CUSUR is using 2013 to make its sizable long term expansion plans operational. It is preparing to host several major conferences (including one on Ukraine’s Famine Genocide that it hopes will be seminal in import). Further, it intends to begin full Internet publication of its anticipated ‘Journal of Ukrainian Affairs’ (and intends to provide the venerable Ukrainian Quarterly with ‘article/occasional paper spillovers). Finally, it intends to harness the US-UA Working Group (20 UA Experts/20 US Experts) to two new tasks at hand— running the annual ‘Report Card for Ukraine’ event and organizing the ‘Occasional Papers Briefings’ gatherings (at its new office in DC).

Clearly all the above takes a good deal of funding. In 2013, CUSUR will embrace a ‘donation drive’ model that served it well in 2012 and 2011, but will add an interesting financial flourish.

As previously, we intend to turn to our traditional corporate donors to ask for contributions. As in times past, the return general service that CUSUR will offer is 'the very high visibility' a firm or institution can attain in 'the world of US-Ukrainian relations' being touted as a contributor in one of three categories: ‘Principal CUSUR Corporate Patron’ (at 25,000 dollars US) or ‘CUSUR Corporate Patron’ (at 15,000 dollars US) or ‘Associate CUSUR Corporate Patron’ (at 5,000 dollars US).

And we will again be actively pursuing individual donors. Here too we will retain three levels of contribution. A contributor will be able to quality as a ‘Meczenat’ (a highly regarded UA title for ‘philanthropist’) by donating 1,000 dollars US a year (in the future, the Center intends to refer to the Meczenats collectively as the ‘Mazepa Group’). A contributor can also become either 'Friend of CUSUR’ or an ‘Associate Friend of CUSUR’ by donating 500 dollars US or 250 dollars US respectively. The return benefit that CUSUR intends to offer all its individual donors is the procurement of a ‘birds-eye seat’ at all of forums that CUSUR plans to host; additionally, the Center plans to offer reserved invitations to CUSUR's envisioned US-UA WG Yearly Summit for 'Mazepa Group' members, provide VIP UA Quest RT Lunches for the 'Friends of CUSUR' and request the presence of all 'Associate Friends of CUSUR’ at its DC Briefings.

Additionally, CUSUR intends to run a major fund-raising event during the summer of 2013 that will feature some of the more famous alumni of its UA Quest Roundtable series.

Individual donors may wish to donate online. To process the donation, please select from one of the following categories:

• I wish to become a CUSUR Meczenat (and contribute $1000 US)


• I wish to become a Friend of CUSUR (and contribute $500 US)


• I wish to become an Associate Friend of CUSUR (and contribute $250 US)