Volunteers and children celebrate around a fire at summer camp by Maria's Children, a charity funded by CAF Russia donors.
Philanthropy is an even younger phenomenon than the market economy, or the ‘relative’ democracy, in Russia. In 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed and true market reforms started, Russia had only around 10,000-15,000 NGOs (and only 20 NGOs in 1986) and virtually no domestic giving.
