New York · Nonprofit
COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US
COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US (New York) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,771,599 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($37,270,169). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 114
- Grants received
- $60M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief US does
Mission
Comic relief u.s. Is working to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty through the following methods. (continued on schedule o)1. We galvanize the public to act by leveraging our unique creative andentertainment lens to amplify the stories of the people and communitiesdirectly impacted by intergenerational poverty.2. We raise donations through our fundraising campaigns. We invest thefunds raised in nonprofit, community-rooted organizations with robustprograms which address the root causes and consequences of poverty andsocial injustice. The outcomes of these initiatives will lead to socialand economic mobility for children and their caregivers in communitiesthat have experienced systemic racism and/or faced structural economicbarriers for generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Red nose day is a fundraising campaign run by the non-profit organizations comic relief, inc (us) and comic relief (uk). It is part of a global movement that unites celebrities, comedy and the public to raise awareness and money to help children in need in the us and internationally. Red nose day has raised over $1 billion dollars globally over the past three decades. In america, red nose day has raised nearly $400 million over the past decade. Money raised is used to address the immediate needs of children by making grants to organizations to keep kids safe, healthy, educated and empowered.
$12,530,733 spentof which $10,703,350 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,530,733.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $49M to $34M (−31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Michele Ganeless
Secretary/incoming CEO (jan 2025)
Board chair
Randy Newcomb
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $7.2M → $7.4M.
25 of 114 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 114 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 74% · 2019 52% · 2020 53% · 2021 58% · 2022 46% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
26% of COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 26 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
32%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 34 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Comic Relief UK · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US?
- COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US (New York) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,771,599 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($37,270,169). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US have?
- IRS filings report 114 organizations giving $59,771,599 in grants to COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $37,270,169 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 114 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing