were received. The competition committee selected 24 works for evaluation. Works by Kateryna Kolesnyk, Eduard Shturhetsky, Oksana Trybun, and Volodymyr Kobzar were selected for publication.
Program 4. Kherson Region is Ukraine is a charity art project to support the occupied territories of Ukraine.
The program was initiated by the founders of It`s Craft, Pavlo Yarmii and Viktoriia Kulakova. The project was launched in 2023 with an art exhibition in Uman, funded by the founders' own contribution of UAH 220,000.
Results achieved:
- An art residency was held in Uman: 20 artists, 60 paintings were created.
- Artists outside the residency gave 82 more paintings.
- A total of 74 artists participated.
- In 2022-2023, 10 exhibitions were held: Uman, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Truskavets, and Luxembourg (the country of Luxembourg).
- Auctions and print sales raised UAH 239,911 for the Program's charitable activities.