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PROTEZ FOUNDATION

EIN 88-2437069 OAKDALE, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$5,028,277
Expenses 2024
$3,858,667

Program services were 90.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E50
Classification
1000
Street
3510 HOPKINS PL N

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FREE PROSTHETICS AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIMBS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE WORLD. THE FOUNDATION'S GOAL IS TO COVER ALL FINANCIAL NEEDS FOR A PERSON TO GET FITTED FOR PROSTHETICS. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES ORIENTATION, LOGISTICS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR ALL PATIENTS. THE FOUNDATION'S GOAL IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND TOOLS TO IMPROVE MEDICAL CARE IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTEZ FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST LIMBS TO RESTORE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES PROSTHETICS ALONG WITH PERSONALIZED TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST LIMBS IN UKRAINE. THE FOUNDATION OFFERS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DURING RECOVERY BY CREATING A POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING ENVERONMENT. WE INVITE GUESTS WHO SHARE THEIR INSPIRING RECOVERY STORIES TO MOTIVATE AND UPLIFT OTHERS. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED 273 UKRAINIANS WITH PROSTHETICS IN 2024.

    Expenses $3,478,745 · Grants $13,599

  • AS PART OF THE FOUNDATIONS ONGOING INITIATIVES, THE PROTEZ ACADEMY CONTINUED ITS IMPACTFUL WORK THROUGHOUT 2024. ESTABLISHED BY A DEDICATED TEAM OF U.S. PROFESSIONALS AND FACULTY SPECIALIZING IN PROSTHETICS, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION, AND SURGERY, THE ACADEMY EMPOWERS UKRAINIAN MEDICAL SPECIALISTS TO LEARN, CONNECT, AND GROW ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 2024, 33 NEW SPECIALISTS COMPLETED TRAINING IN THE U.S., FURTHER EXPANDING THE NETWORK OF EXPERTS SUPPORTING PATIENTS ON THEIR JOURNEY TO RECOVERY. TO STRENGTHEN THIS GROWING COMMUNITY, PROTEZ ACADEMY HOSTED A TWO-DAY AMPUTEE REHAB SUMMIT IN KYIV, GATHERING MORE THAN 450 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING PROSTHETISTS, SURGEONS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, AND CAREGIVERS ALL UNITED BY A SHARED MISSION: TO EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE, COLLABORATE, AND BRING HOPE TO THOSE REBUILDING THEIR LIVES. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROTEZ FOUNDATION ORGANIZED A VETERANS APPRECIATION DINNER IN KYIV, WHERE AROUND 150 VETERANS ATTENDED AND FELT DEEPLY VALUED AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SACRIFICE.

    Expenses $7,882

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Yakov Gradinar

    VP CMO

    Total calculated
    $124,800
    From this org
    $124,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Yura Aroshidze

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $83,200
    From this org
    $83,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ivanna Gradinar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrey Madan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $29,640
    From this org
    $29,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Valentyna Pavsyukova

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,028,277
    Expenses
    $3,858,667
    Contributions
    $5,031,427
    Grants paid
    $13,599
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,540,039
    Expenses
    $3,577,052
    Contributions
    $3,605,322
    Grants paid
    $57,478
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,018,857
    Expenses
    $673,983
    Contributions
    $1,018,857
    Grants paid
    $25,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • PROTEZ FOUNDATION UA

    MEDICAL · UP · income $1,950,457 · assets $1,684,390

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.