Endowments of the Foundation are established. The Foundation transforms to a self-financing model and independent management: now our budget is formed from the income of the endowment

Our founder Vladimir Potanin decides to establish an endowment fund to ensure the long-term work of our organization and the implementation of charitable programs

The Foundation launches Industrial Experiment, Creative museum, and a range of competitions for support of the professional development

Vladimir Potanin donates one billion rubles to support the non-profit sector in times of global instability

The Foundation launches Common Cause, Philanthropy School and New Dimension competitions 

The Power of Sport Program is launched

Impact and Learning department and Center for Philanthropy Development are launched

THEATRUM project is launched

The Foundation takes part in the establishment of the State Tretyakov Gallery endowment fund

The Effective Philanthropy and Museums Without Borders Programs are launched

A new initiative is launched, Museum: The Power of Place

The Foundation replenishes the collection of the State Hermitage: it donates to the museum Bill Viola’s video installation Sea of ​​Silence, and together with the State Hermitage Endowment Fund acquires Anselm Kiefer’s Aurora

The Foundation opens the New Tretyakov & Arzamas Lounge

The first international forum "Endowments" is held

The Foundation and Oxford Saïd Business School co-run the Social Finance Fellowship Program

Erik Bulatov’s picture, The Picture and Its Viewers, is donated to the Tretyakov Gallery by Vladimir Potanin

The Foundation presents its new strategy

The Iskusny Glagol Journalists’ Competition is established

The Vladimir Potanin Foundation replenishes the collection of the Pompidou Center  

The KOLLEKTSIA! Contemporary Art in the USSR and Russia 1950-2000 eхhibition takes place in Paris

The Museum Guide Program is established

The first conference for professors teaching master’s programs takes place

The Museum Bridges Program is launched

The Endowment Growth Strategy Program is launched

The Russian Olympic University’s Scholarship Program is established

The Foundation runs its first Museum Guide Forum

The First Publication Program is launched

The State Hermitage Museum Endowment Fund is established with Vladimir Potanin among its co-founders

The foundation launches Professor Online Program for university professors

The Endowment Fund Club is founded

The first program of the Foundation School for fellowship and grant recipients successfully completed

The MGIMO University Endowment Fund is established with Vladimir Potanin among its co-founders 

The Foundation establishes a UK Study Program for Russia’s museum professionals

The Foundation launches a program to support the State Hermitage Museum staff

NYC’s Guggenheim Museum hosts RUSSIA! exhibition

A Changing Museum in a Changing World Program is launched

Paris hosts Paris — Saint Petersburg. 1800–1830. When Russia Spoke French exhibition

The State Hermitage Museum receives the gift of Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square. The purchase is funded by Vladimir Potanin and assisted by the Foundation

The Foreign Traineeship Program for graduates of MGIMO University is established

The foundation’s Fellowship Program is launched to support best students from Russian universities

Entrepreneur Vladimir Potanin creates a charitable foundation