Charitable Giving in Wartime: Evidence from Ukraine’s War Fundraising

Margaryta Klymak, Andrew Kosenko, Oleg Korenok, Dariia Mykhailyshyna and Kathryn Vasilaky

No 2025-04, CSAE Working Paper Series from Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Abstract: We analyze how military events, casualties, and media coverage influence same-day donations to a major Ukrainian nonprofit supporting the military during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a unique setting, we exploit random variation in attacks on civilians across time to estimate that one additional civilian fatality causes between $4,860 and $6,992 in same-day donations, and leads to at least $15,550 in cumulative donations. Disentangling the effects of events and media coverage, we estimate that a 1% increase in media mentions of military activity leads to a $2,584 increase in same day donations and an $8,121 increase in cumulative donations.

Keywords: Charitable giving; conflict; public goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 D74 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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