 The Foundation was established on 10 October 2016.Its mission is to provide additional education opportunities in math, the natural sciences and technology to secondary-school students in the regions where Andrey Melnichenko's companies, fertiliser producer EuroChem and coal energy company SUEK, operate (many are in remote industrial areas of Russia).Melnichenko's companies reportedly spent over $500 million on social and charitable projects in Russia in the last 15 years.