SYNERGY UNIVERSE

Grants for everyone who changes the world

OUR PHILOSOPHY

SYNERGY ACADEMY

SYNERGY FOR ACTION

GSA

SYNERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

SYNERGY AI
FUNDING CLUB

OUR DIRECTIONS →

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Synergy Universe is a group of companies that helps businesses, communities and non-profits attract grants from funds in any country, and helps grant funds deploy capital and create impact. We walk the whole path with you to international standards: we train you, implement standards, design the project, pass due diligence and support it to results.

GRANTS

FUNDRAISING

We prepare and run grants for any foundation; we help funds deploy capital and create impact

We build grant-raising systems and grow the market's professionals

GAMES

Understand the grant market through play — no risk, no loss

STANDARDS

Standardisation and certification of grant systems plus ESG and SDG integration

CLUB

We unite people who work with grants for growth and new opportunities

SVITLANA OLIEINIKOVA

Fundraising expert

Managing partner of the Synergy Universe group of companies - the first fundraising ecosystem in Ukraine

Work experience since 2004

National consultant of the Council of Europe in Ukraine

ISO 20700: 2017 Strategic Management Consultant

Certified Horizon Europe consultant

Brand Ambassador Digital women 2020, SDG Relay

Columnist of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of the Diia.Business project, Novoe vremya, Українська правда, delo.ua, the point

The best trainer according to the version of ICAP Ednannia - 2018, the best trainer of the United Nations Program for Reconstruction and Development of Peace - 2019

22 years of experience

PEOPLE

SYNERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

Experts

SYNERGY ACADEMY

Teachers

SYNERGY FOR ACTION

Masters

SYNERGY AI FUNDING CLUB

Team

GRANT STANDARDS & SUSTAINABILITY

Team

OUR MISSION

OUR GOAL

CREATION OF SYNERGY BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND SOCIETY WITH THE HELP OF FUNDRAISING

To create a single and understandable fundraising ecosystem in Ukraine and become a leader in this field.

VALUES

Social significance

We work with socially significant projects. Which increase the welfare of society and are involved in the solution of Sustainable development goals.

Synergy

With the help of interaction with others, we can qualitatively enhance the effect and significantly surpass the result of each individual.

Development

Constant, continuous development through crisis moments and challenges. Yourself as an individual, a business, a client's project, a country.

Perspective / Business intuition

We work with those in whom we see potential for growth. We form the right environment.

WHY WHOLE?

GROUP OF COMPANIES?

GROUP

Ecosystem of the full cycle - from training to implementation of projects

An opportunity to gain knowledge of fundraising yourself and start attracting non-refundable funds

Strong environment and support

ONE

Support for your project is only in one direction

Lack of opportunity to gain new knowledge in the field of fundraising

Lack of a strong environment and support

NEWS

Choose a category

How to choose a grant call that fits your project

A large award is not a good opportunity if your organisation cannot apply or your project does not fit the call. Before writing, make a one-page decision brief. Its purpose is to help your team decide where to invest its time. Start with the project, not the funder Write down the problem, who experiences it and what will change. State the planned activities, location and delivery period. If these change completely when you read a call, ask whether you are still pursuing your

1 day ago

Three Synergy Universe examples: learning materials and a participant’s outcome

These three examples have public evidence. Each describes a specific educational output or participant experience, with clear limits on what can be concluded. A practical entrepreneurship handbook published by UNDP Synergy Development Consulting’s expert group, led by Svitlana Olieinikova, contributed to the Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development Handbook. The material combines business planning topics with exercises and templates. UNDP published the handbook on 28

7 days ago

Why grant applications get rejected: 10 reasons we see most often

Most grant applications are rejected. That is normal: funders receive far more requests than they can support, and even strong teams lose more often than they win. What is not normal is losing for reasons that could have been avoided. In 22 years of working with grants we have collected our own list of such reasons. Some of them cost our clients, and us, very large sums. Here are the ten we see most often, and what to do about each one. 1. The project does not fit the call Th

Oct 12