Kyiv Post. Ukraine’s tycoons becoming more charitable

Kyiv Post. Ukraine’s tycoons becoming more charitable: "Ukraine’s tycoons becoming more charitable

by Oksana Bondarchuk, Kyiv Post Staff Writer
Mar 07 2007, 00:35

Viktor Pinchuk, son-in-law to Ukraine’s former President Leonid Kuchma, has been among the most active of Ukraine’s tycoons in donating funds to charities, earning himself a reputation as Ukraine’s leading philanthropist.

Ukraine’s largest business groups have been taking corporate philanthropy to new heights, donating tens of millions of dollars over the last several years to charitable causes and launching social programs in the country’s woefully under-funded healthcare, education and cultural spheres."