Capital Foundation

Sofia, Bulgaria

Democracy & Civil societyEnvironment & ClimateNature & Wildlife conservationEducation

NGOFounded 2003National reach

Profile last updated: October 4, 2026

About

Founded in 2003, Capital Foundation is a non-governmental organisation based in Sofia, Bulgaria working on democracy & civil society, environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation +2 more.

Capital Foundation is a non-profit organisation for public benefit based in Sofia, Bulgaria, registered in 2003. It works to promote the values and ethical standards of free and independent media, support professional journalism in Bulgaria, strengthen civil society, promote public debate and support sustainable development. Its work includes EU-funded and other donor-funded projects on biodiversity, EU policy and euroscepticism, media quality, civic participation and youth development, often delivered with its sister publishing house Economedia. Activities include public debates, conferences, seminars and training, media publications, youth projects and volunteer-based environmental monitoring.

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Founded

2003

Organisation type

NGO

Focus areas

civil societymediasustainable developmentbiodiversityEU projectspublic debatejournalism

Languages

ENBG

Causes & programmes

Causes

Democracy & Civil societyEnvironment & ClimateNature & Wildlife conservationEducationHuman rights

Works for

YouthCommunities

How they work

Awareness & educationVolunteer programmesCapacity building

Programmes

Sustainable Biodiversity

Nature & Wildlife conservation · Bulgaria

Trained 20 volunteers to collect environmental data for Bulgaria's National System for Biodiversity Monitoring and ran online and publication-based awareness activities, including a photo contest. Co-financed by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and carried out with the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds and Economedia.

CODES (Comprehending and Debating Euroscepticism)

Democracy & Civil society · Bulgaria

Project to debate euroscepticism in Bulgaria, funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme and implemented by an international consortium led by Comenius University in Bratislava.

Informed and tolerant

Human rights · Bulgaria

Online platform with interactive maps, debates and news content to raise awareness of rights of vulnerable groups, voting rights and justice.

Quality media, quality information, quality civil society

Democracy & Civil society · Bulgaria

Project to support civil participation in the implementation and monitoring of policies and legislation, funded under Bulgaria's Operational Programme Good Governance.

Cohesion Policy awareness project

Community development · Bulgaria

One-year project raising awareness of the European Union's Cohesion Policy, led by Euractiv with more than 10 partners across Europe and funded by the European Commission.

Countries of operation

Bulgaria

Funding & support

Funded by

GrantsEU funding

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Economedia, Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, Euractiv, Comenius University in Bratislava, European Commission, European Parliament, World Bank, United Nations, Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area, Open Society Institute, Friedrich Ebert Foundation