Fundacja Solidarności Międzynarodowej
Polish state foundation (Skarbu Państwa) under the supervision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Main operator of Polish development aid under the "Wsparcie Demokracji" programme — including the Belarusian direction.
General FSM reporting is at solidarityfund.pl/raporty-roczne. Below only the distribution for the Belarusian direction — the focus of our project. Since 2024, the main part of the competition budget for this direction has been hidden from publication.
| Year | Amount | Transparency | Note | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | not stated | 0% | 7 grants, recipients published, amounts not stated. | doc-fsm-2020-results |
| 2021 | not stated | 0% | 5 grants, recipients published, amounts not stated. | doc-fsm-2021-results |
| 2022 | not published | 0% | Results not found in the FSM website archive. | — |
| 2023 | 2 073 460 zł | 100% | 5 grants, all recipients published, transparency 100%. Largest grant — 980,000 zł (47% of competition budget). | doc-fsm-2023-results |
| 2024 | 4 700 000 zł | 18,7% | 11 grants; 4 names disclosed for 880,000 zł, 7 names hidden for 3,820,000 zł. | doc-fsm-2024-results |
| 2025 | 8 000 000 zł | 11,25% | 11 grants; 2 names disclosed for 900,000 zł, 9 names hidden for 7,100,000 zł. A criterion was introduced closing the competition to new applicants. | doc-fsm-2025-results |
In 2023–2025, at least 14.77 million zł passed through FSM for the Belarusian direction. The competition budget grew almost fourfold (from 2.07 to 8 million zł); transparency fell from 100% to 11.25%. In total for 2024–2025, 10.92 million zł was hidden from publication — two thirds of the entire Belarusian direction volume over three years.
The formal basis for concealment is a regulatory provision allowing applicants to request non-publication of selected project data due to the special political conditions of the project country. This practice has not been observed in other directions (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova). Against the background of formally functioning transparency indicators for the institution as a whole — this is a structural anomaly of one direction requiring explanation.
Last verification of competition publications: 16 May 2026.
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FSM["Fundacja Solidarności<br/>Międzynarodowej (FSM)"]
BP["Fundacja Białoruś Przyszłości<br/>980 000 zł, 2023"]
NIK["Najwyższa Izba<br/>Kontroli (NIK)"]
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FSM ==grants 2020-2025==> BP
NIK -.audit NIK 2024.-> FSM
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class FSM,BP org;
class NIK control;- 2023 competition (BP grant — 980k zł, 100% transparency) · board president — Rafał Dzięciołowski (from 19 September 2019)
- 2024 competition (81% budget concealment) · board president — Rafał Dzięciołowski. Results published August 2024, weeks after Dzięciołowski left on 30 July 2024
- 2025 competition (89% budget concealment, restrictive criterion introduced) · board president — Justyna Janiszewska (from 21 November 2024)
- Justyna Janiszewska — Board President, from 21 November 2024
- Teresa Zagrodzka — Board member, from 13 May 2025
Действующий состав Rady Fundacji указан в полной выписке KRS — doc-krs-fsm.
- Jacek Kluczkowski — 2001–2004
- Waldemar Dubaniowski — 2004–2011
- Klaudia Wojciechowska — 2011–2012
- Krzysztof Stanowski — 2012–2017
- Maciej Falkowski — 2017–2019
- Rafał Dzięciołowski — 19 September 2019 — 30 July 2024 (left during NIK 2024 audit, before report publication)
- Henryk Litwin — 30 July — 14 November 2024 (3.5 months)
- doc-fsm-2023-results · Wyniki Konkursu Grantowego na rzecz Białorusi 2023
- doc-fsm-2024-results · Wyniki Konkursu Grantowego na rzecz społeczeństwa białoruskiego 2024
- doc-fsm-2025-results · Wyniki Konkursu Grantowego na rzecz społeczeństwa białoruskiego 2025
- doc-nik-kap-430-7-2024 · Отчёт NIK о проверке реализации программы «Współpraca rozwojowa» 2021–2024