Charities and NGOs in Ukraine
GiveRadar tracks 141,354 organizations registered in Ukraine's Unified State Register (EDR), the national register of legal entities and public formations held by the Ministry of Justice (usr.minjust.gov.ua). A listing confirms an organization is legally registered with a filed charter. It does not confirm charitable purpose, finances, or effectiveness.
The sector grew after 2014 and again after the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion, as new humanitarian and civil-society organizations formed to support displaced people, medical needs, and reconstruction. GiveRadar consolidates the Ministry of Justice registration data, cause tags, and an independent integrity assessment for each organization. Read how GiveRadar works before you give.
How charities and NGOs are registered in Ukraine
Ukrainian charitable and civic organizations register with the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Justice, under the Law on Public Associations (zakon.rada.gov.ua) and the Law on Charitable Activities and Charitable Organizations (zakon.rada.gov.ua). Since 2024, registration can be completed online through the Ministry's e-services.
Charitable organizations take three forms: charitable societies, charitable institutions, and charitable foundations. Civic organizations are a separate category of membership association. Tax-exempt non-profit status is granted separately by the State Tax Service, and a register listing alone does not confer it.
Major causes and well-known Ukrainian charities
The register reflects Ukraine's wartime humanitarian and civic landscape. Widely recognized organizations include:
- Humanitarian and military medical response: Come Back Alive Foundation, Hospitallers, Tabletochki, Help on Wheels, and the Serhii Prytula Charity Foundation.
- Children, families, and orphans: Voices of Children, SOS Children's Villages Ukraine, and Save the Children Ukraine.
- Healthcare and rehabilitation: Patients of Ukraine, Tabletochki childhood cancer foundation, and rehabilitation centers for wounded soldiers and civilians.
- Internally displaced people and refugees: Vostok-SOS, Right to Protection (R2P), and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.
- Civil society, anti-corruption, and reform: Anti-Corruption Action Centre (AntAC), Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law, and Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition.
- Reconstruction and humanitarian innovation: Ukraine Now, U24 (United24) projects, and BlueCheck Ukraine.
- Religion-affiliated humanitarian: Caritas Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church charity networks, and Mission Eurasia.
Compare two organizations with our charity comparison tool, or browse disaster relief charities in Ukraine and health charities in Ukraine by cause.
How to evaluate a Ukrainian charity before donating
The register records legal existence, not quality, so wartime donor diligence matters. Before giving to a Ukrainian organization, check:
- Registration: confirm the EDRPOU code on the Ministry of Justice's Unified State Register (usr.minjust.gov.ua); every registered organization has one.
- Non-profit status: check the State Tax Service's Register of Non-Profit Institutions (tax.gov.ua) for tax-exempt status, which registration alone does not confer.
- Financial reporting: strong Ukrainian foundations publish annual reports on their own sites, often in English; the state register publishes no financial figures, so GiveRadar holds none from it.
- Independent signals: search the organization in news coverage, and for large gifts confirm named international partners such as UN agencies or major Western funders.
GiveRadar combines the disclosure available for each organization into a 0-100 integrity assessment. For most Ukrainian records that is registration data alone, so scores here are low and reflect thin disclosure by the register, not weak charities. Read our integrity assessment methodology.
Ukraine charity explorer: browse, filter, compare
This page lists the Ukrainian organizations we hold from the Ministry of Justice register, filterable by oblast, cause, and name or EDRPOU code. Use the filters to narrow by category and the search bar to find a specific organization.
GiveRadar refreshes this data in periodic bulk passes rather than a live daily feed, so a very recent registration or dissolution may not appear yet. To compare Ukraine with other markets, browse all countries or see disaster relief charities globally.
Donating to charities in Ukraine
Many Ukrainian charities accept card, Privat24, monobank, and SWIFT donations through their own sites. International donors can also give through the United24 government platform launched in 2022 and established international funds.
For US tax-deductible giving, look for an American Friends partner; for European tax relief, the Transnational Giving Europe network. GiveRadar links to each organization's official donation channel where we hold one. For a structured walkthrough, read our donor due-diligence guide.