Mission
Ukraine AID is a 501(c)3 charitable organization incorporated in April, 2022 and based in Great Falls, Virginia. Our mission is to provide hope and support to Ukrainians in defense of their independence and to mitigate hardships created by the invasion. We achieve this mission by:
Providing humanitarian support such as medical equipment and supplies to hospitals.
Providing reconstruction equipment including computers and generators to communities and institutions in front-line areas.
Providing non-lethal protective gear and field equipment to the civilian volunteers of the Territorial Defense Force.
About
Ukraine Aid was founded by Dennis De Santis whose maternal grandparents immigrated to the US from Lviv, Ukraine. He enjoyed a 40 year career in international economic development beginning as a Peace Corps Volunteer and retiring as a CEO of an international consulting company. Dennis has worked almost continuously on Ukrainian economic and political issues for 30 years, since his first visit in 1992. He felt compelled to aid friends and acquaintances in a country he knows well. Together with family and friends, all on a volunteer basis, the team self-financed start-up costs, received 501(c)3 status, acquired donor management software, and shipped $517,000 worth of goods from April 2022 to April 2023. Including tactical field gear, medical supplies, computers and generators. The funds purchased and shipped helmets, vests, boots, blankets, first aid kits, tactical gear, shovels, medical supplies, computers, and generators.
As we enter our fourth Fiscal Year in April 2025, our impact continues to grow. We have shipped 88 tons of aid with a value of $4.5 million. Including 9 containers of medical equipment, tons of emergency medical aid to military units, 9 evacuation vehicles, electronic jammers, Starlink systems, computers, generators, tactical field equipment and assorted humanitarian relief.
