California · Nonprofit
NOVA UKRAINE
NOVA UKRAINE (California) receives grants from 243 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,877,114 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($28,000,000). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $41M
- Funders on record
- 243
- Grants received
- $78M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Nova Ukraine does
Mission
At Nova Ukraine, we are dedicated to supporting ukraine and its people in building a strong, flourishing nation with an empowered civil society. To foster resilience, hope, and self-sufficiency, we provide essential aid to vulnerable populations, including children, refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as wounded defenders undergoing treatment. We partner with local volunteer groups, hospitals, state services and local authorities to provide the people of ukraine with resources for cultural growth and social mobility, as well as an environment to thrive in the future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Medical equipment projects are focused on providing medical equipment to support ukrainian healthcare facilities affected by the war and ensure patients have access to quality medical care. This initiative includes: equipment delivery: coordinating the logistics to deliver specialized equipment (such as ventilators, defibrillators, diagnostic tools, and rehabilitation devices) to healthcare facilities in regions most impacted by the war, training for medical personnel: conducting training sessions for healthcare workers on how to effectively use the new equipment, enhancing their ability to provide critical care. In the context of war in ukraine, where many healthcare facilities have been damaged or destroyed, this project is crucial. The supply of essential medical equipment will not only restore healthcare services but also save lives, supporting both immediate and long-term healthcare needs. The project addresses gaps in emergency and routine care, offering hope and resilience to communities facing significant challenges in accessing quality healthcare.
$11,052,004 spentof which $10,755,644 as grants38% of program spendingOur disaster relief efforts program is dedicated to providing immediate and effective assistance to communities impacted by the ongoing conflict in ukraine. Collaborating closely with trusted local partners and volunteers, we address critical needs arising from shelling, displacement, and infrastructure damage to restore safety and normalcy to affected regions. Through our focus on building resilient communities, we aim not only to respond to immediate crises but also to strengthen the capacity of communities to withstand and recover from future challenges. Among other fields of our involvement: emergency shelter and home repairs (rapid housing restoration, installation of mobile shelters), reconstruction of bomb shelters in schools and hospitals, solar panels and renewable energy initiatives, medical evacuation and transportation support (provision of medical evacuation vehicles, vehicle maintenance and supplies), winterization and heating solutions, water supply and purification, mine clearance support.
$3,319,385 spentof which $3,197,313 as grants11% of program spendingThe "Nova Ukraine" foundation has opened 50 extracurricular learning centers in ukraine, which provide children with opportunities to engage in various educational programs, leisure activities, and peer socialization. We also support existing organizations who provide extracurricular education. The learning centers will be free, and open to visitors through february 2025. Each center will be fully equipped with child-friendly furniture, developmental toys and games, stationery supplies, as well as equipment to facilitate online learning such as computers, monitors, or tvs. The centers are staffed with dedicated administrators and instructors, who conduct regular classes, educational and entertainment events, workshops, and games.
$2,090,678 spentof which $1,881,611 as grants7% of program spendingNova Ukraine runs numerous programs, including stem education support, political advocacy for ukraine, humanitarian aid, animal welfare initiatives, demining efforts, support for small businesses in frontline areas, humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons (idps), emergency response after missile strikes, evacuation support, medical training for doctors treating war-related injuries, and children's camps for the sons and daughters of fallen heroes.
$12,909,578 spentof which $1,888,805 as grants44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,371,645.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $151k to $19M (+12487%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of NOVA UKRAINE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 85 funders, grant income rose $7k → $21M.
50 of 243 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NOVA UKRAINE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 243 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NOVA UKRAINE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NOVA UKRAINE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 89% · 2021 71% · 2022 31% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of NOVA UKRAINE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of NOVA UKRAINE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6.9M that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside California, across 34 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NOVA UKRAINE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like NOVA UKRAINE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- International Charity Fund Nova Ukraine (Nova Ukraine Icf) · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NOVA UKRAINE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NOVA UKRAINE?
- NOVA UKRAINE (California) receives grants from 243 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,877,114 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($28,000,000). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NOVA UKRAINE have?
- IRS filings report 243 organizations giving $77,877,114 in grants to NOVA UKRAINE, 73 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NOVA UKRAINE?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $28,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NOVA UKRAINE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 243 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing