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Ferro et Igne · By iron and fire

A reliable rear for
the 31st Brigade

Charitable foundation of the 31st Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Major General Leonid Stupnytskyi. We supply the units with what they need to carry out their tasks, and we look after the service members themselves — from individual kit to recovery after wounds.

Make a donation Where the money goes
Brigade formed
17.02.2023
Supply categories
4
Account for fund overhead
Separate
About the fund

One fund —
one brigade

The fund works exclusively for the 31st Brigade. We do not spread resources across dozens of units: every hryvnia goes to the brigade, for a specific need recorded by a commander.

The need is defined by whoever carries out the task — the unit commander. Volunteers from outside do not decide what is required at a position. We cover exactly what the brigade has requested.

Every completed campaign comes with a report: invoice, payment order, delivery note and confirmation from the brigade's logistics service.

01

Earmarked spending

Money goes to the stated purpose of the campaign. If that need is covered, or another direction has a more urgent one, we may redirect it — and we always state where: in the closing post and as a separate line in the monthly report.

02

Combat units first

We first cover what combat performance depends on. Then living conditions and recovery of personnel.

03

Public reporting

Monthly financial report broken down by category. Supporting documents available on request.

04

Overhead is kept separate

Earmarked money for the brigade and the fund’s operating costs sit on different bank accounts. Neither accounting nor bank fees are paid from the earmarked one — there is a separate direction for that.

Categories

Where your money goes

Four directions supplying the brigade. You set the direction in the payment purpose, and it appears as its own line in the monthly report. Fund overhead has no access to this money — it sits on a separate account.

All directions

Vehicles

In modern war a vehicle is a consumable. So this is a permanent category: buying new vehicles, repairing and restoring those knocked out, and spare parts.

Campaigns and bank details

Service members

Everything that concerns the service member personally: individual kit and body armour, first-aid kits and tactical medicine, field living conditions, recovery after wounds.

Campaigns and bank details
Direction 05 · separate account

Administrative support of the fund

The fund has costs: accounting, bank fees, legal support, domain and hosting, audit. We do not bury them inside campaigns for the brigade — they have their own account.

That is exactly why we can say it plainly: money donated to “Electronic warfare and comms” will not be spent on the fund’s operating capacity. Not because we promised, but because these are different accounts.

Support the fund’s work What the costs cover
What this direction covers
  • Bookkeeping and statutory reporting
  • Bank fees and account servicing
  • Legal support for contracts and handover records
  • Website, domain and published reporting
  • Independent annual audit
And everything else that keeps the fund running

The list is not exhaustive. A trip to another region to collect goods, fuel, posting documents, small tools — that is operational work too. The limit is one and it is firm: nothing bought from this account goes to the brigade.

Salaries paid from brigade donations

The fund team receives no payment from charitable donations for the needs of the 31st Brigade. If a paid role ever appears, it will be funded from this direction.

Campaigns

No open campaigns yet

We do not open campaigns “just in case” and we do not invent needs. A campaign appears when an official letter of request arrives from the brigade, signed by the brigade commander — so there are never many open campaigns, and each one is seen through to the end.

All directions
Process

From donor to the unit

The fund is a fundraising instrument. What exactly is needed is decided by the brigade, and every step is backed by a document.

01

The commander records the need

The unit commander states what is needed and for which task. The brigade puts it into an official letter of request signed by the brigade commander — nobody else signs such a request.

02

The fund opens a campaign

A request signed by the brigade commander is a confirmed need, and the fund has no grounds to reject it. We open a public campaign with a specific sum and number.

03

The fund buys, logistics advises

The brigade’s logistics service helps with the choice: it knows what is compatible with the equipment in service and where the price-to-quality ratio is best. The fund receives the invoice and pays it by bank transfer from its own account.

04

Handover to the brigade

Equipment arrives at the brigade under an acceptance certificate. It is then distributed by the logistics service of the relevant branch.

05

Reporting

We publish the amount, supplier, item list and documents. Every month — a consolidated financial report broken down by category.

Transparency

You have a right to know where the money went

The first report will appear after the first closed campaign. Below is what we commit to publishing and in what detail, so you can verify us rather than take our word for it.

Every month

Financial report

Income, spending and a breakdown by direction as separate lines.

For every campaign

Document pack

Supplier invoice, payment order, delivery note, handover record.

For every purchase

Register

Supplier, item, amount, payment date. The receiving unit is not disclosed.

Once a year

Independent audit

External review of the annual accounts, opinion published openly.

The front is held by people. People are held by the rear.

A recurring donation of even 200 hryvnia a month gives the fund what matters most — the ability to plan instead of firefighting.

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