For more than 10 years Victor Pinchuk has been developing and supporting a number of philanthropic projects in Ukraine. In 2006 in order to create a more coherent, professional and accountable approach and to develop new projects he organized these activities under the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

A goal of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is to contribute to the modernization of Ukraine and to bringing up a new generation of Ukrainian leaders who are committed to serving the country. The Foundation's six fields of activity and nearly 20 projects have been carefully selected due to their strategic importance to fulfill this goal:

• Health ("Cradles of Hope" Neonatal Centers, fight against HIV/AIDS)
• Education ("Zavtra.UA" Scholoraship Program, Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), "Aspen - Ukraine" project)
• Culture ("PinchukArtCentre"Contemporary Art Centre, "Spell your name" Documentary produced in cooperation with Steven Spielberg, "Four seasons" Chamber Orchestra, Cultural events support)
• Human Rights (Legal Clinics, Legal Aid in cooperation with the Soros Foundation)
• Ukraine in the World (YES - Yalta European Strategy, Amicus Europae Foundation, Brookings Institution, Peterson Institute of International Economics, International Crisis Group, Davos Ukrainian Lunch)
• Local Communities (Projects in Dnipropetrivsk, ‘Beit Tzindlikht' Project)

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a member of the European Foundation Centre and of the Ukrainian Grantmakers Forum .