UNICEF USA Ranked Among Best Charities to Donate To
A mother washes her child's hands outside the health center in Kaya, Burkina Faso.
 
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Independent Monitors Recognize UNICEF USA

UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to put children first. UNICEF has helped save more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization by providing health care and immunization, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. UNICEF USA supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States. 

View our Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021 here. 

Learn more about why UNICEF USA is one of the best charities to donate to.

UNICEF USA continues to receive the highest ratings for accountability and transparency from Charity Navigator. UNICEF USA has been vetted by GlobalGiving, and has achieved Superstar status for demonstrating the highest level of engagement and/or effectiveness over the past year. Our program expense ratio of 84 percent means we are a highly efficient charity, as defined by independent monitors. For every dollar spent, 84 cents goes directly toward helping children; we spend about 12 cents on fundraising costs and just under 4 cents on administration.

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Financial Disclosures

Organized under the laws of New York State as a not-for-profit corporation, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF d/b/a UNICEF USA is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. Our Federal Identification Number is 13-1760110.

For more details, download a PDF version of our most recent financial statements and IRS forms below:

I. Audited Financials

II. IRS Form 990's (U.S. Fund for UNICEF)

III.  IRS Form 990's (UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc formerly U.S. Fund for UNICEF's IKAC)

In addition, financial information may be obtained directly from state agencies.

UNICEF's Impact

Conflict, famine, disaster and refugee crises threaten children's lives and futures every day. UNICEF's work for children has never been more relevant or more urgent. Every year, UNICEF and partners:

  • support the safe facility births of tens of millions of babies
  • treat millions of children for severe acute malnutrition 
  • procure and deliver enough vaccines to immunize about 40 percent of the world's children
  • respond to hundreds of humanitarian emergencies in dozens of countries 
  • reach millions of children affected by conflicts and other crises with education and learning support
  • help connect tens of millions of people with sustainable sources of safe water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene
  • work with partners in 150 countries to prevent and respond to violence against children 

Since its founding in 1947, UNICEF USA has raised a cumulative total of $8.2 billion in donations and gifts-in-kind to help put children first.