The mission of WCIF is to encourage different communities to take responsibility and to work actively for social development utilizing fully local resources.

For us these communities are not only geographical but also professional and interest based. We work with all of them toward local development, as well as toward developing and implementing donor practices, by offering different ways of realizing these ideas in Bulgaria together with business ogranizations and individual donors.

In order to achieve its mission WCIF supports:

• Development of cooperation among stakeholders in communities as an important tool for achieving social change on the basis of joint responsibility;
• Development and strengthening of non-governmental organizations as an important factor in the process of civil society development
• Development of local philanthropy as a prerequisite for the development of vibrant civic organisations, because neither the civic society, nor its organizations can exist without the active support of socially responsible people, corporations or institutions.

 The underlying values and principles of WCIF include:  

• Participation and inclusiveness;
• Communities have their resources;
• Dialogue with all parties involved; 
• Recognizing, understanding and respecting diversity.
• Value for money
• Accountability and transparency.

The work of WCIF has its place in the process of development of Bulgarian society in the long-term. The initiatives we develop and support bring back a forgotten notion - the notion that the individual responsibility, trust, care and philanthropy are of significant importance for the life in a free and democratic society.

Each grant that WCIF gives is complemented with funding raised by the local communities and thus, the circle of dependence on outside financial aid is broken and the process of building local philantrhopy is stimulated. WCIF always acts responsibly toward the invested funding in the process of granting and ensures transparency and accountability.