New York · Public charity
United States Fund for Unicef
The organization's mission is to relentlessly pursue a better world for every child. Unicef usa advances the global mission of unicef by rallying the american public to support the world's most vulnerable children. Through fundraising, advocacy and education in the united states, that deliver the essentials that give every child a better…
- $469M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $17M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $980,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,015,418
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $515M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations United States Fund for Unicef funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $17M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $16M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $12M | 42% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $54M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $28M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $2.4M | 76% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $2.1M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $5.8M | 79% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc | $117,554,939 | 5 | 75% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $10,353,275 | 9 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $2,556,160 | 1 | 2% |
| Active for Good Inc | $2,535,000 | 2 | 78% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | $980,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Inc | $824,225 | 5 | 0% |
| GuideStar USA Inc | $600,600 | 2 | 46% |
| Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc | $431,781 | 3 | 7% |
| Foundation for Educational Development Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 62 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
United States Fund for Unicef supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Gates Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
About United States Fund for Unicef
- How much does United States Fund for Unicef give?
- United States Fund for Unicef reported 5 itemized grants totaling $17,277,959, out of $468,530,820 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United States Fund for Unicef fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (84%), Health (7%), Education (4%).
- Who are United States Fund for Unicef's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc ($118M), Johns Hopkins University ($10M), Boys & Girls Clubs of America ($2.6M).
- Does United States Fund for Unicef fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United States Fund for Unicef?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation, Gates Foundation.
- Where is United States Fund for Unicef based?
- United States Fund for Unicef is based in NY.
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