The Amateur Financier

(Merry Easter to all!  If you are one of my fellow Christians, I hope you are enjoying one of the holiest and happiest days in the year.  If you aren’t, I hope you’re enjoying a nice Sunday.  I’ve decided to spend my Sundays profiling various charities, to help people find worthwhile charities and promote giving.  This week, Unicef.)

Charity: United States Fund for Unicef

Website: www.unicefusa.org

Organization: The United States Fund for Unicef is one of the national committees that supports and helps to fund Unicef, a United Nations agency focusing on services for children and youth.

Goals: Unicef focuses on education, immunizations, and health care for children in numerous countries.  They focus on ensuring clean water and food for children suffering from natural disasters or epidemics.  For the future, they are looking into expanding their services to children orphaned by AIDS, continue to immunize young children as widely as possible, and decrease the mortality rate of children under five.

Classification: Nutrition Programs; Children’s and Youth Services; and International Relief

BBB Report: United States Fund for Unicef meets all twenty Standards for Charity Accountability as set out by the BBB.  These standards ensure that there is adequate oversight, methods of measuring effectiveness, use most of the finances toward charitable purposes and engage in proper fundraising.

Expenses: Fund Raising represents 8% of the total money raised by the United States Fund for Unicef.  Administrative Expenses represent 3% of the total budget.

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