The New Community Foundation

What we do

We develop tools to reduce polarization: dialogue formats for divided communities, citizen training in conversation skills and community-building solutions for NGOs teams and businesses

Our Formats

How we work

We partner with donors and grant makers to deliver impact, scale and innovation in the field of depolarization, community-building and democratic education. The NCF is certified as equivalent to a US public charity

Our Projects

Who we are

Our 20+ team consists of social activists, dialogue facilitators, social scientists and project managers. The foundation serves as our activity hub

Our Foundation

Our partners include

Our impact

million citizens reached in

nationwide civic

education campaign

106

depolarization

civic dialogues

delivered in Poland

good conversation

skills workshops

delivered in Poland

partnerships with

social organizations

established across Poland

Latest work

Our Work: what we have achieved so far

Leading Polish news outlets report on NCF study on polarization – outreach

June | The first results of our nationwide polarization study have sparked media interest in Poland, as they confirm deep polarization following the presidential vote

Voters speak out on the 2025 presidential election – dialogue

June 2025 | Three days after the highly-divisive presidential election we gathered supporters of Karol Nawrocki and Rafał Trzaskowski for a conversation across the aisle

Poland polarization study 2025 – in progress

May 2025 | We have partnered with USWPS, Poland’s largest non-public university, to conduct a nationwide study of ideological and affective polarization in the country

Spring 2025 Good Conversation Workshops – with BASF Polska

April 2025 | We are offering five open workshops in May and June, sharing depolarization skills for use by citizens in families, workplace and public settings