For Those Wanting to Help with Humanitarian Assistance to Ukraine
The Ukrainian Cultural and Humanitarian Institute (UCHI) in conjunction with the Ukrainian Technological Society of Pittsburgh and Fourth Wave, Pittsburgh Branch compiled this list of organizations which are providing aid to Ukraine during this time of foreign invasion. Each of the organizations listed below is collecting funds to assist Ukrainians with the first four having networks to provide this help and the last two acting as conduits. Each has been fully vetted and is a secure and trusted organization with which our western Pennsylvania Ukrainian-American churches and organizations have long-standing relationships. Each has the status of an accredited non-profit organization registered with the IRS.
Ukrainian Cultural Humanitarian Institute
https://www.uchi-us.com/donate.html
As news of the invasion spread, UCHI (Ukrainian Cultural Humanitarian Institute) recognizing its commitment to preserving Ukrainian culture and identity established The Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund. The Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund accepts donations that fund grants that provide humanitarian aid to alleviate the crisis, aid that is desperately needed and in furtherance of the purposes of UCHI those being, to promote cultural, educational, and humanitarian contacts between the United States and Ukraine. Since August 2022, UCHI financed ten two-week art therapy rehabilitation and skills development training programs for children displaced and orphaned during the war. As a result of your generosity and that of others like you, UCHI has been able to assist over 500 children to overcome the terrible trauma they suffered and to help build life skills that will enable them to live full and productive lives
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc.
With millions of potential victims in Ukraine, UUARC is fundraising to provide vital medical supplies to victims, care for the injured and refugees, as well as shelter and food to those affected.
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc (UUARC) was established in 1944 and started fulfilling its mission of “brother-to-brother” by assisting Ukrainians in refugee camps during and after WWII, and then helping to resettle more than 70,000 of these refugees in the United States. Since its beginning, UUARC has endeavored to provide aid where the need is the greatest, as well as assisted countless Ukrainians throughout the world. UUARC is working closely with UCCA, UWC, US Aid, and the Ukrainian Embassy in the coordination of aid.
Donations can be made:
1) Directly to United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. - 1206 Cottman Avenue - Philadelphia, PA 19111 - Phone: 215-728-1630 - Email: UUARC@uuarc.org – or
2) Via GoFundMe link on their website www.uuarc.org.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
Contributions will be delivered in person to the proper individuals, for the medical care of the thousands of people who have been injured, some very severely, during these difficult days. Your contribution may be the primary reason that another human being receives the treatment necessary for survival.
Donations can be made by:
1. Using the secure online donation link located on its website www.uocofusa.org – Click on the “LET’S HELP UKRAINE” icon.
2. Sending by special postal delivery to P. O. Box, 495, South Bound Brook, NJ 08880; or
3. Hand delivering to the Consistory office at 135 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873, marked "LET’S HELP UKRAINE."
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Philadelphia
Donations to the Humanitarian Aid Fund for Ukraine can be made as follows:
1. Write a check to the “Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia” and send it to the office at 810 North Franklin Street, Philadelphia PA 19123. Please write on the check “Humanitarian Aid Fund for Ukraine.”
2. You can donate on the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s website www.ukrarcheparchy.us, and click on Donate through PAYPAL and select “WAR VICTIMS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN UKRAINE;“ Encourage local financial and other institutions to make contributions.
Revived Soldiers Ukraine
Providing medical aid and sustainable living standards to soldiers of Ukraine and members of their families as well as to those people who suffered and were affected by military conflict in ATO zone (anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine). E-mail: info@rsukraine.org. 100% of donations go to fund soldiers’ rehabilitation.
Donations can be made on the website www.rsukraine.org. Click on the “Donate” icon to use either PayPal or credit card or debit card.
Ukrainian Technological Society (UTS)
Contributions will be forwarded to organizations listed above. The Ukrainian Technological Society of Pittsburgh is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. UTS is a nonsectarian, nonpolitical, cross-generational association of Ukrainian professionals and businesspersons interested in cultivating Ukrainian cultural and social awareness and strengthening the Ukrainian Community through active participation and leadership. UTS has served as a conduit for donations for numerous Ukrainian causes since its founding in 1970 including: Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund; Flood Aid to Carpathian Mountain Regions; and others.
Contributions may be made online through UTS website or by sending contributions to: Ukrainian Technological Society - P.O. Box 4277 - Pittsburgh, PA. 15203. Write “Aid to Ukraine” on your check or enclosed note.
[This list will be revised in days to come with potential additions as the vetting process allows.]