Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Український Конґресовий Комітет Америки | |
| Formation | May 24, 1940 |
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| Type | Advocacy, pro-Ukraine, Cultural, Educational |
| 13-6219868 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Michael Sawkiw, Jr. | |
Vice president | Marta Liscynesky Kelleher |
National Council Chair | Roman Hirniak |
| Website | ucca |
The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (Ukrainian: Український Конґресовий Комітет Америки) or UCCA (Ukrainian: УККА) is a non-partisan non-profit national umbrella organization uniting 30 national Ukrainian American organizations in advocating for over 1,000,000 Americans of Ukrainian descent. Its membership is composed of fraternal, educational, veterans, religious, cultural, social, business, political and humanitarian organizations, as well as individuals. Established in 1940, UCCA maintains local volunteer chapters across the United States, with a national office based in New York City, as well as a Washington, D.C., news bureau, the Ukrainian National Information Service. The humanitarian aid committee, the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
UCCA is a founding member of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), the international assembly of nearly all Ukrainian public organizations in the worldwide Ukrainian diaspora of over 20 million people. In the United States, UCCA is a member organization of the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC), which coordinates the efforts of national ethnic organizations representing 20 million Americans, whose members continue to maintain strong cultural, economic, political, and religious ties to the countries of Central and East Europe.
UCCA convenes a "Congress of Ukrainians in America" quadrennially (from 1940 to 1969, triennially), composed of delegates representing registered national organizations, UCCA member organizations and local UCCA chapters. The most recent Congress convened in the North Penn Valley region of Pennsylvania in October 2025.