Founders

The Borderland Foundation was established in May 1990. It is an independent, non-governmental institution that does not engage in any political or economic activity. All the programme activities of the Foundation focus on propagating the borderland ethos and bridge building between the people of various religions, ethnicities and cultures. The Foundation was set up by a group of culture animators working earlier at the Gardzienice Theatre (Gardzienice near Lublin), Stop Theatre (Słupsk), the Dąbrówka Culture Centre in Poznań (Krzysztof Czyżewski, Małgorzata Sporek-Czyżewska) and the Commune Culture Centre in Kashubia (Wojciech and Bożena Szroeder).

Their cooperation dates back to the mid 1980s and the organization of the annual Village Meeting, International Alternative Culture Workshop in Czarna Dąbrówka. They arrived in Sejny in 1990, after their many-month long Journey East. The Foundation has its headquarters in Sejny but its offices are located currently in Krasnogruda. In 2003, the Society of the Borderland Foundation Friends was established, an organization registered in the U.S.A, with its office in Alexandria, near Washington. The Foundation's activities are supported mainly by grants from various institutions and organisations, as well as by private donations. The Foundation closely cooperates with the Center Borderland of Arts, Cultures and Nations." Both institutions are connected through similar goals, as well as, statutorily, through the Cooperation Agreement.