Ukraine NGOs & Volunteers

A curated list of Ukrainian organisations and volunteers supporting Ukraine's defence and its people.

This is a list of Ukrainian individuals and NGOs supporting and fundraising for Ukraine. Do your own research before donating. I don’t have time to thoroughly vet every entry, and inclusion here is not a personal guarantee.

In the words of @Oksii33: always check for proper reports from previous fundraisers before donating anywhere. Volunteers must be responsible, and it is better to donate to those willing to spend the time delivering trusted, honest reports.

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Before you donate: how to check a fundraiser is legit

Never donate via unsolicited DMs. If a "soldier", "volunteer" or "war widow" messages you first asking for money, it is a scam. Legitimate volunteers never solicit donations in private messages. No exceptions.

1. Look for reports from previous fundraisers

This is the single strongest signal. Honest volunteers publish receipts, delivery photos and thank-you videos from the units or people they helped. If an account has been fundraising for months but you can't find a single completion report, walk away.

On this site, each organisation's past fundraisers and reports are listed on their entry where available.

2. Check official registration (NGOs)

Ukrainian registered nonprofits appear in the state registry. Every Ukrainian NGO on this list links to its Opendatabot record; foreign organisations link to their home-country charity register. Check the organisation exists, is active, and the name matches who's asking for money.

Individual volunteers won't have this. That doesn't make them illegitimate, but it means reports and reputation matter even more.

3. Use X's "About this account" panel

On any X profile, tap the join date to open About this account. It shows when the account was created, how many times it has changed username, which country's app store the app was downloaded from, and the country or region the account is based in.

Red flags: a "Kharkiv volunteer" whose account is based in, or was created via an app store in, a country with no plausible connection to them; an account created last month; a long history of username changes (recycled follower-farming accounts).

Caveats: treat this as a signal, not proof. The data can be skewed by VPNs, travel or temporary relocation, and X itself warns it may be inaccurate. Plenty of genuine Ukrainian volunteers are refugees posting from Germany, Poland or the UK. A mismatch is a reason to look closer, not an automatic verdict; and a "clean" result is not a guarantee either.

4. Check the payment destination

The PayPal name or email, Monobank jar, or bank account should match the person or organisation fundraising. Be suspicious if the money goes somewhere unrelated, or if the destination changes between posts without explanation.

5. Reverse-image search photos

Grifters steal photos of real deliveries, real soldiers and real volunteers. Run profile pictures and "proof" photos through Google Lens or TinEye. Stolen images turning up on older, unrelated accounts is a hard red flag.

6. Watch for pressure tactics

Manufactured urgency ("only 2 hours left!"), DM-only payment details, fundraising exclusively in the replies of viral posts, and hostility when asked basic questions are all classic grifter behaviour. Legitimate volunteers welcome scrutiny, their credibility depends on it.