About Foundation and Founders
Our goal

Provide opportunities for human and social development so that everyone can contribute to the well-being of Ukraine

  1. The Fedir Shpyg Foundation was established by the Shpyg family in memory of the Ukrainian banker, philanthropist, public figure, and politician Fedir Shpyg, who contributed to the development of culture and sports in Ukraine for over 20 years.
  2. Since 2020, the Foundation has continued its charitable programmes and implemented projects in three main areas: sports, culture and science. We also support the initiatives of other organisations on a competitive basis.
  3. We believe that everyone can change the world for the better: from starting a new football club in their town or village to developing the first Ukrainian Mars rover. The future of society depends on each and every one of us.
About Fedir Shpyg

Fedir Shpyg is a Ukrainian banker, philanthropist, public figure, and politician. For over 20 years, he has been involved in philanthropic projects to develop sports and culture in Ukraine.

He is known as one of the founders of Aval Bank, a member of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine, and later a co-founder of the Milk Alliance holding. He has been elected three times as a Member of Parliament in the Chernihiv region.

"I am a Ukrainian, and I love my country. I don't want to live anywhere else, and neither do my children"

– said Fedir Ivanovych. That’s why he started doing charity work as soon as he built a stable business.

Achievements of Fedir Shpyg:
  1. He was the president of the Ukrainian Amateur Football Association.
  2. He financed the “Leather Ball” children’s tournament, which is attended by about 600,000 children.
  3. He supported the cultural community as a member of the Supervisory Council of the Ivan Franko Theatre. He financed some of the theater’s premieres at his own expense and provided pension supplements to actors.
  4. As an MP, Fedir Shpyg repaired all schools in his district and supplied the equipment, helped maintain hospitals, and provided financial assistance for more than 5,300 residents.
  5. The Aval Bank Library and the World Classics in Native Language project were created for employees. Excellent Ukrainian translations of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, poems by Charles Baudelaire, Jose Martí and Rabindranath Tagore were published.
  6. Thanks to the support of Fedir Ivanovych, the city of Kyiv was decorated with monuments to prominent Ukrainian artists – Leonid Bykov and Mykola Yakovchenko. Kyiv also received monuments to literary heroes Panikovsky, Prona Prokopivna, and Holokhvastov.
  7. In 2020, Fedir Ivanovych died in a car accident. His children created the Foundation in their father’s memory to continue his charitable initiatives and create new projects for the country’s development.