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Mission and Programs

Mission

As the oldest of 36 national committees for UNICEF throughout the world, the mission of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF is to promote the survival, protection, and development of all children worldwide through fundraising, advocacy, and education. Our work is accomplished through a collaborative tapestry of individuals, non-governmental organizations, corporate partners, faith-based organizations, the media, grass-roots groups, and children themselves, all of whom have joined UNICEF to help shape a world where the basic needs and human rights of every child are realized. A world where all children share in the joy and promise of childhood, realizing their rights to dignity, security, and self-fulfillment.

Since 1947, we have provided more than $1.6 billion in cash and Gifts-in-Kind (donated supplies and services) to assist UNICEF?s lifesaving programs.

Programs

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF works to support UNICEF-assisted programs to immunize children, provide them with health care, nutritional supplements, and educational opportunities, as well as to protect children from exploitation as a result of child labor, armed conflicts, and emergency situations. Thanks to the efforts of UNICEF and its partners in 156 countries and territories in the developing world, more than seven million young lives are saved each year. UNICEF provides lifesaving medicine, better nutrition, clean water and sanitation, early childhood development programs, quality basic education, child protection initiatives, and emergency relief.

Program / Activities (NTEE Code)

Nutrition Programs
Children's and Youth Services
International Relief

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending 01/01/2008

1. In the 1960s, more than 20 million younger than five died from preventable diseases each year. Now --for the first time ever --the death rate for young children from preventable diseases has dropped below 10 million a year to 9.7 million.
2. Operating in more than 150 countries, UNICEF and its partners have boosted worldwide immunization rates from 5 percent in 1974 to nearly 80 percent in 2006.
3. Worked in over 30 complex emergency situations worldwide, providing lifesaving medicine, nutritional supplements, education supplies, and psychosocial counseling to ensure the health and safety of children caught up in conflict or natural disasters.

1. Continue to provide essential life services, lifesaving immunizations for children and women, clean water, better nutrition, improved sanitation, quality basic education, help for children traumatized by war, assistance for children orphaned by AIDS, early childhood development programs, emergency relief, and much, much more.
2. Reduce under-five mortality rates.

UNICEF's Division of Evaluation, Policy, and Planning provides technical leadership within UNICEF to monitor and evaluate program effectiveness and efficiency, monitor the global situation of children, analyze social and economic policies, and feed that information back into strategic planning which will be guided by UNICEF's mission statement, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the World Summit for Children Declaration and Plan of Action. Through both internal and external audits, each UNICEF country office is responsible for reviewing progress on child survival and protection measures as well as document financial records to show accountability.

Chief Executive Profile

Caryl M. Stern was appointed President of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in May 2007, after first joining our staff as Chief Operating Officer in the fall of 2006. Before coming to the U.S. Fund, she served as Chief Operating Officer of the Anti-Defamation League following many years as Education Director and director of the A World of Difference Institute. Caryl has served as an advisor to education and anti-bias initiatives around the globe, as well. In 2001, she was honored as one of "25 Moms We Love" by Working Mother Magazine. Caryl currently serves on the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation Board and the Board of Governors of the We Are Family Foundation.

Additional Comments

As a two-time recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace (first in 1965 and then in 2001 when it shared the award with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the entire UN family), UNICEF continues to be a respected world leader for children. This means working to overcome hurdles like poverty, disease, discrimination, and the scourge of HIV/AIDS. It means creating a world in which children can thrive, not only today but for generations to come. It means advancing humanity.

Financial Data
From the organization's FORM 990

Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008

Revenue			Expenses
Contributions $217,138,614 Government Grants $0 Program Services $0 Investments $3,440,222 Special Events $5,278,145 Sales $0 Other $3,267,123			Program Services $176,825,757 Administration $12,752,370 Other $29,384,699 Total Expenditures $218,962,826
Total Revenue	$229,124,104		NET GAIN/LOSS	$10,161,278

Balance Sheet: Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008

Notes
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot long survive, but the types of assets and liabilities also must be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

Assets	Jul 1, 2007	Jun 30, 2008	Change
Cash & Equivalent	$9,196,270	$25,810,111	$16,613,841
Accounts Receivable	$507,479	$0	$(507,479)
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$10,520,375	$13,112,397	$2,592,022
Receivables/Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investments/Securities	$46,332,950	$41,716,892	$(4,616,058)
Investments/Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets	$32,629,911	$43,530,075	$10,900,164
Other	$12,474,438	$7,053,332	$(5,421,106)
Total Assets	$111,661,423	$131,222,807	$19,561,384
Liabilities	Jul 1, 2007	Jun 30, 2008	Change
Accounts Payable	$5,267,177	$4,776,577	$(490,600)
Grants Payable	$22,491,792	$38,059,303	$15,567,511
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$43,510,000	$43,510,000	$0
Other	$4,700,160	$3,877,449	$(822,711)
Total Liabilities	$75,969,129	$90,223,329	$14,254,200
FUND BALANCE	$35,692,294	$40,999,478	$5,307,184

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