Foundations, corporations providing support for Ukraine (05/22/2022)

Help Free Ukraine has announced that it is funding a flight organized by Ukrainian doctor Gennady Bratslavsky and American activist and philanthropist Amed Khan. The flight, which is expected to take place during the week of May 23, will contain $4 million worth of medical supplies such as blood thinners, antibiotics, and antifungal medications and will be departing from a warehouse in New Jersey to Poland, where the supplies will then be distributed to hospitals in Ukraine.

Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv has announced several projects designed to draw attention to Ukraine during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. An exhibition will rename what for several years had been the Russian House in Davos the Russia War Crimes House, a symbolic project that will inform the public about illegal Russian actions in Ukraine; share faces, names, and dates; and provide at least some of the victims a platform from which to tell their story. Opening on May 22, the exhibition is organized by Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the PinchukArtCentre, in partnership with the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, online media Ukrainska Pravda, and the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers.

A fund established by the World Bank has awarded approximately $530 million in U.S. and British grants in support of the Ukrainian government in the wake of the war with Russia, Reuters reports. The United States contributed approximately $500 million, while the United Kingdom contributed £24 million ($30 million).

The Zagoriy Foundation and the World Influencers and Bloggers Association have announced that they will raise funds during the World Influencers and Bloggers Association Awards on May 18 and 19 to help children affected by the war in Ukraine. In addition, the foundation awarded grants totaling more than €50,000 to provide uninterrupted assistance to 10 winning organizations in Ukraine.

For more information about philanthropic response to the war in Ukraine, see Candid’s special issues page.

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