Reputable charity for Ukrainian children
October 20, 2022 11:53 AM Subscribe
My 7yo and two of his friends set up and ran a wildly successful lemonade stand last weekend, and they've agreed to donate most of the proceeds to "kids in Ukraine," bless their hearts. Can you help me find a reputable charity for this donation?
Searching yields any number of Ukraine-related charities, as well as plenty of "charity reliability index"-type sites. But I feel like I need a way to vet the reliability of the "charity reliability" sites, there are so damn many of them.
I'm looking for a reputable, above-board charity that directly helps Ukrainian children who've been affected by the war. That help could be food, school supplies, clothing, even just money. Any kid-centric wartime necessities.
Bonus if they'll send a certificate/JPG/whatever so I can print it out for these three kids.
Obviously, I'd prefer that the charity manage its funds well by keeping operating costs down and sending on most of the money to its intended recipients, but 1) I understand that charities can't work without an operating budget, and 2) I don't really know the ideal figure to look for here: 80%? 90%? Far less? I have no idea.
Searching yields any number of Ukraine-related charities, as well as plenty of "charity reliability index"-type sites. But I feel like I need a way to vet the reliability of the "charity reliability" sites, there are so damn many of them.
I'm looking for a reputable, above-board charity that directly helps Ukrainian children who've been affected by the war. That help could be food, school supplies, clothing, even just money. Any kid-centric wartime necessities.
Bonus if they'll send a certificate/JPG/whatever so I can print it out for these three kids.
Obviously, I'd prefer that the charity manage its funds well by keeping operating costs down and sending on most of the money to its intended recipients, but 1) I understand that charities can't work without an operating budget, and 2) I don't really know the ideal figure to look for here: 80%? 90%? Far less? I have no idea.
Timothy Snyder has a list on his substack.
Snyder is a historian at Yale and has spent much time visiting Ukraine, most recently in September. I know him personally and totally trust his judgement re orgs to donate to.
posted by 15L06 at 12:32 PM on October 20, 2022
Snyder is a historian at Yale and has spent much time visiting Ukraine, most recently in September. I know him personally and totally trust his judgement re orgs to donate to.
posted by 15L06 at 12:32 PM on October 20, 2022
I know you asked for a charity, but the Ukrainian government itself is directly providing the services you would like to support and accepts donations from the public through their United24 portal (here's the site itself, here's the Wikipedia page). Funds donated through the portal go to the National Bank of Ukraine and are distributed to departments that do work on defense and demining, medical aid and rebuilding infrastructure - all work that probably needs to be coordinated on a governmental level in a situation like this anyway.
The good thing about donating this way is that you can explain to the children that the money they raise really is going to, for example, pay people to rebuild a damaged hospital so kids in Ukraine can go to the doctor when they fall down on the playground at school, or to make sure the trains that take kids to places they like to go run on tracks that are safe, or to keep kids like them who like to go walking in the woods when they visit grandma's house safe, or even to make sure the soldiers keeping Ukrainian kids safe have the right shoes and jackets for the winter. You could also tell them that the money they raised means the war will end sooner, which means they will be safer, too.
posted by mdonley at 1:39 PM on October 20, 2022
The good thing about donating this way is that you can explain to the children that the money they raise really is going to, for example, pay people to rebuild a damaged hospital so kids in Ukraine can go to the doctor when they fall down on the playground at school, or to make sure the trains that take kids to places they like to go run on tracks that are safe, or to keep kids like them who like to go walking in the woods when they visit grandma's house safe, or even to make sure the soldiers keeping Ukrainian kids safe have the right shoes and jackets for the winter. You could also tell them that the money they raised means the war will end sooner, which means they will be safer, too.
posted by mdonley at 1:39 PM on October 20, 2022
Response by poster: Thanks, all. This is useful info!
posted by Dr. Wu at 3:10 PM on October 20, 2022
posted by Dr. Wu at 3:10 PM on October 20, 2022
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posted by bluedaisy at 12:15 PM on October 20, 2022