Spending such money quickly and for the benefit of the military is a real challenge for the fund.
For 7 pre-war years the fund “ Come back alive ”raised UAH 200 million for the army. For 50 days of war – UAH 3.2 billion. Spending such money quickly and for the benefit of the army is a real challenge for the fund. As the largest private military fund coped with the explosive growth, writes Forbes Ukraine.
In addition to raising funds for the Armed Forces, the fund is engaged in analytics. One example of the fund's analytical work is a study on why contract soldiers began to retire en masse in 2020. It turned out that the main reason was the contemptuous attitude of the officers. This information gave impetus to the introduction of the concept of respect for soldiers in the Armed Forces.
On February 22, 2022, when the Russian army was expected to invade day by day, the fund raised UAH 20 million per day, which is more than for the entire previous year. Fifty days after the invasion, the fund received more than $ 3.2 billion and another $ 24.4 million in cryptocurrency. This is the largest amount among private funds. Foundation Chairman Taras Chmut says they did it. Half has already been spent. And there are more contracts in the process of implementation than money in the accounts. “Money will continue to come in,” Chmut said. They were preparing. In 2021, the fund diversified its financial infrastructure. He opened a crypto-wallet, opened accounts in different banks and in different currencies.
After the invasion, the ordering procedure was simplified. We focused on one activity: only processing applications, procurement and logistics.
The fund has developed a mechanism and channels for purchasing dual-use goods. Chmut allowed buyers to make complex decisions on their own. Now even sniper rifles, special helicopters or artillery equipment are bought without the consent of Chmut. “In five years of work, 350 quadcopters have been purchased, and here 1,500 units in one batch,” says Taras.
Part of the cargo is exported by the military themselves. But the fund delivers most of its orders to military units on its own.
“Come Back Alive” works closely with the showman Serhiy Prytula's fund (it has raised UAH 200 million since the beginning of the war). Together, they process applications and optimize logistics.
The Uklon service is one of the sponsors that helps the fund not only with money, but also with expertise. In addition, MOTOshop.UA and GigaCloud are currently doing this. They have nominated their specialists to introduce a resource planning system on the Odoo CRM platform.
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The Come Back Alive Foundation was launched by IT Manager Vitaliy Deinega in March 2015. Prior to that, he helped the army for almost a year, raising about UAH 50 million for its needs. It all started on May 11, 2014, when Deinega read the news that the Ukrainian military was ambushed and killed. Despair of helplessness prompted him to transfer his own 10,000 hryvnias to the army. Through volunteers, he handed over the necessary things to the 95th Zhytomyr Brigade , and then wrote on Facebook that he intends to buy more. There were a lot of people willing to share money. Over the next three months, Deinega bought bulletproof vests, thermal imagers, and walkie-talkies for UAH 5 million.
The founder of “Come Back Alive” was the first to put volunteers on professional rails. In early 2015, Deinega resigned and became a “professional” volunteer. The foundation was headed by Taras Chmut.
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