Brave Children of Ukraine

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
334588726
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Fairfax, VA, USA
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,087
Expenses
$17,702
Assets
$32,385
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mykola Melnyk (Board Member and Founder and CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Mykola Melnyk (Board Member and Founder and CEO)
  • Tatiana Raiberg (Board Member and Director of Strategy and Communications)
  • Alec Ronin (Board Member and Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Brave Children of Ukraine is organized exclusively for charitable purposes to support children and families affected by the war in Ukraine including children of fallen missing wounded or active Ukrainian defenders. The organization raises funds and uses them to provide educational support scholarships and stipends health and wellness assistance gifts and other direct aid and related community outreach. Its primary purpose is to relieve hardship and advance the well-being education and development of Ukrainian children impacted by the war.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025 Brave Children of Ukraine provided charitable support to Ukrainian children and families affected by the war in Ukraine including children of fallen missing wounded and active Ukrainian defenders. Program activities included direct financial assistance wellness and health-related support education expense assistance scholarships and stipends sports-related stipends and gift purchases direct aid for children. These activities relieved hardship and supported the well-being education and development of Ukrainian children impacted by the war.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.7%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.7%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.7% of revenue deployed · 64.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.