Question 1

What does the organisation do?

Accepted Answer

Philanthropy in Ukraine has three areas of work:

1) managing and maintaining a web platform with a catalogue of reliable CSOs that increases the visibility of non-profit organisations in Ukraine;

2) research and analysis of philanthropy and charity;

3) capacity building of non-profit organisations' staff. Every day we work to increase the visibility, consistency and effectiveness of the third sector.

Question 2

Who do you help?

Accepted Answer

Our main clients are non-profit organisations and volunteer associations registered and operating in Ukraine. Our programmes and projects are aimed at developing these organisations and making them more visible to international donors.

Question 3

How to get into the directory of verified organisations?

Accepted Answer

In order to be included in the catalogue, organisations must go through a verification process that includes an application and subsequent review of documents by a team of independent experts. More information about this process can be found here.

Question 4

Who created the criteria for verifying organisations?

Accepted Answer

The basis for the development of the verification criteria was the verification criteria for international donors and the ‘Recommendations on Quality Standards and Good Governance for Civil Society Organisations as a Confidence Building Mechanism’ developed by ISAR Ednannia.

They were finalised by our team in cooperation with Ukrainian and international experts in the field of civil society. The verification criteria comply with both international and Ukrainian standards.

Question 5

Who inspects organisations?

Accepted Answer

Each verification application is reviewed in parallel by two independent experts who are specialists in philanthropy and charity.

The criteria for selecting experts include the following:

proven experience in the non-profit sector in Ukraine or abroad;
understanding of the key criteria of integrity and reliability in the work of non-profit organisations;
ability to provide clear recommendations and to justify their opinions;
experience in evaluating grant applications and selecting participants for various programmes.

Question 6

How can we cooperate with PhilinUA?

Accepted Answer

We are always open to cooperation and new partnerships if our values and vision of philanthropy development coincide. Contact us at hello@philanthropy.in.ua if you have ideas for further cooperation.

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