The article is devoted to the history of relations between Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and the head of the Moscow municipality K.V.Rukavishnikov. They collaborated in the field of charity from 1893 to 1915. Elizabeth Fеdorovna and her husband Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich provided Rukavishnikov a patronage of the royal couple, which led to his cooperation with Empress Alexandra Fеdorovna in the charitable sphere. The closest contacts between Elizabeth Feodorovna and Rukavishnikov occurred in 1900–1905, when he headed two organizations of the Grand Duchess: the Elisabeth Charitable Society and the Commission for accommodation of wounded soldiers, evacuated from the Far East. After 1905, Elizabeth Fedorovna repeatedly turned to Rukavishnikov for help in developing the strategic programs of her new organizations. In fact, Rukavishnikov can be called the mentor of the Grand Duchess.