Coordination
Registered nonprofit foundation / platform in development
Building the Infrastructure of Modern Volunteering
A next-generation platform connecting volunteers, nonprofits, donors, and communities through transparent, AI-powered local help coordination. The foundation is public now, with the full platform currently being built for its first Southern California pilot.
Early access will open first for nonprofit partners, volunteers, ambassadors, and local supporters in the Orange County pilot.
Orange County pilot live
Smart help queue
18 requests matched
Meal delivery
2 volunteers nearby
Shelter intake
3 volunteers nearby
Senior transport
4 volunteers nearby
Impact transparency
Emergency groceries74%
Volunteer rides58%
Rapid relief fund86%
Grocery delivery matched9:12 AM / Anaheim
3 volunteers joined a route9:24 AM / Costa Mesa
Urgent request classified9:41 AM / Santa Ana
Local cafe added a reward10:03 AM / Irvine
Donation update published10:18 AM / Fullerton
Partner intake completed10:31 AM / Orange
Grocery delivery matched9:12 AM / Anaheim
3 volunteers joined a route9:24 AM / Costa Mesa
Urgent request classified9:41 AM / Santa Ana
Local cafe added a reward10:03 AM / Irvine
Donation update published10:18 AM / Fullerton
Partner intake completed10:31 AM / Orange
Human momentum
Less presentation. More living civic network.
The product should feel like people are already moving through it: requests opening, volunteers responding, partners coordinating, and donors seeing the story behind every outcome.
Live
requests
Local
teams
Clear
impact
Community
Local teams turning care into action
Recognition
Volunteers recognized for what they build
Platform status
The vision is public. The platform is being built.
This website presents the foundation, product direction, and pilot model. The HelpTogether platform itself is in active development, with early partner conversations and pilot access planned for Southern California.
Live now
Foundation landing page
In active development
Core platform
Opening soon
Pilot access
Partner onboarding
Orange County launch
Registered organization
A real foundation with a legal operating base.
HelpTogether Foundation has been approved as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and has received an IRS Employer Identification Number. The technology platform is being built on top of an actual organizational structure, not only a concept deck.
EIN assignment confirms federal taxpayer identification. Federal tax-exempt recognition is a separate IRS process and will be communicated transparently as the foundation advances.
Legal name
HelpTogether Foundation
Entity type
California nonprofit public benefit corporation
California entity no.
B20260230916
Initial filing approved
May 19, 2026
IRS EIN
42-2654652
Base
Irvine, California
The problem
Help today is powerful, but painfully fragmented.
America has generous people, trusted nonprofits, local businesses, and donors ready to act. What is missing is the shared digital infrastructure that lets them move together.
People cannot see where help is needed
Local needs are scattered across posts, spreadsheets, inboxes, and word of mouth.
Nonprofits lack shared coordination tools
Teams do heroic work without the modern operating layer that startups take for granted.
Donors want clearer proof of impact
Trust grows when contributions connect to updates, outcomes, and transparent reporting.
Communities need faster mobilization
Wildfires, homelessness, food insecurity, and everyday emergencies require one civic channel.
One Window of Help
A unified ecosystem for requests, response, coordination, and proof.
HelpTogether Foundation is designed as local-first civic infrastructure: simple for residents, operational for nonprofits, motivating for volunteers, and transparent for donors.
1
Person requests help
One trusted workflow keeps every participant informed, accountable, and moving toward a completed outcome.
2
Volunteer responds
One trusted workflow keeps every participant informed, accountable, and moving toward a completed outcome.
3
Organization coordinates
One trusted workflow keeps every participant informed, accountable, and moving toward a completed outcome.
4
Donor tracks impact
One trusted workflow keeps every participant informed, accountable, and moving toward a completed outcome.
From Ukrainewith love
Built from hard-earned volunteer coordination experience.
Ukraine showed how quickly people can mobilize when trust, technology, and community leadership work together. HelpTogether brings that lived experience to the United States: not as politics, but as practical knowledge for coordinating help at scale.
We have seen volunteer systems support rebuilding, shelter, mobility, urgent supplies, and human resilience under extreme pressure. Now we want to adapt those lessons for local American communities before the next crisis arrives.
50,000+
volunteers mobilized
Dobrobat
A volunteer reconstruction movement active across Ukrainian regions, helping communities clear damage and rebuild essential spaces.
1M+
people helped with shelter
Prykhystok
A national hosting and shelter coordination effort that connected displaced people with temporary homes at extraordinary scale.
1,000+
vehicles coordinated
Car4Army
A mobility logistics initiative that organized pickup trucks and transport support when speed, trust, and coordination mattered.
critical
supply coordination
Lazar Foundation
A support network helping coordinate drones, protective equipment, supplies, and other urgent needs through trusted volunteer channels.
How it works
From a need to a verified outcome in one shared flow.
The platform translates local generosity into organized action without stripping away the humanity that makes volunteering meaningful.
01
Request Creation
People, nonprofits, and local leaders create structured requests with location, urgency, context, and needed support.
02
Smart Matching
The platform ranks relevant volunteers and partner organizations by skills, distance, availability, and fit.
03
Volunteer Coordination
Teams accept tasks, update status, communicate in context, and keep organizers aligned from first response to completion.
04
Impact Tracking
Completed requests become transparent outcomes: hours served, funds used, updates posted, and community value created.
Founder / Builder
Founder story
Rostyslav Smirnov
Volunteer organizer, civic-tech builder, and former adviser to Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs.
50,000+
volunteers coordinated through Dobrobat
4
national volunteer initiatives founded or helped launch
Adviser
former adviser to Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs
Why HelpTogether
A personal mission to bring proven volunteer infrastructure to American communities.
Rostyslav helped found and launch major Ukrainian volunteer initiatives including Dobrobat, Prykhystok, Car4Army, and Lazar Foundation. Those projects were built in moments when coordination had to be fast, trusted, transparent, and deeply human.
After relocating to the United States for personal and security reasons, he began shaping HelpTogether Foundation as a way to give back to the country that offered safety, and to share hard-earned experience from Ukraine with local communities in America.
The goal is simple: turn crisis-tested volunteer coordination into modern civic infrastructure for everyday help, nonprofit operations, transparent giving, and community resilience.
NGO operationsVolunteer mobilizationCrisis coordinationPublic-sector experienceCivic technology
Smart help matching
AI-powered coordination that keeps people at the center.
HelpTogether uses AI to classify requests, detect urgency, identify the right support, and reduce coordination load for organizers. Human judgment stays in the loop.
LocationSkillsAvailabilityUrgencyExperienceInterests
AI matching engine
Recommended responders
Maya R.
Trauma-informed intake
OC Mutual Aid
Food distribution team
Daniel K.
Weekend transport
Open impact donations
Give with a clear line of sight.
Donations connect to campaigns, updates, reports, and outcomes so generosity becomes visible civic progress.
Verified
Rapid family support
$18,240 raised
UpdatesReportsOutcomes
Verified
Wildfire readiness kits
$9,610 raised
UpdatesReportsOutcomes
Volunteer profile
Community Builder
128
hours
34
requests
12
partners
Rapid responderMentorNeighborhood lead
Volunteer recognition
Recognition that celebrates contribution, not competition.
Volunteers earn verified hours, badges, impact history, and public appreciation that can support school, career, and community leadership pathways.
HelpTogether Rewards
A warm local appreciation economy.
Local businesses can thank volunteers with meaningful perks while building a stronger civic identity around their neighborhood.
Coffee shops
Gyms and wellness
Concerts and events
Local businesses
AI for social impact
Ethical automation for the work that should never feel automated.
AI helps classify needs, detect urgency, guide onboarding, draft reports, and surface patterns across neighborhoods so organizers can spend more time with people.
Request classification
Urgency detection
Volunteer matching
Automated reporting
Onboarding assistant
California pilot
Starting in Southern California, built to scale nationally.
The first pilot focuses on Orange County and the broader Los Angeles region, supporting local nonprofits across wildfire response, homelessness, food access, and neighborhood resilience.
5-10
launch partner organizations
100-300
verified local volunteers
30+
completed requests in pilot
Southern California pilot
OC / LA corridor
Los Angeles
partner network
Orange County
first pilot hub
Long Beach
community response
Irvine
volunteer onboarding
Anaheim
local requests
Community and ambassadors
Growth led by people already trusted locally.
HelpTogether is designed for civic multipliers: organizers, students, faith leaders, creators, entrepreneurs, and neighbors who know how their community actually works.
Local leaders
Universities
Businesses
Creators
Faith communities
Activists
Final vision
Make Helping Simple Again
Building trusted infrastructure for local help, volunteering, and social impact in America.