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Name:	American Red Cross
Address:	2025 E Street, NW
	Washington, DC 20006
Phone:	202-303-5000
Web Address:	www.redcross.org

ARC meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

In order to help individuals and families prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies, ARC provides disaster preparedness information and health and safety instruction, including first aid/CPR/AED; aquatics (lifeguarding, water safety); caregiving (babysitter’s training and nurse assistant training); and HIV/AIDS prevention education. During disasters, the organization provides food, shelter, bulk distribution items, emergency assistance, health services, crisis intervention and community mental health debriefings, as well as other related emergency care to persons in need, and supports people recovering from disasters. Internationally, ARC provides humanitarian assistance to those in need. The organization’s international work includes disease prevention, disaster preparedness and response, restoring family links, and dissemination of international humanitarian law. Furthermore, ARC reports providing safe blood products to hospitals and other facilities across the country. According to ARC, it also collects, tests, and distributes nearly half of the nation’s blood and blood components and operates 36 regional blood service centers throughout the country. The organization also provides emergency communications and other assistance to U.S. service members and their families as well as delivers emergency financial support; programs and services for the sick, wounded and recovering at veterans and military medical facilities; education; and other services for U.S. military families around the world.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, the ARC's program expenses were:

Biomedical services	2,195,108,000
International relief and development services	340,106,000
Domestic disaster services	282,974,000
Health and safety services	203,735,000
Community services	90,558,000
Services to armed forces	57,403,000
Total Program Expenses:	$3,169,884,000

Chief Executive : Gail J. McGovern, President and CEO

Compensation*:

$561,210

Highest Paid Executive: James Hrouda, Executive Vice President, Biomedical Services
Compensation*: $621,779

Chair of the Board: Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Founder and CEO, Pace Communications

Board Size: 20

Paid Staff Size: 32000

*2010 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, telemarketing, special events, print advertisements, television, radio, grant proposals, Internet appeals, door to door, planned giving, cause-related marketing, and membership appeals.

Fund raising costs were 14% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $914,040,000, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on the ARC's audited financial statements (consolidated with affiliates) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

Source of Funds
BioMedical products and services	2,189,663,000
Corporate, foundation, and individual giving	685,947,000
Program materials	139,222,000
Contracts, including federal government	112,804,000
United Way and other federated	111,273,000
Legacies and bequests	81,548,000
Other revenues	65,222,000
Investment income	49,584,000
Services and materials	35,272,000
Total Income	$3,470,535,000

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 92%  Fund Raising: 4%  Administrative: 4%

Total income				$3,470,535,000
	Program expenses			$3,169,884,000
	Fund raising expenses			127,019,000
	Administrative expenses			142,682,000
Total expenses				$3,439,585,000
Income in Excess of Expenses				30,950,000
Beginning net assets				1,958,887,000
Other Changes in Net Assets				202,086,000
Ending net assets				2,191,923,000
Total liabilities				2,061,658,000
Total assets				$4,253,581,000

Note 1: According to the ARC, the organization received in-kind contributions in the amount of $35,272,000 which includes services ($14,857,000), materials($13,273,000), miscellaneous ($4,759,000), space and utilities ($1,594,000), and property and equipment ($789,000).

Note 2: In the above financial summary, "other changes in net assets" represents net nonoperating gains ($193,157,000) and pension-related changes other than net periodic benefit cost ($8,929,000).