About the fund. I thank you: what you do not know about the work of charitable foundations

The charitable foundation for helping seriously ill children "DOBRO" was created in 2016 by Alla Bronnikova and Maria Orlova. The founders of the foundation have been independently active in charitable activities for several years now. The desire to help more people was the reason for the creation of an official charitable organization.

Who are we helping?

There are a lot of people who need urgent support. However, there are those among them who need it most urgently - these are small children suffering from severe, completely non-childish ailments. We are sure that the childhood of every kid should be joyful, bright, carefree, and most importantly, healthy. Unfortunately this is not possible. Some children are already born with terrible congenital diseases, and someone's diseases develop rapidly in the first years of life, they are acquired suddenly.

The main tasks and goals of our foundation:

1. Material, psychological, informational assistance to children with serious illnesses.
2. Carrying out charity events, cultural and social development of children with disabilities, children with disabilities.
3. Assistance in implementation State program"Accessible Environment", creating conditions conducive to the integration of children with disabilities into society and improving their standard of living.
4. Implementation of socially significant charitable programs aimed at effective social adaptation children with disabilities in society.
5. Attracting public attention to the problems and needs of sick children in Izhevsk and the Udmurt Republic.
6. Involvement of the maximum number of organizations and citizens in the activities of the fund, in order to constantly raise funds for needy children.

The principles of the charitable foundation:

1. The Foundation is a non-profit and non-profit organization. We do not use our status for personal gain or profit for fund members.
2. All employees of the foundation deeply believe that good should be done voluntarily and disinterestedly. Our relations with the Benefactors are based on these principles.
3. Our Fund is guided by the principles of openness, transparency of activities and full financial reporting.
4. To draw public attention to the problems of seriously ill children, we invite journalists and media workers to our events.
5. Our Benefactors can send their help directly to a child or children's organization in need, since the foundation provides all the necessary information for this.

Our foundation will be glad to everyone who wants to change the world for the better and give our children at least a little joy and happiness.

We invite everyone to join our friendly team. Your age, material wealth and education do not matter, because the main thing is your enthusiasm and desire to help.

We sincerely believe that more and more people will take up our initiative, because by doing charity, a person receives a tremendous return in the form of a child's smile, a kind word, and sincere gratitude from parents.

Abroad, no one thinks whether charity should be anonymous or not, it is in the life of every person. Disclosing your name is useful in that the organization gets the opportunity to report to the donor. Also, if a person makes a donation openly, he can become a positive example for many in his environment.

It is better to provide assistance to charitable organizations and foundations on your own behalf, and not anonymously, since in this way donors get the opportunity to trace the purposes for which their money was spent and become an example for other potential philanthropists, the heads of the foundations and public organizations on the eve of the Day of spontaneous acts of kindness, which is celebrated on February 17th.

Charity as a way of life

Russians do not yet perceive charity as the norm, says Dina Korzun, co-founder of the Give Life Foundation. "Meanwhile, doing charity work is normal, like brushing your teeth in the morning or saying hello when you meet. Therefore, if you tell someone that you are helping others, it just means that you are stating a fact and talking about something ordinary, everyday, And this can encourage someone else to take part in helping those who need it," Korzun said.

According to Korzun, no one thinks abroad whether charity should be anonymous or not. "Charity is everywhere: children in kindergarten they collect money for foundations, there are advertisements everywhere in the subway about how to make a donation, in the store, when you buy some product, part of the amount goes to one or another fund. It just exists in the life of almost every person," Korzun explained.

She noted that the Podari Zhizn Foundation is unable to collect money "quietly", however, such a goal is not worth it, because the more famous the foundation becomes, the more people will learn about the problems of children with oncological and hematological diseases and will be able to seek help.

"We need the support of society, we need to raise money for the treatment of children, so we talk about the foundation a lot and often. At the same time, specific philanthropists who help us very often make donations anonymously - and, of course, it is a personal matter for everyone whether to tell or not about their good deeds," Korzun added.

Feedback

Director of ROOI "Perspektiva" Denis Roza believes that a person should not hide that he is doing something good. "If he wants to do it anonymously, that's his choice. At the same time, it's important for us to know who exactly helps us, because we want to be able to thank the person," Rosa said.

In her opinion, often people are afraid to transfer money to charitable foundations, because they are not sure that the money will be directed specifically to help. In this case, the disclosure of its name is useful in that the organization gets the opportunity to report to the donor.

“We can always send this donor a report on what his transfer went to pay for. When a person helps anonymously, there is no way he can get this specific and regular feedback,” Rosa explained.

If a person makes a donation openly, he can become a positive example for many in his environment. "This is very necessary today for the development of charity, for the development of individual donations," Rosa added.

According to Elena Alshanskaya, director of the Volunteers to Help Orphans Charitable Foundation, people who support anonymous donations rarely help themselves. "What we hide and make secret is clearly an abnormal part of our life. It is not built into the processes of our existence. It seems to me that the idea of ​​doing good deeds anonymously is the opinion of the very majority who themselves do not help anyone, and therefore they are ashamed It seems to me that those who urge not to advertise simply do not want to look bad against the background of those who do good deeds, "she said.

When Help Can Be Refusaled

At the same time, many heads of charitable organizations note that there are times when they are forced to refuse the donator's money.

“For the organization, it matters where the money comes from. If we are unequivocally sure that this is dishonest money, we will be forced to refuse it, otherwise our reputation will suffer,” Rosa explained.

According to Alshanskaya, hardly any of the philanthropists will agree to accept money that has appeared dishonestly. “There are few benefactors who would take this money. But this is some kind of fantastic situation, because it often happens that we don’t know where this money came from. We don’t interrogate people where they come from, who they are,” she explained she is.

Public figure and palliative care physician Elizaveta Glinka, known as Dr. Lisa, also noted that the past of a benefactor matters. "This applies to both parties. Both the one that gives and the one that receives. I fully admit the idea that there are reasons why you can not take the money. I have never encountered such a situation, but I admit that it is possible, for personal reasons or for some other reason," says Dr. Lisa.

At the same time, Nyuta Federmesser, president of the Vera Hospice Charity Fund, is convinced that representatives of the foundations should not judge the motives and goals with which the donor came. "If a person came to help us, we do not judge him, but accept help. The reasons why he came and his past should not matter," Federmesser believes.

I AM FOR HELPING AS A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE...

Tonya Arno, volunteer of the Dark Horse association

Dark Horse is a volunteer association of socially active people who help children and animals. We organize regular trips to the Pechatniki municipal shelter for stray animals and the Kardymovsky orphanage, provide direct and material assistance. We ourselves look for and find different ways to help. We help both children and animals, so each volunteer can choose a direction to their liking.

We do not have a clear framework and regulations, so we can always choose what to do and whom to help. We use different methods and occasions: we organize charity sales with the support of friendly brands, charity yoga classes (or master classes in other types of activity), we organize concerts and festivals, we sell T-shirts, bags with the recognizable Dark Horse logo and illustrations from designer friends, we help to make repairs and so on.

There are unforeseen circumstances when money is urgently needed for an event at an oncology center, for example, and then we decide together what is more important and relevant now.

Volunteers can take on a variety of projects, even if they are different from what they usually do. Their funds are mobile, if one of the volunteers found an animal and urgently needs help, they will help, despite the fact that this animal will not be from a shelter. They are active in social networks: this allows not only to solve fundraising issues, but also to inspire new guys to join the volunteer movement. Also, thanks to social networks, it is possible to attach animals.

We have horizontal management: there is no director or leaders. Everyone determines his own responsibilities and fulfills them, realizing that the overall success depends on the efforts of everyone. On the one hand, this gives more freedom - everyone chooses what is interesting and comfortable for him, on the other hand, this is a personal responsibility.

We are a community of friends, not colleagues. All our volunteers are in the public eye, they understand their responsibility both to those they help and to other volunteers. Thanks to our principles of work, we always know exactly where certain funds went, what exactly we did for this or that child. It's great that we can check if the future programmer still has his computer or the football player has the long-awaited boots.

We have white accounting: we keep records and track the movement of all Money. Checks from purchases and payment for services are posted in the public domain, and reports on trips to orphanages and animal shelters are published in our groups on social networks.

We are easy to work with and help. In order to join the initiative, just write to us, we are always online and will answer any question.

We are not registered anywhere, we have horizontal management - we are an association of friends. No one gets paid for their work, our only motivation is to make the world a better place.

I AM FOR HELPING THROUGH THE CHARITY FOUNDATION BECAUSE...

Alexander Shuvalov, Head of Private Donor Relations at the Arithmetika Dobra Foundation, specialist with 20 years of experience in fundraising

The foundations employ professionals who are well aware of the problems and needs of the group of people they help.

The fund's employees know how to make assistance as effective and efficient as possible.

The Foundation makes sure that the money raised is spent on relevant programs and initiatives or targeted assistance to the child, and not “lost along the way.”

The activities of the fund are transparent. We publish reports on the collection and spending of funds, post information about the events held on social networks, share the stories and achievements of our wards. We also report on the results of educational programs in which hundreds of orphans participate. For example, the Chance program, which is being implemented throughout Russia from Voronezh to Krasnoyarsk, gives children from orphanages the opportunity to enter colleges and universities and find their place in adult life.

You can help the foundation not only through your own donations, but also just by playing sports -. They join our team of good runners and participate in races not only for sporting achievements, but also for the sake of helping children.

The Foundation can implement large-scale and long-term projects, for example, we organize a summer educational campus for Chance program graduates, which attracts children from all over the country. The main goal of the program is to prepare students in grades 8-11 for passing the final certification and entering secondary specialized and higher educational institutions. However, it is important not only to give children school knowledge, but also to ensure their socialization and prepare them for adult life. As part of the summer campus program, we create a developing space for graduates of orphanages, in addition, throughout the year we have a whole system of relevant events for the socialization of pupils.

Working with children does not tolerate amateurism. This is a job for strong professionals.

1. It's work

Yes, yes, which you also need to go to every day, be in the office from 10 to 19 with a lunch break (in fact, more often without it), make plans and schedules, write reports, argue with superiors, go on vacation, weave undercover intrigues, bickering with colleagues, being dumb on Facebook, drinking coffee, in short, doing all the things that normal people do in normal jobs.

2. Fund employees get paid

Naturally, the level of salaries, on average, is lower than the average market for similar positions (head of department, financial director etc.), but quite competitive. Nevertheless, first of all, ideological people go to work in the foundations, but, surprisingly, they also need to eat, drink, rent housing and go on vacation.

3. BF employees are people too

They are just as tired, angry, sometimes work infuriates them, and there are days when they don’t want anything at all. These are not heavenly creatures eating rainbows and pooping butterflies, but quite ordinary people who joke cynically, swear, have sex and drink on Friday night. Ordinary people who do extraordinary things on a daily basis because it's their job.

4. This is not amateur performance

A charitable foundation is not “my friends and I got together and decided to help homeless dogs!”. Funds are legal entities that pay taxes for their employees, conclude agreements with appendices with ward families and treatment centers, pay rent for office space and are subject to very strict legislation in this area. So, for example, with every benefactor who wants to transfer at least 10 rubles to the fund, it is necessary to conclude an agreement, so if on the street you are offered to buy a ball in favor of children with cancer, then with a probability of 99% this is a fraud.

5. Funds have their own areas of work

There are not fewer people and everyone else who needs help, and probably never will. It is important to understand that if you want to help save whales in New Zealand, then it makes no sense to apply to the Gift of Life Foundation. Each fund helps to solve specific problems and works in a specific direction: helping people (children, adults, the elderly), helping animals, preserving nature, and so on. You just have to choose where to focus your efforts!

6. Any BF employee works within the framework of the fund

This is not Mother Teresa, who gathers all the unfortunate orphans and the poor in a row under her wing. This is an employee of the organization who works within the framework of the activities of the fund, in accordance with the Charter and the current legislation of the Russian Federation. Believe me charity organisations they check with such predilection, which commercial structures never dreamed of.

The council (or commission) includes doctors, founders of the fund, coordinators of the work of one or another direction. That is, just come and say, “Guys, I want to get treated in Switzerland!” it is forbidden. It is necessary to provide documents confirming the diagnoses, on the basis of which the commission will decide on assistance in each specific situation. In any case, a package of documents will be required. This is done not only to make life difficult for people with serious diseases or disabilities, but also to protect funds from scammers who work in this direction.

8. Work in the non-profit sector requires education and special skills

Unfortunately, now the philanthropy sector in Russia is only going through its formation, therefore educational institutions, where specialists would be trained in this particular area, no. Everyone who comes to work in the fund gains knowledge and skills in the field, applying the skills acquired in other areas. Naturally, this is a difficult and slow process, but it is worth it.

9. Help is easy

In the twenty-first century, when spaceships surf the expanses of the universe, it's easy to help with a ruble: all decent funds have short numbers to which you can send SMS, indicating the amount of the donation. In addition, many funds allow you to set up so-called recurring payments - in this case, the amount you specified will be debited from your bank card every month. In addition, there are aggregators that also help funds raise money - one of the largest is [email protected]: there you can select the fund, project you are interested in, set up automatic payment and much more. If you do not trust financial schemes, then you can always volunteer and see the work of the fund from the inside with your own eyes. As they say, welcome!

10. Charitable foundations never give money in hand.

That is, the fund does not transfer 200,000 euros for an operation in Germany in a white envelope to those in need simply because it does not have the right to do so. Every penny and every ruble is accountable. Self-respecting funds monthly post reports on the income and expenditure of funds on their websites, which everyone can see. And payment for treatment occurs directly to the clinics with which the contract is concluded. If you wish, these documents can also be consulted.

11. Do not do good and bring joy

If the foundation refused your invaluable help - for example, you passionately desire to give your old children's piano to the suffering, and these bad people refuse and fight back with everything they can - this does not mean that they are snickering. Sometimes the foundations just don't have the resources to take that piano of yours out, and sometimes that piano is definitely not needed. this moment neither to the wards, nor to the sponsored orphanage. Trust the employees - they will definitely tell you what kind of help the fund needs right now.

12. Help is not necessarily crazy millions of money

Any amount is necessary and important: if 1,000 people transfer 100 rubles each, then you get 100,000 rubles - is that impressive? This will make it possible to pay for a rehabilitation course for a child with special needs, to purchase expendable materials Or food at a dog shelter. It is better to help little by little, but regularly, then the fund has the opportunity to plan its work, income and expenses.

13. Volunteers are the main pillar of the work of the Charity Fund

Therefore, volunteering should be taken seriously and as responsibly as possible. The “I want to do it, I want to do it, I don’t do it” approach is not an option. They count on you, and if you promised, be sure to do it. Funds do not have the opportunity to stimulate interest in the case with the ruble, so everything remains only on your conscience and under your responsibility.

14. All requests are checked

Not only by the commission or expert council, but also a responsible employee of the fund. If we are talking about expensive treatment, then it is necessary to check the correctness of the diagnosis, the appropriateness of this particular therapy option, and much, much more. Is there really no way to help in the Russian Federation? Is this drug really necessary? In addition, all funds interact with each other and share information about scammers who apply to funds for the purpose of personal gain and enrichment - surprisingly, these also happen.

15. You can turn to the fund not only for money, but also for advice.

If at the moment the fund cannot accept the application or, for example, does not deal with the problem that interests you, then the fund’s employees will advise where you can apply, and in some cases they will be able to send you for an additional consultation with a specialist. Don't be shy, these people know the problem they're dealing with from the inside.

16. Only 20% of the money the fund has the right to spend on administrative expenses

Moreover, these 20% are taken from the amount spent on the activities of the fund in accordance with the Charter. These expenses include office rent, payment of operating expenses (Internet, telephone, etc.), employee salaries, and so on. Spent 100 rubles - so 20 rubles can be spent on yourself. But it is believed that it is better to spend less. For example, "Give Life" spends about 4-6%, and the fund "Galchonok" - about 12%. The best is for children!

17. Children in orphanages need consumables much more than toys and iPhones.

Surprisingly, often the simplest things are not enough in orphanages and nursing homes: sheets, diapers, catheters, diapers. If you want to help some government institution, it is better to first contact the administration or the fund that patronizes it, in order to know exactly what is useful to bring. And to be completely honest, people in such institutions always lack only one thing - simple human attention.

18. If a person has special needs, this does not mean that he is a beautiful sweet white bunny.

It seems to everyone that people in charity are saints, and that those whom they help are the same, generally directly kissed by luminaries. NO! The beneficiaries are very often absolutely disgusting, disgusting and difficult to help. But you help, because in charity they help not only the good and pleasant, but they try to help everyone.

The site thanks Ksenia Onopko (Galchonok Foundation), Ekaterina Milova (Orbi Foundation) and Alexandra Babkina ([email protected] project) for their help in preparing the material.

Text: Katya Kuzmina

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– Irina, tell us how the Give Hope Charitable Foundation was founded? And what does he do, who does he help?
– The fund was founded in 2004 by Euroset. At that time, the company existed for more than 7 years, and as part of the company's policy of social responsibility, it was decided to create the Give Hope Charitable Foundation. And that's great, because even now, not every company has a conscious decision to help people.

We provide targeted assistance to children and young people from different cities of Russia in paying for implants for high-tech operations on the spine, chest and head, as well as in buying oxygen concentrators and pulse oximeters for patients with cystic fibrosis. The human body is arranged in such a way that the sooner the necessary treatment is carried out, the greater the chances for a full restoration of the health and strength of a person, especially a child.

– I know that charity is a difficult segment, charitable foundations are aimed at helping, but who helps charitable foundations and how?
– We strive to do everything possible so that any person can provide assistance in the most convenient way for him. For example, it is easy to do this in Euroset stores through the cash desk or by dropping a donation into a special box installed in the checkout area. Also, money can be transferred to the fund's account through the payment account of the "Corn" card, as well as via SMS, through terminals, online banks and on the fund's website www.fond.euroset.ru.

Of course, thanks to the Euroset, which employs more than 26 thousand people, a large circle of people are involved in the activities of the fund, these are both the employees themselves and the buyers who participate in charity events. As part of the ongoing promotion "Yellow Friend to the Rescue" 190 rubles from the sale soft toys- yellow terrier - transferred to the fund's account. The toy can be purchased at any store and on the Euroset website. I want to note that during this campaign alone, we helped 33 seriously ill children to regain their health.

Every year, our foundation takes part in the largest in Russia Charity Festival "Soulful Bazar" and in the Festival of Charitable Foundations "Good Moscow", aimed at popularizing charity among citizens and developing the non-profit sector as a whole.

Assistance to foundations should be, first of all, targeted. If someone wants to help, you need to find out what exactly is needed. Sometimes you need to take documents, transport equipment, help with the installation of stands. For the event "Soulful Bazar" we accept toys handmade. Once, many huge teddy bears were donated to us, we distributed them literally throughout the country: we held a charity lottery, gave them to children in hospitals, etc.

– Tell us, please, how many children did you manage to help?
– It is difficult to name the exact number of children we have helped, as we sometimes help the same child several times. For example, after 2-3 years, the fund's ward needs a second operation to replace the structure or an oxygen concentrator with a large flow. Only in 2017, 18 people received help, who had very serious and expensive treatment.

– What is the largest donation to the Give Hope Charitable Foundation?
- Largest donation legal entity amounted to about several million, and if we talk about a one-time donation from individual- 340 thousand rubles. But many help systematically and regularly, we really appreciate such care.

“Many today are skeptical about park volunteers who raise money for children by selling balloons or toys. It is legal?
– You can often meet people who sell souvenir products under the guise of fundraising to help those in need. For example, near the metro, near large shopping centers or in the parks. In most cases, this is not true. You cannot be sure of the accuracy of the information, nor of how the funds will be spent.

Having united, the funds began an active fight against fraudsters. In May of this year, our foundation signed the "Declaration of Integrity in Charity", urging foundations not to raise funds outside the venues of organized charitable events.

We have had cases where our foundation name and logo have been used illegally to raise funds through social media. We contacted the administration of the relevant network to block the scammers' page. In order to avoid this in the future, we are constantly monitoring.

If you see volunteers on the street who are questionable, take pictures of them, post them on social networks, this is by far the most effective method fight against illegal fundraising. Most often, attackers hire schoolchildren who are not even 18 and who do not understand that they have fallen into a fraudulent scheme.

– How to understand that a charitable foundation can be trusted?
- The Fund must publish an annual report on its activities, it can be both in paper form and in electronic form. Also, mandatory reporting is posted on the portal of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation non-profit organizations in the form of the Ministry of Justice. In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, funds must conduct an annual audit. If an auditor's report is published on the fund's website, this is also a sign of trust. It is important to note that the fund will never collect funds either on the personal card of the director or employees, or on the online wallet of an individual. The money should only go to the bank account of the organization.

Many people have the illusion that if donations are collected to the personal account of a sick person, then this money will definitely be used for its intended purpose. In fact, when you send money to a personal card, you have no way to reliably know how these funds will be used in the future, and moreover, you do not know whether this information is true and prompted you to act. Whereas the fund can provide all reporting documents upon request. The main sign of an honest fund is maximum openness and transparency of activities.

The funds are united and their actions are clearly regulated by law. In the minds of Russians, this community of foundations is changing attitudes towards charity. Meetings, round tables, consultations of foundations are held at various venues, where all issues related to charity are discussed.

- You work in a foundation, does it seem that life is unfair to many?
– This is the view of a pessimist, and we are optimists. Our goal is for the younger generation to grow up healthy and improve the quality of people's lives.

After a lung transplant operation, a person can do without an oxygen concentrator. Previously, cystic fibrosis was considered a childhood disease, now, thanks to intensive treatment, such people live 25-40 years. We have had cases when, after lung transplantation, the patient began to lead a normal life. Of course, treatment continues all the time, because the disease is genetic.

Over the past 20 years, the philanthropy sector in Russia has changed dramatically. Consistency brought charity to a professional level. We want to make it possible to receive qualified assistance, including medical, in different cities of Russia.
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Christina Tatarnikova