How Much Donated Money Goes To The Children With Unicef Usa

Non-profit organization in the United states of america for the United Nation Children'southward Fund

U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Abridgement	UNICEF USA
Formation	1947
Type	Children's Charity
Tax ID no.	13-1760110
Focus	children'southward rights, child survival and child development
Headquarters	New York City
President/CEO	Michael J. Nyenhuis
Website	www.UnicefUSA.org

The U.Due south. Fund for UNICEF, doing business concern equally UNICEF U.s.a., is a not-turn a profit, not-governmental organization (NGO) in the United States that supports the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Founded in 1947 by Helenka Pantaleoni, it is the oldest of the 36 UNICEF National Committees that back up UNICEF worldwide^[2] through fundraising, advocacy and education. Since its inception, the U.Due south. Fund has provided UNICEF and diverse NGOs with $6.3 billion in cash and gifts-in-kind.^[3]

Campaigns [edit]

UNICEF Us administers the long-running Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, which began as a local fundraising event in Pennsylvania in 1950 and has since raised more than US$170 million to support UNICEF's work. The U.S. Fund also sponsored the UNICEF Tap Project, which provided children around the world with access to safe, clean water.^[4] ^[5] The Tap Project began in 2007 and ended in 2016.^[6]

Leadership [edit]

The President and CEO of UNICEF USA is Michael J. Nyenhuis. Current members of the National Board of Directors are Andrew D. Beer, Robert T. Dark-brown, Daniel J. Brutto, Nelson Chai, Gary One thousand. Cohen, Mary Callahan Erdoes, Pamela Fiori, Dolores Rice Gahan, Sarah Godlewski, Mindy Grossman, Hilary Gumbel, Vincent John Hemmer, John A. Herrmann Jr., Franklin Hobbs, Peter Lamm (Chair), Barrie Landry, Téa Leoni, Bob Manoukian, Dikembe Mutombo, Anthony Pantaleoni, Henry Schleiff, Caryl G. Stern, Bernard Taylor, and Sherrie Rollins Westin.^[vii]

Headquarters and offices [edit]

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is headquartered in Manhattan in New York Urban center^[eight] and maintains regional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.^[nine] ^[10]

Finances [edit]

UNICEF The states carries Charity Navigator's 3-Star (Good) fiscal standards rating for charities. Out of every dollar spent, 89 cents goes toward helping children, 8 cents is spent on fundraising costs, and 3 cents on administration.^[xi]

Cards and gifts [edit]

The first UNICEF greeting card was created in 1949, the design featuring a "thank you picture" past a seven-year-erstwhile girl whose village in Czechoslovakia received emergency assistance from UNICEF. The bill of fare launched a worldwide fundraising activity that continues to provide a pregnant source of revenue to UNICEF. The U.S. Fund makes UNICEF greeting cards and gifts bachelor in the Usa through the UNICEF Market website.^[12] ^[13]

The U.S. Fund also supports UNICEF with UNICEF Inspired Gifts. Through this program, individuals can purchase lifesaving supplies for children such equally therapeutic milk or anti-malarial mosquito nets and have them shipped to one of the over 150 countries and territories in which UNICEF works.^[xiv] ^[xv]

UNICEF Ambassadors [edit]

UNICEF Usa has a long history of support from its celebrity ambassadors and high-contour supporters who play a significant role in promoting UNICEF and advocating and fundraising on its behalf. Current UNICEF USA Ambassadors include Katy Perry, Laurence Fishburne, Selena Gomez, Dayle Haddon, Angie Harmon, Téa Leoni, Lucy Liu, Joel Madden, Alyssa Milano, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marcus Samuelsson, Tyson Chandler and Vern Yip.^[16]

References [edit]

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^ "United States Fund for UNICEF." Charity Navigator.
^ "U.S. Fund for UNICEF Annual Written report 2015" (PDF) . Retrieved 8 Sep 2016.
^ "The history of fob-or-treat for UNICEF". Retrieved five Mar 2013.
^ Elliott, Stuart (2008-02-13). "Creative Juices Period for Pro Bono Endeavor to Assist Global Water Projects - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-xi-28 .
^ "UNICEF Tap Projection". UNICEF U.s. . Retrieved 2021-09-26 .
^ "Board of Directors". UNICEF USA.
^ "Contact U.s.a.." U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
^ "Our Offices: Washington, D.C." unicefusa.org. UNICEFUSA. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
^ "Regional Communities". UNICEF USA.
^ "UNICEF USA Rating Profile". Clemency Navigator . Retrieved 26 Dec 2018.
^ "UNICEF's Outset Greeting Card". unicef.org. UNICEF. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
^ "Charity Greeting Cards - UNICEF Market".
^ "About". UNICEF Inspired Gifts . Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ "UNICEF Inspired Gifts". unicef.org . Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ "UNICEF Ambassadors". unicefusa.org. UNICEFUSA. Retrieved ix Oct 2014.