U.S. Fund For UNICEF Annual Report 2010
U.S. Fund For UNICEF Annual Report 2010
U.S. Fund For UNICEF Annual Report 2010
In the last year, the generosity of our supporters has helped UNICEF combat — and
prevent — the death and suffering of children all over the globe. After Haiti’s colossal
earthquake in January claimed more than 220,000 lives, the immediate compassion
shown by U.S. donors enabled UNICEF and its partners to act when it mattered most
and to provide a critical lifeline to survivors. As a result, a second wave of deaths — in the
form of disease and malnutrition — was averted in the months following the disaster.
emerging disparity needs immediate attention, and while continuing its work of saving
(thousands)
all children from preventable deaths, UNICEF is now redoubling efforts to reach the
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most marginalized and the most remote. This approach could potentially prevent 60
percent more child deaths. With your ongoing support, we can save even more young
22,000 lives each year and protect more promising futures.
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A Message from the
It has been a year of enormous challenges and pivotal achievements, a year
in which U.S. Fund for UNICEF supporters, Board members, and staff all
demonstrated a fierce determination to protect children from a host of dire
Chair and the President threats around the world. Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, you continued
to step forward when children needed you. For that, we are profoundly grateful.
Immediately after Haiti’s horrific earthquake, a diverse group of U.S. Fund supporters
responded with swift and amazing generosity. Thanks to you, the U.S. Fund raised
more than $70 million for Haiti relief — funds that were crucial to UNICEF’s ability
to overcome mammoth obstacles and to quickly and effectively provide lifesaving
aid. In many other countries throughout the world, your contributions have made
the difference between life and death, between opportunity and despair, for so
many children.
More than 640,000 individual donors contributed to the U.S. Fund in the past year
— a striking reflection of the broad-based support UNICEF has throughout America.
That generosity — combined with the partnership of corporations, foundations,
non-governmental organizations, and sports teams — generated a total revenue of
more than $435 million for the U.S. Fund in Fiscal Year 2010. We also welcomed the
news that our former Board Chair Anthony Lake took the reins of UNICEF as its new
Executive Director.
This year presented an amazing and historic opportunity. We were deeply honored
when longtime U.S. Fund partner Kiwanis International chose to collaborate with
UNICEF to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus as its next global campaign for
children. This momentous new partnership will help save the lives of babies and
mothers around the world and put an end to a cruel, ancient disease.
This exciting development was followed by truly wonderful news about the continuing
decline in global under-five child mortality — from 24,000 deaths every day to 22,000.
Your generosity has helped UNICEF get closer than ever before to the day when zero
children die from preventable causes. We have come so far, thanks to you. We ask for
your continued support to make it the rest of the way.
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The Nuts and Bolts
A child sleeps soundly beneath a bed net in Kenya, protected from the deadly malaria
that killed her brother. In Cambodia, a simple water filter puts a stop to a family’s
chronic illness. A toddler in Niger receives the therapeutic milk that will bring him
of Saving Lives back from starvation. In Afghanistan, a girl runs as fast as she can to attend school
for the very first time. Street children in Kyrgyzstan get a place to learn. More than 5
million Angolan children are vaccinated against polio in just six days.
Every day, in more than 150 countries and territories around the world, UNICEF’s staff
of 10,000 are doing amazing work on behalf of children. And they are doing it thanks to
voluntary contributions from donors like you. A dedicated but diverse group of supporters —
individuals, non-governmental organizations, corporations, foundations, and governments
U.S. FUND PROGRAM ASSISTANCE FY 2010* from around the globe — financially enable UNICEF to do so much for so many.
How are those contributions spent? In 2009, they paid for 2.99 billion doses of vaccine
Child
Protection 2% for children in 82 countries. The funds enabled UNICEF to help deliver emergency
Basic Education supplies to 69 countries and territories (many of those crises — though deadly —
NGOs 2% and Gender Equality 4% probably never made the six o’clock news). UNICEF dedicated $225 million to local
construction projects — mostly schools. The donations also provided 43 million long-
Unrestricted lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets in countries where malaria still kills children.
Resources 14%
And these are just a few examples of UNICEF’s global work.
UNICEF is renowned for its efficiency, and more than 90 percent of all money it
receives goes directly to programs and supplies that help children. UNICEF uses smart,
innovative, low-cost strategies to keep children alive, healthy, safe, and learning.
Child Survival and In Fiscal Year 2010, U.S. Fund support enabled UNICEF to provide Emergency
Development 12% Relief for children in Haiti and many other disaster-affected countries. Unrestricted
Resources went to general support for UNICEF’s mission and operational
functions. Child Survival and Development programs included immunization
drives, health care for mothers and babies, nutrition, clean water and sanitation,
HIV/AIDS
and Children 2%
and much more. Funding for Basic Education and Gender Equality helped
UNICEF work to give all children — especially girls — the chance to go to school.
Child Protection projects kept children safe from abuse, violence, and exploitation.
Support to NGOs (non-governmental organizations) helped partners who work with
— or on behalf of — UNICEF in the field. With its HIV/AIDS and Children programs,
UNICEF provided health care and social support for women and children living with
HIV, and gave scores of HIV-positive women the treatment they need to ensure they
*Does not include in-kind support Emergency Relief 64% do not pass the virus on to their newborn children.
and Futures in Haiti heat, unaware of the larger disaster looming before her entire country.
She arrived home and remembers that she was suddenly covered, head-to-toe, in white
dust. The massive earthquake had just struck. She quickly learned that her mother was
trapped beneath the rubble of what, just moments before, had been the family’s house.
Judith recounted this painful memory to UNICEF Haiti staffers.
“My family worked frantically to remove the rocks, but they were too heavy to lift and
we could not move quickly enough,” said Judith. “That night we buried our mother.”
Judith abruptly lost so much — her home and her mother — but one thing she did not lose
was her beloved school. école Nationale République du Brésil was reopened with UNICEF
support. Many schools are being “built back better” with separate bathrooms for girls,
handwashing stations, and child-friendly spaces.
Schools offer children like Judith a degree of normalcy after the tumult of a natural
disaster. So far, 70,000 children in Haiti have benefited from recreational activities and
psychosocial support provided by UNICEF.
However, there is still a great need for child protection services, especially for children
at risk of sexual violence, neglect, and abuse, and for those who have been orphaned
or separated from their families.
A national hotline at the UNICEF office in Haiti continues to take calls from frontline work-
ers who are monitoring cases of unaccompanied children. To date, UNICEF has helped re-
unite 971 children with their families and helped save at least 38 children from trafficking.
Some 2 million people remain upended by the earthquake, and UNICEF is still
supplying clean water, immunizations, anti-malarial bed nets, therapeutic foods, and a
wide variety of other lifesaving interventions in Haiti.
Judith now takes comfort in her education — and in keeping the memory of her mother
alive through music, which she studies daily. Her school choir even composed a song
about the earthquake.
“Sometimes I want to give up, but a little voice tells me to stay determined, to keep
going,” Judith said. “I go to school for my mother, for my future. It’s my reason for living.”
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Rally to Help Haiti
that Tortures Babies Maricel’s tiny newborn was suffering the unspeakable agonies of tetanus. Maternal
and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is caused when tetanus spores, found in soil everywhere,
come into contact with open cuts during childbirth. Its effects are excruciating —
newborns endure repeated, painful convulsions. And there is little hope of survival.
Right now, MNT kills almost 60,000 babies each year; thousands of mothers also die
due to MNT. “I wanted it to be me instead of my child suffering,” Maricel says.
Maricel lives in a tiny village in the Philippines — one of 40 countries where MNT is
still endemic. She had given birth at home, and she rushed her sick baby to a hospital.
Tragically, after two days of intense suffering, Maricel’s daughter died.
Once a newborn has contracted tetanus, the risk of death is high despite treatment.
But MNT is easily preventable — just three doses of a 60-cent immunization protect
mothers, who then pass on the immunity to their future babies. Maricel had avoided
getting immunized because she was afraid of the shot. Also, she had previously given
birth at home with no complications. She felt she was safe.
UNICEF and health authorities in the Philippines have been working hard to put a
stop to MNT. In a pilot campaign in the Solana district, health workers went door-
to-door to give all women between the ages of fifteen and forty the three rounds of
tetanus toxoid vaccine. Village meetings helped educate the women and their family
members about the importance of vaccination. And a marketing campaign helped
women overcome their fear of needles. Not only did Maricel gladly get vaccinated, all
her neighbors leaped at the chance to protect their future babies as well.
The work of UNICEF and health authorities in the Philippines has gone a long way
toward reducing MNT deaths there. But — as with all of the countries where MNT is
still prevalent — additional funds and support are needed for a final push. Now, thanks
to Kiwanis International (see page 9), the final push is at hand.
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The Eliminate Project
Safe Water at School “I love to go to school,” says Ahmed. “We can just go to the tap in the school courtyard
and splash our face and have a drink.”
Less than half of Afghanistan’s 27 million people have access to safe drinking water,
and the situation has grown worse in recent years due to inadequate rainfall. Good
sanitary facilities are also scarce. As a result, widespread diarrheal diseases pose a
lethal threat — particularly for children.
Globally, diarrheal diseases kill more than 1 million children every year. The diseases
can also impede the ability to learn. “Sick children cannot absorb knowledge, no
matter the quality of their teachers or books,” says Farida Khurami, a UNICEF Water
and Sanitation Officer in Afghanistan.
In 2009, UNICEF provided nearly 400,000 students in Afghanistan with safe drinking
water and improved sanitation facilities. UNICEF plans to supply thousands more
schools in the country with these critical essentials and to include separate bathrooms
for girls.
The initiative is part of a global “call to action” launched by UNICEF and several
partners to get students around the world the safe water and sanitation facilities they
need to learn and stay healthy.
UNICEF is also educating students about safe hygiene practices. “Once per week, our
teacher explains how we have to wash our hands and face and hair,” says Ahmed, who
has shared this crucial knowledge with members of his family. “I explain everything
to my sister,” he adds.
Getting safe water at school has also inspired Ahmed to help others when he grows
up. “I want to become an engineer, building water wells everywhere, for everybody,”
he says.
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UNICEF Tap Project Tackles
World Water Crisis
for Children in the DRC deadly countries for children. Twenty percent of children there die before reaching
their fifth birthday. And they die from causes most people in the U.S. rarely have
to worry about — malnutrition, diarrheal dehydration, measles, pneumonia, and
malaria.
Right now, UNICEF and its partners are working determinedly to head off these
illnesses before they gain a foothold. Malaria, for instance, is fiercely endemic in the
DRC and kills approximately 90,000 Congolese children under five every year. Many
others are orphaned when malaria weakens and kills their parents.
In Province Orientale — where nearly every single child contracts malaria — Mikala
Mobanda’s four-year-old son had been suffering from fever and lack of appetite for
several days. He was lethargic and in tremendous pain. He was treated with anti-
malarial drugs to make him better. But malaria recurs, and chances are the boy would
be sick again within a month’s time.
UNICEF and its partners actually have a very simple but powerful weapon against
malaria: insecticide-treated bed nets. Because the mosquitoes that carry malaria prey
almost exclusively at night, bed nets make an excellent deterrent. Last year — to help
prevent children like Mikala Mobanda’s son from contracting the disease — UNICEF
distributed 5.5 million bed nets in the most at-risk areas of the DRC.
“It is a huge undertaking, with serious logistical challenges,” said UNICEF DRC
Representative Pierrette Vu Thi at the time. In fact, to deliver the nets to children and
their families, UNICEF and its partners needed 20 barges, 15 aircraft, 400 trucks, 36
train cars, and 250 bicycles, as well as 200 warehouses.
By working to prevent children from getting sick in the first place — with bed net
distribution and other programs such as vaccine drives and weight monitoring to
warn of severe malnutrition — UNICEF is helping to change the odds for children
in the DRC. And it is doing so amid some of the most dangerous conditions
in the world.
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U.S. Fund for UNICEF Support for
Child Survival Programs
UNICEF Throughout for working to help children wherever they are in need. Whether a child lives in an
overcrowded slum or a nomadic encampment, UNICEF will use its reach, influence,
the World
expertise, and state-of-the-art supply network to get that child the basics she or he
needs to survive and thrive.
At right is a list of the more than 150 countries and territories in which UNICEF works.
A National Board of Directors governs the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Five Regional Boards oversee the U.S.
Fund’s mission in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles. All are made up of volunteer directors,
united by their commitment to helping the world’s children. Board members shape the U.S. Fund’s work,
contribute expertise and funds, and build key relationships with important partners and communities. For
lists of current National and Regional Board members, please see pages 40–41.
The U.S. Fund’s National Board represented the organization in a full range of activities this year. The group
added two new members; participated in field visits to South America, Africa, and Asia; hosted major new
philanthropic initiatives; helped secure new partnerships; increased awareness of UNICEF’s response to
major crises; and raised and contributed more resources for the U.S. Fund than ever before.
The Midwest Region’s Board, donors, and staff successfully completed a multi-year, $6.7 million campaign
to support UNICEF’s Accelerated Child Survival initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, which will strengthen and
improve health systems and help decrease child mortality rates in the area. Four Southeast Regional Board
members traveled to the field to see UNICEF in action, and the Board as a whole doubled its own giving,
funding water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in Tanzania, emergency relief operations in Haiti, and critical
unrestricted support to be allocated at UNICEF’s discretion.
After meeting on the evening of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, the New England Regional Board
revised plans for their annual event, partnered with the Boston Celtics, and hosted “A Night for Haiti” on
March 25, raising more than $740,000 for UNICEF’s relief efforts. The Southern California Regional Board
raised $1,433,000 from individual and corporate donors, personally contributed $646,000, and hosted the
2009 UNICEF Ball, as well as eight donor cultivation events. The Southwest Region continued its support
of UNICEF through unprecedented Board giving, a record-breaking gala (just three days after the Haiti
emergency) featuring UNICEF Ambassador Lucy Liu, and an increased presence throughout its seven-state
region. And the U.S. Fund’s Seattle Advisory Circle continued to engage donors in UNICEF’s work by hosting
a reception for UNICEF Swaziland Representative Dr. Jama Gulaid.
Witnessing UNICEF’s work in person is a transformative and illuminating experience. Last year, U.S. Fund
for UNICEF donors, Board members, partners, and staff traveled to countries around the world to observe
UNICEF in action and to meet some of the children and families benefiting from its critical programs.
In Ethiopia, a delegation visited a UNICEF-supported feeding center where severely malnourished children
were receiving lifesaving therapeutic foods. Partners traveling to Rwanda saw firsthand how UNICEF is
helping HIV-positive mothers prevent the transmission of the virus to their babies and how it is supporting
child-headed households. In Guatemala, members of UNICEF’s Next Generation — a diverse group of
young UNICEF supporters — visited a health clinic where some of their donations are enabling the facility to
hire and train much-needed staff and to supply families with a revolutionary nutritional supplement called
“Sprinkles.” A trip to Mozambique gave supporters the chance to see how UNICEF and its partners are
providing a comprehensive package of health interventions, including immunizations, prenatal care, services
to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, and care for children living with HIV. During a special
parent-child trip to Brazil — on which donors and Board members were accompanied by their children — the
group helped plant trees and inaugurate a playground at a UNICEF-supported school in the Amazon.
and Common Purpose and services; from supporting the UNICEF Snowflake Ball, to Trick-or-Treating
for UNICEF, to dining out for the UNICEF Tap Project; and from contacting
elected officials, to educating students about the challenges of child survival, to
championing UNICEF’s work by email, phone, and word-of-mouth — the U.S.
Fund family acted with incredible compassion and common purpose to protect
young lives. We strengthened existing relationships, welcomed new supporters,
carried out successful campaigns, inspired America’s youth to be better global
citizens, launched new partnerships, and galvanized more Americans — young
and old — to make the world’s children a top priority.
The U.S. Fund raised more than $435 million in total revenue for Fiscal Year 2010, and we
continued to meet the highest standards for non-profit organizations. Charity Navigator
awarded the U.S. Fund its sixth consecutive four-star rating — a ranking accorded to only
3 percent of charities evaluated by this respected entity. We also continue to meet all 20
of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance Standards for Charity Accountability.
We thank all of our supporters for their outstanding and indispensable commitment.
What follows is a look at some of the education and public information programs,
advocacy campaigns, partnerships, contributions, and fundraising initiatives that have
been critical to this year’s invaluable success.
• For 60 years, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has served as the Original Kids Helping Kids® campaign.
In 1950, children across America were inspired to collect coins for UNICEF to aid children
suffering in the wake of World War II. It was not just a charity effort — it was a call for
American kids to aid their less fortunate peers around the globe. Since then, for generations
of Americans, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has been a powerful way to make a difference in the
lives of the world’s children. Today, that mission is as urgent as ever, and the campaign is just
as vibrant. Established as one of the longest-running youth initiatives in America, with nearly
$160 million raised to-date, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF remains an inspiration to the young (and
the young at heart) to further the cause of children everywhere. In Fiscal Year 2010, volunteers
supported Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF through traditional trick-or-treating, bake sales, car washes,
web pages, and more than 3,400 officially registered Halloween parties.
• Volunteers are the heart of the UNICEF Tap Project, a nationwide campaign that helps UNICEF
provide the world’s children with access to safe, clean water. During World Water Week,
March 21–27, 2010, more than 4,000 UNICEF Tap Project Volunteers supported the program
by conducting over 250 local fundraising events and activities. Restaurants, dining patrons, and
students — along with corporate, community, celebrity, and local government supporters —
also helped make this year’s UNICEF Tap Project a success.
• In Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S Fund launched a greatly enhanced version of TeachUNICEF,
with more tools for grades K to 12. The redesigned website provides educators with
materials including unit plans, individual lesson plans, activity sheets, videos, and podcasts.
Subscriptions to the TeachUNICEF e-newsletter continue to increase and now number more
than 7,000. The U.S. Fund’s Education Department led workshops to provide educators
and administrators with an in-depth look at UNICEF’s work, explore global issues, and
identify ways to include TeachUNICEF in their existing curricula. The development of these
workshops helped secure underwriting for a pilot program in Colorado, BE UNICEF, which
aims to promote leadership, civic literacy, and global citizenship in high school youth by
engaging educators and students in UNICEF’s work. BE UNICEF is a two-year project in
partnership with the Volunteer and Community Partnerships Department.
• The U.S. Fund now has more than 30,000 volunteers conducting education, fundraising, and
advocacy activities around the country. In 2009, 40 fundraisers ran in the ING New York City
Marathon as Team UNICEF — a new tradition that promises to continue for years to come.
The UNICEF Campus Initiative grew to include more than 100 campus clubs, and over 150
participants from 55 campuses attended this year’s Campus Summit at Columbia University.
The UNICEF High School Club program was launched, with 79 clubs registered.
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• Since Danny Kaye became UNICEF’s first Goodwill Ambassador in 1953, celebrities have played
a unique and important role in UNICEF’s work. Leaders in film, music, television, journalism,
and other fields, UNICEF Ambassadors use their talents and fame to bring the plight of the
most vulnerable children to the world’s attention. This past year, UNICEF Ambassadors advanced
UNICEF’s mission by raising awareness and funds for lifesaving programs, providing extraordinary
support for UNICEF’s relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, galvanizing Americans to get
involved through the U.S. Fund’s signature campaigns, and visiting field programs to highlight
UNICEF initiatives. By giving a voice to girls and boys who struggle just to survive, these invaluable
advocates demonstrate their deep compassion and commitment to making the world a better
and safer place for children everywhere. Please see page 40 for lists of UNICEF Ambassadors.
Sources of Support
The U.S. Fund’s total public support and revenue this year topped $435 million. What follows is
a close look at this year’s remarkable fundraising activities.
• Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief was the largest single cash donor
to the U.S. Fund in Fiscal Year 2010, awarding two grants totaling $11 million for UNICEF child
protection programs in Haiti. The telethon event inspired compassionate people from around
the world to give in order to aid those affected by the earthquake. Funds are enabling UNICEF
to protect thousands of vulnerable children from exploitation and abuse; reunite children with
family members; and provide psychosocial care for children suffering from trauma.
• Additional foundation partnerships also provided significant support for the U.S. Fund. The
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund’s contribution of $500,000 and a William J. Clinton Foundation
grant of $250,000 are funding education programs and emergency relief for Haiti’s children.
The Irene S. Scully Family Foundation continued to support UNICEF’s work this year, with
a grant of $300,000 to save the lives of severely malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Not On Our Watch donated $250,000 toward UNICEF’s crucial efforts to reduce maternal
mortality in Southern Sudan. The Rockefeller Foundation’s grant of $225,800 is supporting
research for social health insurance in Asia and Africa. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the
Daniels Fund, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
also contributed generously to UNICEF’s programs in the past year.
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Sources of Support, continued
• Three of our most generous benefactors each gave $1 million or more in new gifts and
pledge payments in the 2010 Fiscal Year. An anonymous donor contributed $1.8 million,
in part to match other supporters’ donations for UNICEF’s maternal and neonatal health
programs. National Board Director Amy L. Robbins of the Nduna Foundation gave
generously to the General Fund and to support UNICEF’s work in Zimbabwe. The Charles
Engelhard Foundation committed $1 million over two years to enable UNICEF to establish
a unique psychosocial program in Haiti that uses art therapy to help traumatized children and
adolescents and nurture their leadership abilities.
• Four remarkable donors each contributed more than half a million dollars in new gifts and
pledge payments in the past year. Pat Lanza and the Lanza Family Foundation supported
UNICEF programs in Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Peru, and Swaziland, as well as the
General Fund. National Board Director Bob Manoukian made a substantial donation to
the General Fund. An anonymous family’s donation enabled UNICEF to carry out critical
relief efforts in Haiti. An anonymous family foundation made a significant contribution for
the Schools for Africa program in Angola.
• The U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s Midwest Region concluded a multi-year campaign to support
UNICEF’s Accelerated Child Survival initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, exceeding its original
goal and raising a total of $6.7 million. These funds will help UNICEF save the lives of
vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa by delivering immunizations, anti-malarial bed nets,
clean water, and better sanitation facilities and by working with local governments to improve
health care delivery programs.
• Generous product support was again provided this year through ongoing partnerships with
the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck. Through a partnership with the International
Trachoma Initiative (ITI), Pfizer donated its antibiotic Zithromax® to provide millions of treatments
for trachoma — the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness — in Mali, Nepal, Tanzania,
and Uganda. Through Merck’s Mectizan® Donation Program — the longest-running public/
private partnership of its kind — the company donated its medicine Mectizan to UNICEF to
facilitate treatment of over 7 million people in Nigeria for river blindness, a devastating and
disfiguring disease transmitted through the bite of parasite-bearing black flies.
• With a pledge of $2 million over the next three years, The Prudential Foundation will support
UNICEF’s work to identify reasons for educational exclusion in middle-income countries and
create policy recommendations to help reverse this trend. It will also help UNICEF strengthen
education programs in Brazil and Mexico. In the wake of Haiti’s earthquake, The Prudential
Foundation provided $75,000 to support UNICEF’s relief efforts.
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• For the first time in the 15-year history of UNICEF’s Change for Good® program on American
Airlines, employee volunteer “Champions for Children” collected more than $1.25 million in
a single year from generous AA customers — both in flight and at Admirals Clubs. The funds
are supporting UNICEF’s lifesaving programs, including over $345,000 for UNICEF’s relief,
rebuilding, and recovery efforts in Haiti.
• Johnson & Johnson continued its ongoing commitment to Home-Based Newborn Care,
which benefits women and children in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The company also supported
UNICEF’s relief efforts in Haiti, emergency aid programs in Pakistan, and ongoing relief and
rebuilding efforts in Sichuan, China, which is still recovering from the massive 2008 earthquake.
• In addition to grant funding, UPS and the UPS Foundation made a multi-year commitment to
share the company’s supply chain and logistics expertise with UNICEF’s Supply Division through
technical support and training, as well as to provide in-kind shipping and freight assistance.
• Procter & Gamble (P&G), a U.S. Fund for UNICEF partner since 2000, continued its support
through a $100,000 donation to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, a $600,000 commitment to maternal
and neonatal tetanus elimination programs in support of the global Pampers “One Pack = One
Vaccine” campaign, and a $200,000 grant to UNICEF water and sanitation programs in Vietnam.
• IKEA has been a U.S. Fund for UNICEF partner since 1988 and is, globally, UNICEF’s largest
corporate cash donor, with a commitment to date of $190 million. IKEA contributed nearly
$840,000 to the U.S. Fund over the past year, through greeting card sales; its annual holiday
“soft toy” promotion, benefiting the “Schools for Africa” campaign; and its new Sunnan
Lamp campaign. For every one of these solar-powered lamps sold, IKEA donated one to
children living in remote communities of India and Pakistan, where electric power is erratic
and lighting is often inadequate.
• With a $660,000 gift, ExxonMobil supported malaria prevention and treatment programs
in Chad.
• Dell’s $211,000 gift through the Dell YouthConnect program is providing community centers in
Morocco with technology equipment and training to help young people develop job skills. Also
through the Dell YouthConnect program, Dell donated 160 laptops to the 2009 Youth Forum on
Climate Change. In addition, Dell donated $250,000 to support relief efforts in Haiti.
• As part of the company’s pledge — announced in 2008 — to give $1 million over five years,
BD donated $200,000 toward maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination activities. In addition,
the company donated $125,000 toward UNICEF’s relief efforts in Haiti and $25,000 toward
emergencies in Southeast Asia, and matched employee gifts for these emergencies.
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Sources of Support, continued
• To honor the fifth anniversary of its partnership with UNICEF, Gucci Creative Director Frida
Giannini designed an accessories collection and dedicated gift card inspired by a specially
commissioned children’s book for the annual “Gucci Campaign to Benefit UNICEF,” and
concluded the second annual yearlong “Gucci for UNICEF” campaign. Over the past year,
global Gucci activities generated more than $1.2 million to support UNICEF’s Schools for Africa
campaign, including over $390,000 to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
• The ING Foundation demonstrated its commitment to increasing access to school for girls
in Latin America through a $50,000 grant for UNICEF programs in Peru and $300,000 in
grants for programs in Mexico. Globally, ING employees raised over $700,000 in funds to
support UNICEF’s work in Haiti.
• The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is very grateful for the support given by corporations following the
devastating earthquake in Haiti. Wall Street investment bank Jefferies & Co. contributed $1
million through donations of global trading commissions on January 15 and voluntary elections
from the firm’s 2,628 employee partners and Board of Directors as well as a corporate gift
from Jefferies. In addition to providing emergency grant funding and in-kind assistance
following the earthquake in Haiti, UPS brought together a team of employee volunteers and
logistics experts, and mobilized the company’s global network of staff, warehouses, and
shipping and freight services to help UNICEF assemble and ship 50,000 child protection kits
for Haiti’s children. The Safeway Foundation made a contribution — and Safeway stores
collected donations from customers — for a total gift of $883,000. Directly following the
earthquake, the Amgen Foundation, the GE Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
and employees, and Carnival Corporation & plc each made $500,000 donations, which
enabled UNICEF to provide urgently needed supplies for Haiti’s children.
• Thanks to CNN and the generosity of viewers, Larry King Live’s “Haiti: How You Can
Help” telethon raised more than $3 million for UNICEF’s emergency response.
• Fiscal Year 2010 was a year of unprecedented partnership between the sports community and the
U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association
(NBA), and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) were joined by over 40
teams, athletes, and sports organizations — including the United States Tennis Association,
Major League Soccer, and the Samuel Dalembert Foundation — that advanced UNICEF’s
lifesaving work through donations, fan collections, PSAs, and player contributions.
• MLB first partnered with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to raise awareness and funds during Game
2 of the 2009 World Series. Following the earthquake in Haiti, MLB donated $1 million for
relief efforts, and mobilized its extensive media inventory to generate support. Additionally,
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11 MLB Clubs came to the aid of Haiti’s children through awareness and advocacy efforts,
contributions, and fan collections.
• The NBA and the NBPA made a joint gift of $1 million to support UNICEF’s emergency relief
efforts in Haiti. NBA teams and players also contributed to UNICEF’s work in Haiti through
donations, in-arena collections, and awareness and advocacy efforts.
• 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest and fastest-growing healthcare
union in the country, donated $1 million to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for earthquake relief
and recovery efforts in Haiti. The union is also organizing a special UNICEF fundraising drive
among its membership as part of a broader effort to mobilize the community and offer
resources to those affected by the crisis in Haiti.
• The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) acts on behalf of North
America’s Jewish communities and others to provide non-sectarian emergency relief and
long-term development assistance worldwide. After the earthquake in Haiti, the JDC donated
$240,000 to help UNICEF build and support child-friendly spaces there. The JDC’s non-
sectarian disaster relief programs are funded by special appeals of the Jewish Federations of
North America and tens of thousands of individual donors to the JDC.
• The annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball raised more than $1.9 million for critical UNICEF
programs. The black-tie gala honored Antonio “L.A.” Reid, CEO of Island Def Jam Music
Group, with the Spirit of Compassion Award, and UNICEF Ethiopia’s Country Representative
Ted Chaiban with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award. The gala’s “Inspired Auction”
broke a record, raising more than $360,000.
• At the Beverly Hills UNICEF Ball on December 10, some of Hollywood’s biggest stars
gathered at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel to support UNICEF’s mission and pay tribute to
producer and philanthropist Jerry Weintraub, who received the Danny Kaye Humanitarian
Award, presented by George Clooney. The event generated $1.6 million.
• Several regional special events around the country garnered considerable support in the past
year. “A Night for Haiti” gala in Boston yielded more than $740,000 for UNICEF’s relief work
in Haiti and also recognized the Boston Celtics with the Children’s Champion Award for
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Sources of Support, continued
• UNICEF’s Next Generation, a diverse coalition of 31 young professionals, mobilized their peers
this past year in fundraising efforts that generated more than $500,000 to support UNICEF’s
work worldwide. These funds included $175,000 for nutrition programs in Guatemala and
$50,000 for Haiti relief efforts. Next Generation members and FEED Projects co-founders
Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson created two FEED Guatemala bags to also benefit UNICEF
nutrition initiatives in Guatemala. Next Generation members hosted a special launch event
and a Snowflake Ball after-party, the “After ‘Flake,” each of which raised more than $40,000.
A Next Generation giving circle was created, and membership continues to grow.
• In Fiscal Year 2010, over $7.2 million was raised by more than 4 million children, teachers,
parents, communities, groups, and corporations who participated in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF.
Of that amount, nearly $3 million helped UNICEF provide critical aid for children affected by
the earthquake in Haiti. Procter & Gamble returned as a National Partner, donating $100,000,
while HGTV joined as National Media Partner, promoting Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF on a
primetime Halloween special and on HGTV.com. Key Club International returned as a Proud
Supporter, raising funds for Operation Uruguay, which works to ensure that vulnerable youth
have access to education, health, and basic services. American Airlines, Baskin Robbins®,
and KIDZ BOP® joined as Proud Supporters, and Hallmark Gold Crown®, Pier 1 Imports®,
Coinstar, Inc., and M.L.S. W.O.R.K.S. — Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative
— continued their support. Teen star Selena Gomez returned as the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
spokesperson for the second year, spreading the word via her vast social media networks and
a special Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF web-based event reaching over 60,000 fans. She also held
a celebrity auction and fundraising challenge. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF continued its innovative
programming to expand its “Text-or-Treat for UNICEF” mobile giving campaign and registered
more than 3,400 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Halloween fundraising parties.
• The UNICEF Tap Project®, the internationally recognized fundraising campaign that helps
UNICEF raise awareness of the world water crisis and garner support to help the millions
of children it impacts daily, continued its nationwide expansion in 2010. Thousands of
restaurants, dining patrons, students, and volunteers — along with corporate, community,
celebrity, and local government supporters — have made the UNICEF Tap Project a powerful
national movement. In Fiscal Year 2010, the campaign raised more than $960,000.
• As the leading voice for the world’s children in the United States, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF
strives to maintain a robust digital platform, comprising our websites and blog; email
communications; social media properties; digital advertising and partnerships; and mobile
assets. In Fiscal Year 2010, these generated $32.5 million in donations, some $22 million of
which was earmarked for Haiti relief and recovery.
• UNICEF greeting cards and products accounted for nearly $3.2 million in net revenue this
year. Long-term partners Pier 1 Imports® and IKEA US once again sold UNICEF holiday
greeting cards in their nationwide stores and gave 100 percent of sale proceeds to the
U.S. Fund. UNICEF greeting cards and gifts were also available year-round at participating
Hallmark Gold Crown® and Barnes and Noble stores, and online at unicefusa.org/shop.
Individuals 24%
Foundations 3%
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A Message from the President
and the Chief Financial Officer
During Fiscal Year 2009/2010, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF carried out internal control-strengthening measures
for the fifth consecutive year. Through documentation, implementation, and testing, we were able to maintain
the highest level of ethical, business, and financial practices and to ensure that the organization remained
financially strong during the continued “great recession.” These practices and internal controls also served as
a guide in the implementation of our financial contingency plan.
The financial summary on page 29 represents highlights from the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s financial statements,
audited by KPMG, LLP. A complete set of the financial statements, including the related notes with auditor’s
unqualified opinion, is available upon request.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, in concert with U.S. Fund management and internal auditor
oversight, continues to focus on matters of compliance, accountability, data security, reliability, and any risks
that could have an impact on the internal control systems of the organization.
Under the direction of the Audit Committee, U.S. Fund management has expanded the scope of our internal
testing to include our Regional Offices to determine their reliability and effectiveness. Any findings are
reported back to the Audit Committee and subsequently shared with our independent auditors. The same
rigor has been applied when reviewing our Information Technologies systems for compliance and control as
we strive to meet Payment Card Industry (“PCI”) compliance standards.
We believe that the existing internal controls of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, coupled with the continued
enhancements, oversight, and periodic testing, provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
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The United States Fund for UNICEF
SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
PUBLIC SUPPORT, REVENUE, EXPENSES, AND NET ASSETS
Percent of Total Percent of Total to fund various projects such as the Mercury Fund for Emergency Response,
Expenses: Expenses Expenses HIV/AIDS, Education, Child Survival, Child Protection, and others. Permanently
Program services: restricted net assets are utilized to account for true endowments, whereby the
Grants to UNICEF and non-governmental organizations $383,237,875 88% $435,352,607 90% donor has permitted the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to use the income for operations
Public information 8,062,217 2% 8,026,957 2% but has prohibited the use of principal.
Advocacy 648,030 0% 619,497 0%
Supporters translated into lives saved, futures protected, and opportunities fulfilled. Please accept
our deepest gratitude on behalf of all the children you have helped save, children who
are living to see the sunrise, go to school, and laugh with friends — because of you.
The following list reflects contributions made to the U.S. Hess Corporation Foundations
Fund for UNICEF between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010. IKEA US
Gifts of $10,000,000 and above
ING Foundation
Corporations The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief
MAC AIDS Fund
Companies and/or their employees who supported Gifts of $500,000 and above
Microsoft Corp.
the U.S. Fund for UNICEF with cash and/or in-kind gifts:
The Procter & Gamble Company* Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
The Safeway Foundation
UNICEF President’s Circle
Gifts of $250,000 and above
Gifts of $1,000,000 and above
UNICEF Leaders’ Circle Irene S. Scully Family Foundation
American Airlines
Gifts of $100,000 and above Not On Our Watch
Jefferies & Co.
AMI Brands, LLC/Volvic William J. Clinton Foundation
Johnson & Johnson
Major League Baseball Apple Corps Ltd.
Merck & Co., Inc. The Baupost Group, L.L.C. Gifts of $100,000 and above
National Basketball Association & Chegg, Inc. The Annenberg Foundation
National Basketball Players Assoc. Colgate-Palmolive Company Daniels Fund
Pfizer Inc Covington & Burling LLP Ein Herz für Kinder
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. eBay Inc. The Rockefeller Foundation
The Prudential Foundation* Google Inc.
The UPS Foundation Hewlett-Packard Gifts of $50,000 and above
RockYou, Inc. The Annie E. Casey Foundation
UNICEF Directors’ Circle Time Warner Inc. The Barstow Foundation
Gifts of $250,000 and above Toys“R”Us Children’s Fund, Inc. Elton John AIDS Foundation
Acqua di Gio/Giorgio Armani Parfums Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Open Society Institute
Amgen Foundation United States Tennis Association Stavros Niarchos Foundation
BD*
Carnival Corporation & plc We would also like to thank the following for Gifts of $25,000 and above
Dell donating valuable services and media in support Ibrahim El-Hefni Technical Training Foundation
Deutsche Bank of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s humanitarian efforts: The LEF Foundation
ExxonMobil Corporation CNN / Larry King Live The Link Foundation
First Data Corporation Coinstar, Inc. The Mary Lynn Richardson Fund
GE Foundation Delta Air Lines Silicon Valley Community Foundation
GUCCI Google, Inc. The Wasily Family Foundation, Inc.
H & M Hennes & Mauritz LP HGTV
Ms. Jeannette Hsu-McSweeney and Mr. Todd McSweeney Mr. and Mrs. Christian Simonds Alan and Luba Bigman
Shibrah M. Jamil and Saqib Virk Ms. Ciara Smyth Mr. Joel Black
Ms. Chandra Jessee and Mr. Julius Gaudio Mark and Andrea Spears Mr. John W. Bloom
Mr. Camille P. Julmy Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. Spector Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bone
Mr. and Mrs. Saied Karamooz Mr. and Mrs. John P. Squires Mr. and Mrs. David Bossy
Keating Family Foundation June A. Stack Ms. Jessie Bourneuf and Mr. Thomas J. Dougherty
Mr. Siraj Khaliq William and Joyce Thibodeaux Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Boushka
Lynda and Dale Laurance Ms. Eiko Tsuzuki William and Sharon Bowie
The Leibowitz and Greenway Family Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Hidayet H. Turkoglu Mr. John Brennan and Ms. Stephanie McKown
Carol Anne Levy Foundation Elbert H., Evelyn J., and Karen H. Waldron Charitable Ms. Jennifer C. Bresnan
Mr. and Mrs. Gerardo A. S. Madrigal Foundation Mr. Sebastian Bretschneider
Mr. Tracy L. McGrady Ms. Elizabeth Weir Clifford and Toni Brown
Mr. Kevin A. McLean Chip and Vera Wells Mr. Patrick Brown
The Harold C. Meissner Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation The Windmill Foundation Mr. Martin F. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Melchoirre Mr. Mike Worcester Mr. Tim Bruinsma and Dr. Claudia Medl-Rilling
Mr. Joseph W. Metz Mr. Gary Yale and Ms. Leah Bishop Bual Children’s Grantor Trust
Milken Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Young Mr. and Mrs. Vikram Budhraja
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Miniter Yin Yu The Reverend and Mrs. Frederick Buechner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mishaan Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bui
Alberto and Kirsten Marenco di Moriondo Gifts of $10,000 and above Ms. Victoria Burch
Ms. Monique Morris Anonymous (60) Lisa and Bill Burkhardt
Mr. Ben Ogden and Ms. Valentina Axelsson-Ogden Madeline and Howell Adams, Jr. Ron and Carol Burmeister
Christine M.J. Oliver Alli and Bill Achtmeyer Paul Burtness
Robin and Mark Opel Anju Ahuja Campbell Foundation Fund
Mrs. Harriette P. Otteson Ms. Penny Allyn Ms. Myu A. Campbell
Helenka and Guido Pantaleoni Foundation Miss Susan W. Almy Ms. Colleen M. Casey
The J. Douglas and Marian R. Pardee Foundation Chap and Eve Alvord Mr. and Mrs. Neil and Puja Charaipotra
Elizabeth and Gary Petersen Dr. Jeffrey Andersen Mr. Peter Chatfield
Mrs. Ana Pettus Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chen
Mr. Robert C. Pew, II The Apatow Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Chen
The Michael Phelps Foundation Dr. Anita L. Archer Ms. Pat H. Chen
Cristofer Puleo Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. John D. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Jack Christensen
Mr. Sumner Redstone Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Augenstein Dr. and Mrs. Jon Citow
Mr. Mark E. Reznicek Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres Andrew R. and Dorothy L. Cochrane Foundation
William and Mary Ross Foundation Mr. Roger Bahnik Mr. and Mrs. James Clary
Mr. Randy O. and Dr. Petra Rissman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Baldwin Ms. Irene A. Cohen-Post
Mr. Steven Roth Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bancroft The Collier Family Fund
Lily Safra Joseph and Dianna Barber Ms. Sophia Collier
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sallee Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Barger Mary P. Collins Foundation
Luly and Maurice Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Brett Barker Mr. Chris Columbus and Ms. Monica Devereux
Mrs. Helmuth Schmidt-Petersen Peter and Mayra Barlin Joan Ganz Cooney and Peter G. Peterson
Dr. Scholl Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barrack Cooper-Siegel Family Foundation
Ed and Mary Schreck Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Bass Ms. Shery Cotton
Mrs. Caterina Bandini Schwinn and Mr. Dan Schwinn The Sandra Atlas Bass & Edyth & Sol G. Atlas Fund, Inc. Ms. Deborah Dakin
Robin and Stephen J. Sedita Mr. Edwin L. Batson and Ms. Susan D. Snell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Semel Paula Badoux The Willametta K. Day Foundation
Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Dennis and Carol Berryman Mr. Humberto Diaz
A. Marilyn Sime Carol and Louis Bickle Mr. John D. Diederich
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