The organization was founded in 2007 by Ukrainian-American Valentina Pavsyukova in the small town of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. In the early years, the organization provided medical equipment to hospitals in Ukraine, renovated the Zaporizhia Hospice of Archangel Michael for seriously ill patients, and founded daycare ”St. Maria Goretti" in Zaporizhzhia.
Chalice of Mercy also organized more than 60 pilgrimage trips for Ukrainian youth, gynecologists and ATO soldiers.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the organization began to pull in record amounts of assistance funds. Since then, Chalice of Mercy has increased its efforts to support the civilian population as well as medical Stabilization Centers, Field Hospitals, Military Hospitals and other Hospitals. The organization takes care of the families of Ukrainian defenders and provides them with humanitarian support. The total amount of assistance already exceeds 38 million dollars.
Chalice of Mercy is the main sponsor of Protez Foundation (Minnesota, US), which is the largest non-profit in the world providing prosthetics for the Ukrainian military. During the first year of Protez Foundation’s existence, 76 Ukrainian soldiers received prosthetics in the US free of charge, including all expenses paid for their flights and accommodation. Each soldier returns to Ukraine with three types of prosthetics from the leading companies Ottobock and Ossur. A total of 243 prosthetics and prosthetic devices were provided.