About
This is the About page. Here we will add information about the Volara Foundation, its mission, team, and history.
Disrupting the INGO Model
Traditional INGOs (International Non-Governmental Organisations) are built on a top-down model of funding, where a small number of people in a central office make decisions about how to allocate resources. This model is slow, inefficient, and often leads to a lack of transparency and accountability.
Default to Open
In an industry defined by opacity, we operate as a 'glass box.' Transparency is our default setting, not an add-on. Every dollar and its impact are tracked on a public, real-time dashboard for the world to see. This enforces ruthless accountability and is our weapon against the skepticism born from a broken system.
The Local Partner is the Protagonist
Our partners are the heroes; we are the support crew. We reject the top-down aid model and instead find, fund, and amplify Ukraine's most effective local organisations. We practice trust-based philanthropy, providing flexible, core funding that gives partners the autonomy and stability to do their best work. Our success is their success.
Radically Lean, Radically Effective
We exist to channel resources, not consume them. We are built for hyper-efficiency with a sub-5% operational overhead, achieved through a decentralized, digital-first structure. We fight the industry's starvation of local groups by ensuring our partners receive dedicated funding for their own core costs, building sustainability over dependency.
Agility as a Moral Imperative
In a crisis, speed is a moral imperative. While large institutions are paralyzed by bureaucracy , we are built to move at the speed of the need. We use our lean structure and real-time data to make intelligent, rapid funding decisions—reacting in days, not months, to save lives.