According to the title “Delovaya Stolitsa”, the International Charitable Foundation founded by the Kharkiv citizen, the Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Feldman became the second largest registered charitable foundation in Ukraine.
As it has been estimated in the title, the ICF “Oleksandr Feldman Foundation” contributed 810 million UAH to the charity for 2016.
It’s the second after the “Development of Ukraine” Foundation, founded by Rinat Akhmetov that contributed 900 million UAH. Besides, in top-5 the largest registered charitable foundations of the country are Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Petro Poroshenko Charitable Foundation and the Foundation of brothers Klitschko.
“For me, charity is a kind of drug. And when funds for it are lacking, it is essential to highlight it” — Oleksandr Feldman noted. —It’s no secret that financial problems of funds, including ours, depend directly on reduction of business revenues in times of crisis. However, despite it, the philanthropic organizations continuing their duties, and often the functions of the State. Especially in times of war”.
As it has been emphasized in “Delovaya Stolitsa”, despite the economic crisis and its dire effects for business, Oleksandr Feldman increases philanthropic activity from year to year. During 20 years of work, the Foundation has realized tens of projects and programs, transforming them under challenges of our time. The flagman project of the Foundation is basically a quintessence of all its activities. The Regional Landscape Park Feldman Ecopark is a multifunctional complex that implements various programs for recovery and rehabilitation of children, above all those affected by war on Donbas, the IDPs, the ATO participants, widows and members of their families (the Centre of Psychosocial Rehabilitation), scientific and educational projects (the Children’s Ecology and Nature Study Academy), animal protection (the Service for Wild, Exotic and Domestic Animals Rescue “Feldman Ecopark Good Home”, the Centre of Cheiroptera Rehabilitation), sport (the 1,000 Teams Tournament project).
Other directions of work of the Foundation concern the help to the civilians affected by the war on Donbas (“Lend a Helping Hand”), supports for the arts and preservation of the Ukrainian history (AVEC Gallery, Feldman Family Museum), promotion of public tolerance (the Institute of Human Rights and Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia, the support of the Association of National and Cultural Unions of Ukraine). One more humanitarian project of the Foundation, the Museum of Religions, will be constructed in the territory of Feldman Ecopark.
