Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund

Thank you for your generous donation to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. It has been 10 months since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, and contributions like yours are continuing to make a difference. They are supporting nonprofit organizations’ humanitarian response efforts and delivering crucial help and hope to people in need amid hostilities, constant stress, and difficult conditions away from home.

I am writing this report from the Point of Indomitability in Kyiv while experiencing a two-day power outage in the city. These points are safe havens during long periods when electricity or heat is switched off. And from conversations with our nonprofit partners, I realized that, with your support, GlobalGiving became a figurative Point of Indomitability for our partner organizations in Ukraine and neighboring countries during this war.  

Since we last updated you, the fund has supported 35 grants to high-impact and community-led nonprofit organizations at the forefront of this wide-reaching crisis. These grants will support our partners in undertaking holistic winterization activities and caring for forcibly displaced persons, children, and the elderly. The grants will also help strengthen civil society groups and their emergency responses, and provide medical support inside Ukraine and neighboring countries.

GlobalGiving’s support is responsive to the changing conflict lines and needs that arise as a result of the war in different parts of Ukraine and the region.

Here is what one Ukrainian organization, CF Orphanni Synytsi, wanted you to know about the impact of your donation:

“Before the full-scale war, we mostly responded to life-threatening diseases and provided equipment. But after the full-scale war started, we had to deal with more issues because war is a catastrophic disaster. Patients needed transportation, relocation… They needed everything! The grant (from GlobalGiving) arrived at the perfect time, so we did not have to look for funding elsewhere during the emergency but could respond quickly” – Tetiana Zamorska, Executive Director, CF Orphanni Synytsi

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported: 

• National Network for Local Philanthropy Development is currently focused on preparing winter accommodation centers for internally displaced people and helping schools function offline during power outages. As a Ukrainian network of charitable organizations, including community foundations across Ukraine, the National Network is uniquely positioned to bring local leaders together and respond quickly to evolving needs. 

• Polska Akcja Humanitarna supports people affected by the war, including refugees arriving in Poland and those displaced within Ukraine. The organization is providing food, hygiene products, and psychosocial support to older people affected by the conflict.

• International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation is supporting refugees in Moldova by providing food and medical supplies. The IBC is also sheltering internally displaced people in the Odesa region and operating a bakery project in Mykolaiv, which is already providing 2,000 families with freshly made bread.  

• Life Quality Fund provides critical food, medication, and hygiene supplies to people in need across eastern and southern Ukraine, and to internally displaced people in other regions of the country. The Ukrainian organization also devotes its time to rebuilding destroyed infrastructure and delivering toys, hygiene products, and sweets to impacted children. 

Thanks to your donation, there is hope in the eyes of people who endured a very difficult year but are looking forward to the coming year. Your support of the GlobalGiving Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund powers community-led responses. It means liberated and war-affected regions of Ukraine, and displaced people in its neighboring countries, get the critical resources they need to survive a difficult winter, strengthen their resilience, and rebuild. You can find a full list of recent Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund nonprofit partners receiving grants at the end of this report. 

With sincere gratitude, 

Yuliya + the GlobalGiving team

Nonprofit Partners Receiving Grants: 

APC/CZA: Asylum Protection Center 

Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation

CF Orphanni Synytsi

Charitable Organization Bright Kids Charity

Charitable Organization International Charitable foundation Social projects center of future

ChildAid to Eastern Europe

Dzherelo Children's Rehabilitation Centre

Fundacja "Polskie Centrum Pomocy Miedzynarodowej/Polish Center for International Aid

Fundacja im. Doktora Piotra Janaszka PODAJ DALEJ/ Doctor Piotr Janaszek PAY IT FORWARD Foundation

Give Life Association / Daruieste Viata

Happy Paw

Hinsehen und Helfen e.V.

IBO ITALIA

International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation

Kharkiv Regional Charity Fund - Daruj Dobro 

Kharkiv rehabilitation centre 'Pravo vibora'

Kuresh 

Legal Development Network

Let's Help Charitable Foundation

Life Quality Fund

Mission Bambini

National Network for Local Philanthropy Development

Nezabutni Charitable Foundation

Non-governmental organization Women's Federation for World Peace

Polska Akcja Humanitarna 

Polska Misja Medyczna / Polish Medical Mission

RememberUs.org 

Romi's Way

Soleterre - Strategie di pace Onlus

Tabletochki

Te Aud Romania

Telecoms San Frontieres

Terra Renaissance

Zaporuka Foundation

Zywiec Development Foundation

Thank you for your generous donation to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. Donations to this GlobalGiving fund have been making a difference since the latest Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, helping nonprofit organizations save lives and strengthen their resilience.

Over the past two months, donations to the fund have supported grants to 18 high-impact nonprofit organizations responding to urgent needs on the front lines of this crisis. The organizations are also providing longer-term community support, including preparing for a difficult winter and responding in recently de-occupied areas of Ukraine. Winter is always harsh in the region, but with recent attacks on electricity and other critical infrastructure, and millions displaced by the war, your support is all the more critical. 

Here is what one rescue-focused organization working in Ukraine told us: 

"GlobalGiving’s [grant] comes in just as my team has been trying to figure out how to keep our efforts going and accelerate through the long winter. We know how critical support will be in the coming months when many are pulling back because public donations and interest have waned." – Randi, Kidsave International

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported: 

• Food for Life Ukraine provides hot meals for communities across Ukraine, with special attention to dietary and cultural preferences. This is critically important as the recent increase in military strikes leaves millions of Ukrainians without electricity to cook.

• Global Fund for Children is dedicated to supporting grassroots organizations that empower children and youth, including in Ukraine and Poland. The organization is supporting humanitarian needs during winter and activities focused on educational and psychosocial support for children affected by conflict.
  
  
• Hungarian Helsinki Committee is assisting people fleeing from Ukraine in Hungary by providing free legal assistance and accessible information for refugees and other displaced persons.
  
  
• Center Corporate Social Responsibility Development promotes the principles of sustainable business and social responsibility in Ukraine. The organization is establishing hubs in support of women entrepreneurs in Ukraine who are facing particular challenges as military conscription for men has forced families to make difficult decisions about child care and livelihoods. 

Your support for the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund powers community-led responses, and it means war-torn parts of Ukraine and refugees in the region get the critical resources they need to help their community recover and rebuild. Thank you for your support for the future of Ukrainians. You can find a full list of nonprofit partners that recently received grants from the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund at the end of this report.

With gratitude,

Sarah + the GlobalGiving team

Partners Receiving Grants

AO Katalyst

Center Corporate Social Responsibility Development Ukraine

Direct Relief

Food for Life UA

Foundation Aid to Poles in the East/Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie

FUNDACJA KOALICJA DLA MLODYCH (Youth Coalition)

Fundatia ROLDA

Global Fund for Children

Global Fund for Community Foundations

Hungarian Helsinki Committee

Irida Women's Center

Kidsave International

Lightful Ltd

NGO Club Eney

Nova Ukraine

OurLoop Stichting

People in Need (PIN)

Public Movement Faith, Hope, Love