Ukrainian charity collects $500K, tons of supplies within 1 month to aid the war effort

Vlada Galan, a Ukrainian-born U.S. citizen, couldn't stand to sit back and watch Russia's invasion of Ukraine from the United States while her father joined the country's war effort.

"I linked up with the Klitschko brothers, my client, and I said, ‘Look, maybe I should start a fund. Maybe I should start a nonprofit.’ And there is a fund, Fund Future Kyiv, that they've had since the last war with Russia. I said, ‘Maybe we can partner the funds,’" Galan explained. "I could create a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that's fully tax-exempt in the U.S. And I put together a team of lawyers, and in 24 hours I had a registered fund, and I had tax-exempt status in two weeks."

Galan immigrated to the United States with her mother when she was eight years old. Her father still lives in Ukraine and recently volunteered with the country's armed forces to help defend the sovereignty of his homeland.