Transparency Report (October 2024) - How we use your donations!

Financial Transparency

Since April 2022, Ukraine Aid Operations helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine with critical equipment. We do this with the help of donations from all over the world. As these donations are based on trust, we are happy to provide you our Transparency Report October 2024, showing how we use your donations. The highlights:

• Overall, UAO has raised over $7 million since 2022 (excluding Amazon donations)
• In average, 88.7% of your donations went to buying equipment such as medical items, drones, boats or ambulances for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• 8.7% of the donations were used to cover operational costs such as warehousing, and especially freight to Ukraine. During the previous months, we were able to reduce our operational costs by 1% by making our logistics processes more efficient.
• 2.6% of the donations were used to maintain our popular Victory Gallery, which is an important pillar of our fundraising. Expenses here include compensations for the artists as well as material costs.
• In September 2024, we spent overall $206.426.
• As registered charity, our financials are additionally audited by the responsible authorities, giving you further assurance.

In the sheet above you find the summary of how we used your donations. If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact us!

Transparency on the Ground in Ukraine

Moreover, we share all our deliveries to Ukrainian units on our social media accounts, such as Twitter or Instagram. It is very important to us that you see that your donations arrive at the frontline, so our delivery photos and videos are a critical part of our transparency.

As registered charity, each of our deliveries to the defenders of Ukraine is documented with so-called send/receive letters, which must be signed by the units. These enable a clear papertrail for the items.