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Nadácia U. S. Steel Košice
The Nadácia U. S. Steel Košice Foundation was established on December 9, 2002 and two days later it was incorporated in the Registry of Foundations administered by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic under Number 203/Na-2002/695.
The Foundation was established by U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o. to support community activities in the following areas:
- health protection and promotion
- physical culture and sports promotion and development
- provision of social and humanitarian aid
- preservation of cultural values
- promotion of education and the educational system
- human rights protection
- protection and development of the environment and preservation of natural values
- promotion of science and research
- organizing and sharing volunteering activities
- supporting retirees - former employees of U. S. Steel Košice
Mission of the Foundation
The intention of Foundation projects is constantly to promote public services in the areas of education and health, financially support science, culture and charity programs through the Foundation´s programs, to continue with talented children and youth support, namely by financial or material gifts aimed at the educational process and improvement of living conditions.
The Foundation will go on focusing primarily on assistance and support for those who are directly dependent upon it, particularly on children in foster homes, disabled people, USSK employees in difficult life situations, as well as organizations and clubs aimed at social and charitable activities that are beneficial to our community.
The Foundation will deal with humanitarian aid for individuals and groups who are affected by natural disasters or whose lives are at risk, as well as with protection and development of the environment and preservation of natural values.
WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDATION?
Donations and contributions can be provided to the Foundation by:
- legal entities registered in the Commercial Register in Slovakia and abroad
- natural persons in the Slovak Republic and abroad
Who can apply for a contribution from the Foundation?
- natural persons
- legal entities whose activity relates to the public benefit purpose of the Foundation
INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED IN VARIOUS AREAS:
HEALTH PROTECTION AND PROMOTION
In the Košice Children's Faculty Hospital they perform surgeries with state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment
Thanks to support from the U. S. Steel Košice Foundation in the amount exceeding 147 thousand euros, the equipment of the operating rooms of the Children's Faculty Hospital in Košice was expanded with the top-notch CUSA® Clarity ultrasonic surgical aspirator, which helps especially in operations on pediatric patients in the field of neurosurgery. The ceremonial handover of this device and the opening of the renovated hospital room, which was supported by the U. S. Steel Košice company, was attended by the acting president of U. S. Steel Košice Mike Piekut on April 28, 2025.
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Support for healthcare facilities in the Košice region in 2024
During 2024, the U. S. Steel Košice Foundation supported seven projects for the protection and promotion of health in the Košice region with a total amount exceeding EUR 360,000.
More information: U. S. Steel Košice Foundation: Support for healthcare facilities
In the Košice Children's Faculty Hospital, they presented a donation to the U.S. Steel Košice Foundation
Treatment and care of children in the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine and ENT at the Children's Faculty Hospital in Košice is once again a bit faster and of better quality. Thanks to a donation of 265,000 euros by the U. S. Steel Košice Foundation, a whole range of new examination instruments and devices were added to this health facility with regional scope, which on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, were ceremonially handed over to the nursing staff by Jim Bruno, the president of the Košice steel plant, in the presence of DFN director Andrej Koman.
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Renovated beds in the geriatrics
On Friday, October 27, 2023, in the Specialized Geriatric Institute of St. Lukáša in Košice inaugurated the reconstructed 5th floor.
More in the article: Symbolic check for Geriatrics Institute
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
In the course of 2024, the USSK Foundation supported 70 projects to improve the quality of the teaching process in this area, of which it awarded 55 scholarships. The financial resources provided amounted to a total of 359,000 euros.
K 13 - Košice cultural centers used a financial donation of 150,000 euros to restore and modernize the Steelpark exhibition.
More information: New exhibits in Steelpark
Thanks to a donation of 50,000 euros, the Faculty of Medicine of P. J. Šafárik University in Košice purchased the ENDO Mentor Suite simulator for the Center for Simulator and Virtual Medicine, which is used for team and individual training, self-directed learning and professional training of students.
More information: The simulator teaches medical students thanks to the Foundation
Scholarship program
This is intended for supporting thhigher education studies of talented children of U. S. Steel employees as well as talented students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds studying at technical colleges and universities. The program promotes students who, in addition to their studies, are engaged in various social support activities, and at the same time this motivates high school students to achieve better study results, since their inclusion in the program also depends on their achievements.
SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN AID
In 2024, the USSK Foundation supported 21 projects of social, humanitarian and charitable organizations in the Košice and Prešov regions in the total amount of 167,000 euros.
The Tree of Wishes project had a long-standing tradition in this area, which tries to fulfill the wishes of children from orphanages and children from the families of U.S. Steel Košice employees who found themselves in a difficult situation - long-term illness, death of one of their parents.
Through the project We are with you at the right time, the foundation has been helping employees of U.S. Steel Košice and its subsidiaries who have found themselves in a difficult life situation since 2012. Her effort is to help families with minor children to experience better and more beautiful moments, to regenerate mentally and to acquire new experiences and friendly contacts. During the 13 years of the project, the USSK Foundation helped 140 families. In 2024, twelve families were supported with the total amount of 24,000 euros.
The financial donation of the foundation in the amount of 50,000 euros was used by the Archdiocesan Charity of Košice for the reconstruction of premises in the shelter for mothers with children for the purpose of providing social services for crisis intervention.
PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORT
In the field of sports, the USSK Foundation supported 7 projects of various entities in 2024, in the total amount exceeding 220,000 euros.
TK Ellegance Košice, thanks to a financial donation from the USSK Foundation, organized the World Cup in wheelchair dance, which took place on 7–8 September 2024 and the Junior World Championships II, held on 28 September 2024 in Košice.
The USSK Foundation also contributed 10,000.00 to Gymnastik Košice, the TJ Metropol Košice Sports Association, and YOUNG ANGELS ACADEMY, o. z. for their operation and activities.
FC KOŠICE a.s. used financial contribution for the club's operation and activities, such as rental of sports grounds and material and technical provision of the training process for all youth categories.
The USSK Foundation also contributed to purchase of the Racewood voltige simulator with accessories which helps the Slavia University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice – voltige to improve the quality and efficiency of sports training for children and youth.
More information: Children on a vaulting machine also thanks to our support
In this area, the foundation also focuses on the Your Chance to Play grant program.
The program focuses on supporting children whose families do not have enough financial resources to finance their sports activities. Currently, we also give young talented athletes from among the children of employees of U.S. Steel Košice and its subsidiary more opportunities, namely in selected sports. Priority includes hockey, basketball, football, or other sports.
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITY
In the center of the village of Cestice, the municipal park area has come to life, which is especially enjoyed by families with children. Thanks to the U. S. Steel Košice Together for the Region grant program.
Thirteen of our colleagues, along with their families and friends, volunteered to run the largest refreshment station on the course of the Košice Peace Marathon.
It took five and a half minutes for each of the nearly 4,000 participants in the U.S. Steel Family Run mini marathon to cross the starting line.
N A D Á C I A U. S. S T E E L K O Š I C E
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CONTACT US PERSONALLY
Slávka Tvrdoňová
Foundation Administrator
+421 55 673 4915
stvrdonova@sk.uss.com
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