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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRS OF THE IRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OVERSEERS 6
THE IRC AND SESAME WORKSHOP 8
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RECOVERY 20
RENEWAL 30
OUR SUPPORTERS 40
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF LEADERSHIP 68
FINANCIAL REPORT 70
HOW YOU CAN HELP 71 The International Rescue Committee has stepped up at this critical moment—helping more people than ever before and using its voice for the world’s most vulnerable people. We are a committed advocate 4 for refugees and displaced people, and the communities which host them, no matter their race, religion or country of origin.
DAVID MILIBAND PRESIDENT AND CEO
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRS OF THE IRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OVERSEERS
Dear Friends, Together we won the MacArthur Foundation’s first- ever $100 million “100&Change” award to bring We are living in a time of pressing and growing education and healing to a generation of Syrian humanitarian need. More than 65 million people refugee children. have been displaced by conflict or disaster and half are children. Compounding this global crisis, Today, the IRC’s leadership, expertise and over the families desperate for safety—and even the 80 years of experience have never been more 6 humanitarian workers who endeavor to help needed. The Syrian war has driven 13.5 million them—are increasingly under assault. people from their homes. We have seen the tragic re-emergence of famine in South Sudan and The International Rescue Committee has stepped the devastating effects of hunger in East Africa, up at this critical moment—helping more people Nigeria and Yemen. In Myanmar, deadly attacks than ever before and using its voice for the world’s caused 671,000 Rohingya civilians to flee most vulnerable people. We are a committed to Bangladesh. advocate for refugees and displaced people, and the communities which host them, no matter In more than 40 countries, we help refugees their race, religion or country of origin. Year after survive, recover and rebuild their lives. We provide year, we bring hope and lifesaving care to millions not only emergency aid, such as clean water and whose lives have been shattered by crisis. health care, but also economic support, education and job skills training. In the U.S. we empower As we meet the challenges in front of us, we are refugees to restart their lives. And we are a proud to present our 2017 Annual Report, which growing presence in Europe, bringing our expertise offers a glimpse into our work—and the impact of in refugee resettlement to the fore. generous support from governments, corporations, foundations and individuals. An exciting new How we respond to the global refugee crisis is a development featured in this report test of our character and what we stand for. When is our partnership with Sesame Workshop. we welcome refugees, we safeguard democracy
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Katherine Farley Timothy F. Geithner Tracy R. Wolstencroft David Miliband Co-Chair Chair Co-Chair President and CEO IRC Board of Directors IRC Overseers IRC Board of Directors
as a refuge from dictatorship—and express infrastructure across finance, procurement and solidarity with the countries bearing the greatest human resources. We are proud and determined to burden of the crisis. uphold the highest standards of professionalism, set out in the IRC Way and related policies, in We are sad to report that in the U.S. refugee which all staff are trained and held accountable. admissions have been reduced to a historic low. The figure set for Fiscal Year 2017 was 45,000— Our efforts to continually improve outcomes half the average of recent years. IRC research for the people we serve and our cost-effective 7 suggests only 21,200 refugees will actually stewardship of your generous contributions are be admitted, significantly reducing support for primary reasons that the IRC continues to earn refugees and weakening America’s longstanding top marks from charity evaluators: A+ from commitment to the world’s most vulnerable. CharityWatch; “meets all 20 standards” from the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance; At the IRC, we run towards problems and not away and four stars from Charity Navigator for an from them. We seek new solutions, pushing the unprecedented 11th consecutive year. boundaries of humanitarian aid in some of the toughest places on earth. At times, we are called We thank you for standing with us and ask for your upon to address challenges so great that history continued support as we tackle the challenges and offers little instruction in how to solve them. It harness the opportunities that lie ahead. is through the passion and persistence of our frontline workers, and the partnership of visionary donors, that we will discover the roadmap forward.
Binding us in everything we do are our values, commitment to excellence and strong moral grounding. To ensure our field staff can make an even greater impact, we are investing in our
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Tonton the Muppet interacts with a Syrian refugee girl during a kindergarten class at the Fneish camp in eastern Lebanon.
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IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 THE LARGEST EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee bring education and hope to refugee children. 9
Joy, learning and laughter.
This is sadly not the experience of the 32 million children around the world whose homes, communities and lives have been shattered by conflict and crisis.
For the past seven years, Syria and its neighboring countries have been the epicenter of a global refugee crisis, with millions of children born into chaos. Many of these children lack a safe place to learn, to play and to heal. They will suffer the invisible scars of war for years to come.
Together, the International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop are committed to changing this.
The IRC and Sesame Workshop first came together in 2016 to develop an innovative approach to early childhood development in crisis settings.
In December 2017, our partnership was awarded the MacArthur
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Foundation’s inaugural $100 million 100&Change programming, this investment will change the way grant to make real progress toward solving a the humanitarian system responds to refugee critical problem of our time. crises around the world. Through our work with Sesame Workshop, we aim to transform the With this extraordinary investment, our partnership humanitarian sector so that early childhood will transform the language, early reading, math interventions become an essential component of and social-emotional skills of a generation of any response. children affected by the Syrian war. Focusing on children in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria over the next five years, the plan combines the depth of in-person services, reaching 1.5 million children, with the breadth of mass media, reaching 9.4 million children. It will be the largest early childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response. Right: Sesame Street Muppets visit with children in a By creating and rigorously testing new models for refugee camp in Lebanon.
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OUR PROGRAM HAS THREE LIFE-CHANGING COMPONENTS:
Support for parents Early learning centers A new educational to help them provide within formal and informal television show featuring the nurturing care and settings to provide children Sesame Street Muppets stimulation young children (ages 3-6) with high- that will introduce (ages 0-3) need to mitigate quality, play-based learning. characters and role models the impact of stress, We know from decades who reflect the unique violence and displacement. of scientific research experiences of refugee Support will be delivered that early childhood children and their families. through trained home interventions have long- In addition to being visitors, group facilitators term benefits for the health available on television, this and mobile devices. and economic wellbeing program will be delivered of individuals and their through mobile phones and
communities. digital platforms.
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With conflict and natural disasters forcing 24 people from their homes every minute, the International Rescue Committee’s work is more urgent than ever.
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14 Before my daughter was in the nutrition program, she was very sick. Now she is healthy. I am happy with the IRC.
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IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 FEAR, HUNGER AND DISEASE—TENS OF MILLIONS SUFFER WORLDWIDE
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well-being and power to people devastated by conflict and natural disaster. We are committed to providing rapid humanitarian relief whenever and wherever we are needed, including some of the most dangerous and hard-to-reach places
on earth. 15 Top: Two South Sudanese men stand on a canoe off the shores of Nyoat Island, a small island located within As first responders, we strive to respond to an emergency the swamplands surrounding Nyal, South Sudan. within 72 hours in order to help as many refugees as possible.
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Opposite Page Left: The IRC is responding to the provide them with clean water, shelter, medical care, emergency cholera outbreak in Yemen by providing clean water, cash assistance and other critical aid. As a global leader in running diarrhea treatment centers and educating local humanitarian aid, our efforts are cost-effective and results- communities on how to prevent cholera. oriented and we emphasize local solutions in addition to Kellie Ryan/IRC rapid response.
With the support of our generous donors, and because of our expertise and deep roots in crisis-affected countries, we are able to respond effectively to the devastating events currently unfolding around the world.
In 2017, crises in Myanmar, East Africa, Nigeria and Yemen caused suffering on a massive scale. We are on the ground in these areas and in conflict-ridden places worldwide helping refugees and displaced people in desperate need. Here is a
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snapshot of our work and stories about some of the people we are helping to survive.
THE FASTEST MASS EXODUS SINCE THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE
“I had to leave my disabled daughter behind,” recalls Daw Phya Ma, a widowed Rohingya mother of four driven from her home by violence in Myanmar in 2012. Phya Ma could not carry her CASH WHEN AN EMERGENCY STRIKES grown daughter, unable to walk on her own, on the five-hour journey to a camp for people in need of When a crisis hits, the International Rescue Committee refuge. Their village had been burned and Phya Ma prioritizes cash relief for refugees. Today, 60 percent of knew she had to lead her other children to safety. refugees live in cities rather than camps and cash relief has proven to be an effective way to reach them faster. It “I cried every step of the way,” she says. Thankfully, is also a more cost-effective solution than delivering food one month later, she found her daughter in items, clothing and in-kind donations in crisis settings. another camp in northern Rakhine State. Her Choice empowers refugees to take control of their lives family is together now, but like many other and decide for themselves what they need most. It also displaced Rohingya in Myanmar, they are living in 16 helps the local economy by bolstering markets and the substandard, heavily restricted camps, still unable vendors who operate within them. Research shows that to return home. refugees use cash relief to purchase basic items such The latest outbreak of violence in August 2017 as food and clothing, or use it to pay medical bills and further impacted this vulnerable population purchase school supplies. In addition, households receiving and forced an estimated 671,000 Rohingya cash relief are twice as likely to send their children to women, men and children to flee to Bangladesh. school rather than to work. The IRC is currently providing The widespread violence and destruction of cash relief in 23 crisis-affected countries. In each country, villages caused the fastest mass exodus since we use context-appropriate and safe methods to deliver the Rwandan genocide and one of the world’s cash and prioritize the use of digital payments. Notably biggest humanitarian crises. IRC advocates quickly in 2017, the IRC used cash to respond to emergencies in acted to influence decision-makers across the northern Uganda, reaching nearly 4,000 South Sudanese globe to demand humanitarian access to, and refugee households; and in Mosul, Iraq, where we reached accountability and international support for, those 4,856 families who fled deadly violence. By 2020, the affected by the crisis. IRC is seeking to deliver 25 percent of our humanitarian assistance through cash, and we are continuing to develop As refugees crossed the border into Bangladesh innovative program models and cash-delivery mechanisms and crowded into makeshift camps, the need for that meet the needs of refugees in the best way possible. treatment of gunshot wounds, burns, malnutrition and disease became urgent. The IRC rapidly
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 17 Rohingya families visit an Action Contre la Faim (ACF) reproductive health care. We have scaled up our health center, which is supported by the IRC. health education sessions and are distributing Andrew Oberstadt/ IRC baby supplies and dignity kits, which include soap, clothing and feminine items. At the same responded by working with partners to open time, we continue to provide longer-term health, three stabilization centers to save children facing protection, livelihoods and food security programs starvation. IRC-supported women’s centers in vulnerable and marginalized communities across and a primary health care post are also up and Rakhine State. running as well as six “one-stop shops” that provide lifesaving services under one roof. These ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION services include nutritional support, medical care This past year, a deadly combination of conflict, and protection for those who have experienced drought and economic collapse pushed 30 million violence. people around the world to the brink of starvation.
In Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where we are one of The IRC is on the front lines of the hardest hit the largest health care providers, we also ramped areas, including South Sudan (where famine was up our response to help displaced people and officially declared in February 2017), Nigeria, other vulnerable families. As part of our efforts, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. We are also our mobile health teams are providing primary and providing critical aid in Uganda, where many South
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nearby province, where fortunately she found an IRC health clinic. Teresa was diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition. Our expert team took immediate action and helped to save her life.
“Before she was in the nutrition program, she was very sick,” says Angelina. “Now she is healthy. I am happy with the IRC.”
Thanks to the continued support of generous donors, we have been able to expand our response to reach the most vulnerable—children under age 5 and expectant mothers. We are able to provide them with urgent health care, lifesaving support at our emergency nutrition centers, clean water and protection.
In South Sudan, IRC mobile clinics have been able to expand nutrition, health and protection outreach to remote areas, reaching 27,219 beneficiaries to 18 date. In Kenya, we aided nearly 100,000 children Sudanese refugees have fled. under age 5 and more than 14,000 pregnant Angelina Nyatuoy remembers when war came to women and new mothers. Mirmir, her village in South Sudan. Armed men Thus far in response to the global hunger crisis, began burning houses, forcing Angelina and donors have helped us reach 2 million people with her five children to flee through swampland to a lifesaving care. remote island. After 24 hours, she returned to her village to search for her husband. “He was shot in ONE CHILD DIES EVERY 10 the head,” she says. MINUTES IN YEMEN
Angelina and her family coped as best they could The civil war in Yemen continues to fuel a dire back on the island. They ate water lilies to stave humanitarian crisis. The country is on the brink off hunger pains. She feared their days were of famine; its health care system has collapsed, numbered, especially after her 2-year-old daughter resulting in the death of a child every 10 minutes. became ill. Little Teresa had sunken eyes and a More than 22 million people require humanitarian distended belly. assistance, 17 million do not have enough to
Angelina returned to her community again, but eat and 2.2 million children are malnourished. there was nothing left and no one to help them. Suspected cholera cases have surpassed 1 million, She then took her family to a village in Kol, a the largest outbreak in modern history.
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Statistics, however, can’t express the hardships people in Yemen face. Dima, a child who lived with her parents in a HOW remote mountainous area, suffered from hunger—her father, a government worker, hadn’t been paid in six months. Then Dima WE began vomiting and experienced diarrhea.
“We panicked because of this disease that people were talking HELP about, so we took her for treatment,” recalls her mother, Rawiyah. They rushed her to an IRC mobile health clinic operating in In 2017, the IRC and our the area, where she was diagnosed with cholera and provided partners helped nearly with immediate lifesaving care. Untreated cholera is especially dangerous for young children. 23 Million people access primary “When we arrived, they tested her, gave her injections, health care. intravenous feedings and medicine,” says Rawiyah. “She has recovered and is feeling better now. Thanks be to God, she went back to playing again.” In 2017, the IRC and our The IRC is one of the most active providers of humanitarian partner organizations assistance in Yemen. Ongoing fighting and the Saudi-led provided cash and asset 19 blockade, which closed the main airport and seaport, have transfers to posed challenges to humanitarian operations, but we are proud to report that the IRC has maintained access to affected 179,491 populations. households of refugees
Each week in Yemen, we provide health services for 10,000 and vulnerable people. individuals; deliver clean water to 52,000 people; offer nutrition assistance and treatment to 500 children; provide cash transfers and food vouchers to 5,000 families; and support 250 women in safe spaces. In 2017, the IRC’s response to the hunger crises in East Africa, Nigeria and Yemen reached an estimated
2 Million Opposite page: Dima, a little girl treated by the IRC’s people. mobile health team for cholera and malnutrition, stands in the doorway of her home in Radfan Village in Lahj, Yemen.
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The International Rescue Committee understands that education for crisis-affected children is not a luxury, but a lifeline, and that meaningful work restores dignity and hope in adults who have lost everything.
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EDUCATION AND WORK—ESSENTIAL LIKE FOOD AND SHELTER
The war in Syria has sparked the worst refugee crisis since World War II and the largest global displacement ever recorded. The International Rescue Committee, with the support of our donors, is the only humanitarian aid organization responding on all fronts of this crisis. We assist people inside Syria as well as those who have fled to neighboring countries—Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq—and to Europe. We also provide critical support to refugee
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When it comes to humanitarian aid, education is rarely at the top of the list—but it should be. Schooling restores a much-needed sense of stability and provides children with the opportunity to build supportive relationships with peers and caring adults. Without education, children are more vulnerable to exploitation and radicalization. And if we don’t educate Syrian children today, there will be no doctors, teachers and engineers to rebuild Syria tomorrow.
Adults, too, benefit from services that help them heal from emotional as well as physical trauma. Allowing refugees to work and start small businesses not only empowers them with income and a sense of dignity, it also contributes to local economies and helps integrate new arrivals into their host communities.
The stories that follow illustrate the importance of education, work and compassionate support for refugees as they recover from crisis.
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Children in a makeshift school run by the IRC at the Karameh displacement camp in Syria’s Idlib governorate.
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24 Top: Across the Bekaa governorate in Lebanon, the IRC is helping to provide educational support to Syrian refugee children, like 13-year-olds Yusef and Hamza.
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Left: The 13-year-olds show a photo of themselves when they were younger in Syria.
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HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAMS
Yusef and Hamza, 13-year-old twin brothers, grew up in Damascus, Syria, and loved going to school, even when war broke out seven years ago. Their mother, Bashira, would escort them on their daily journey to the classroom, well aware of the risk but determined to see her sons educated.
“We knew the war was not something that would last for one or two months, so I couldn’t take them
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 out,” Bashira explains. “The risk is also great not to them as extremely intelligent and eager to learn. go to school.” “They just needed that extra push and Three years ago, the family left Damascus to visit encouragement,” she says. “It’s important to relatives in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. They create an encouraging environment, especially for fully intended to return to Syria—until they learned children who survived a war.” that bombs had hit their house and the children’s school. I felt like a Yusef and Hamza are just two of the 625,000 school-aged refugees living in Lebanon, 43 stranger, like I percent of whom have no opportunity to study. Local schools have reached a breaking point—they didn’t belong lack resources and physical space, even with the because I am government mandating “second shifts” at public schools so Syrian children may attend classes. Syrian.
As soon as they could, the brothers enrolled in the Yusef, a 13-year-old Syrian boy second-shift classes. Top students in Damascus, they now struggled in Lebanon. Yusef found it Iman noticed Yusef and Hamza’s passion for difficult to understand Arabic grammar, while 25 literature, particularly poetry and short stories. Hamza grappled with English, a language he To help them improve their language skills, she hadn’t studied in Syria. They had trouble making encouraged them to write—at home as well as in new friends. the classroom. The brothers’ test scores improved. “I felt like a stranger,” Yusef admits, “like I didn’t They developed a new sense of confidence and belong because I am Syrian.” began to interact with other students. They even shared their writings with their new friends at the But the boys refused to give up. They enrolled public school. in support classes offered by the IRC to Syrian children struggling in Lebanon’s public schools. The brothers dream of becoming professors; they The program builds core competencies in math, see themselves as helping to educate the next Arabic and a second language (French as well generation. When asked what advice they have as English) with structured tutoring and learning for children unable to attend to school, Hamza activities. To date, the IRC has reached more than stresses the need to hold on to dreams. 4,300 Syrian refugee children across the Bekaa “I’d say not to lose hope,” he responds. “Study on and Akkar governorates. your own if you have to—just don’t lose hope.” The boys’ IRC teacher, Iman Al-Hajj Hasan, found them discouraged and timid at first, but describes
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SOMETHING I CAN CALL MY OWN
Kholood* had a good life in Dara’a, Syria, where her family of shopkeepers and small-business owners had earned the trust of their neighbors. Then the war began to escalate. Armed men would raid people’s homes.
“My 19-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy and paralysis, would be very scared,” recalls Kholood. “His condition started getting worse because of these incidents, so we decided to leave the country…my husband was already working in the Emirates.”
They fled to Jordan and moved from village to village searching for care for her aunt, who had broken her hip, and for Kholood’s son, who now needed medical attention. In Ramtha, they were able to get help at an IRC health clinic. 26 “When we went to the IRC clinic, they told us about the recreational classes at their women’s center,” says Kholood. “My cousin Naheda and I went to the center and felt very comfortable.”
In Dara’a, Naheda had operated an embroidery business that generated a good income, so she persuaded Kholood to join her for crochet and knitting sessions. “I wasn’t interested at first,” admits Kholood. “I went to support Naheda. But session after session, I realized how much I enjoy knitting. Going out of the house and socializing with the women in the class helped improve my state of mind.”
The classes also helped Naheda perfect her techniques, so much so that women at the center began buying her clothing. “I also sold some knitted dresses at the center,” says Kholood.
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 “Another woman at the center told us that she could display our work in the market. We gave her HOW some items and she sold them immediately.”
The IRC staff noticed their work and encouraged WE them to sign up for a small-business training course. They did and they received $1,265 to start HELP a business. In 2017, the IRC provided “The first piece of advice we received—stay persistent and stick to your goals!” says Kholood. 1.14 “I’m the kind of person who doesn’t believe I can achieve anything. Naheda, on the other Million hand, is very determined. If she wants to learn children with schooling and something, she will work tirelessly to learn it. Her education opportunities. determination rubbed off on me, so I overcame my fear of failure.”
The budding entrepreneurs continue to learn and In 2017, the IRC and our adopt good business practices. “Don’t buy low- partner organizations 27 quality materials just because they’re cheaper,” helped to create or support says Kholood. “With high-quality products, we will 16,179 businesses— attract customers.... Our prices are lower because we’re still trying to attract business.” 73% of which are female-owned. Says Kholood, “Women aren’t meant to stay alone in the house; everybody has to have something to do, something that can make her feel valuable. Now I feel like there’s something I can call my own. In 2017, the IRC and our I’m working, producing.” partner organizations provided support *Names changed for privacy reasons through safe spaces to
135,598 children and 116,580 Opposite Page Top to Bottom: A crochet women and girls. course organized by the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Centre run by the IRC in Jordan allows women to learn how to crochet and generate an income with their new skills.
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THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGHS IN AID
The best organizations never stop learning and improving.
At the International Rescue Committee, we are significantly invested in solutions that reach more people, deliver more value for each aid dollar and make a bigger impact on people’s lives. As part of this commitment, we have established a dedicated research and development department. We call it the Airbel Center.
In 2017, Airbel prototyped 10 interventions in six countries focused on improving outcomes in violence prevention, early childhood development, employment and other areas.
Interventions include:
Becoming One is a new couples-counseling curriculum designed to help local faith leaders strengthen relationships and prevent violence. Drawing insights from behavioral science, this curriculum teaches skills on communication, emotional regulation, shared control over finances and sexual consent. Faith leaders learn from video-based instructions, while couples learn 28 in sessions with faith leaders and practice their newly learned skills at home. The IRC and our partners conducted a pilot with 350 couples and 35 faith leaders in Gulu, Uganda, and are planning a large-scale expansion of the program.
Vroom is a mobile-based service that helps parents boost their children’s learning in the critical early years. Vroom puts the latest childhood development techniques in the hands of parents in the form of fun games and easy-to-follow tips and advice. IRC technical experts and Airbel designers adapted the service for Syrian refugee families, creating videos and animation for delivery through digital platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook. During the initial test phase, this program supported over 10,000 families.
The Mahali Lab is an Amman-based program that invites Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians to develop solutions to challenges impacting their communities. Mahali provides these social entrepreneurs with skills, advice and funding to help launch, sustain and scale new products and services.
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Abou Karam, originally from Syria, shows off a frame which house girls who have fled violence and early 29 from one of his five beehives. Abou and his wife Um marriage and live full time at Kalas Girls Primary School restarted their family business in Jordan. in Amudat, Uganda.
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Girls play outside after class at Kalas Girls Primary School in Amudat, Uganda.
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In 28 U.S. cities, the International Rescue Committee ensures that refugees, asylees and other immigrants have the support they need to rebuild their lives free of fear and discrimination.
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Iraqi refugee Adil Nimr embraces members of his family at the airport. Their reunion was delayed because of the travel ban.
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IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 A SHINING LIGHT— AMERICA MUST EMBRACE THE MOST VULNERABLE
Since President Trump took office, his administration has implemented policies that have deliberately and methodically dismantled America’s successful refugee resettlement program. In 2017, his administration put forth unjust and unsubstantiated travel bans, temporarily suspended the entire refugee resettlement program, and set the lowest refugee admission cap in the history of the United States. 33
“The human toll on families who have waited for years to find refuge, gone through rigorous vetting and prepared to travel to safety is wrong,” says IRC President and CEO David Miliband of the travel ban. “This defective policy sees America turn its back on the world’s most vulnerable people.”
Since 1975, the IRC has resettled more than 370,000 refugees representing 119 nationalities across the U.S. Just two years ago, 85,000 refugees came to the U.S. to rebuild their lives as our neighbors. Now, as a result of the Trump administration’s historically low admission cap and arbitrary vetting measures, we project that only 21,200 refugees will enter the U.S. in Fiscal Year 2018—missing the administration’s own target.
As the resettlement program comes under assault, the IRC is fighting for refugees’ place in America. We are amplifying the voices of the families we serve and advocating to improve their lives. We are also reuniting families separated by the administration’s policies and protecting the tens of thousands
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of people who remain stuck in conflict-ridden He and his family are Yazidis, an ethnically Kurdish regions—the vast majority of them women and people and one of Iraq’s oldest religious minorities, children. many of whom have faced unspeakable atrocities at the hands of ISIS. Adil himself remembers And with the support of our donors, we are waking to gunshots early one August morning in continuing our critical work with refugees given a 2014—ISIS was rounding up families, killing the second chance in the U.S. When refugee families men and taking women and girls captive. arrive at the airport, we greet them and help them settle into apartments, find jobs, register for He, his parents and his siblings were able to school, learn English and integrate into their escape to Mount Sinjar, a craggy mile-high ridge new communities. where for days they found themselves stranded with 200,000 others. Adil survived the ordeal, and Here are three stories that illustrate why the IRC found refuge in a displacement camp where he is committed to being the voice for this vulnerable met his future wife. They had a child and pursued population and strengthening America’s long their resettlement application, a process Adil tradition of welcoming newcomers. had begun in 2011 when his father was receiving death threats for serving as a translator for A SYMBOL OF AMERICA U.S. personnel. Little Steven, almost a year old, takes a few “It was a dangerous job, but he was happy doing 34 tentative steps in an apartment in the suburbs it,” Adil says about his father, who worked with of Seattle. His father, Adil Kheder Nimr, smiles Americans for 10 years. “He is for democracy at him lovingly and declares, “Steven is a symbol and freedom.” of America: freedom, opportunity, safety and a chance at life.” The family had their first interview in 2013. “It was a difficult process, but we remained patient,” says Adil, his wife, Shatha, and Steven arrived in the Adil. “We had nothing to hide. My father showed U.S. on Jan. 19, 2017, the day before President his patriotism to America.” One of his father’s Trump’s inauguration and just one week before American friends was named Steven—thus the his executive order banning refugees from seven name of their first born. majority-Muslim countries—Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Iraq. If his family’s flight “The Nimr family has given America so much, and had been scheduled a mere seven days later, they they had lost everything,” says Nicky Smith, head could still be waiting and in danger. Too many other of the IRC in Seattle. “They hoped that once they refugee families suffered this fate. fled the horror and atrocity of war, they would be joined by their family members and they could Adil couldn’t fathom the news of the travel ban: rebuild their lives in a safe place without pain and Why were Americans afraid of people like him? suffering.” They were the ones escaping terror. As it turned out, 13 other family members who also
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 had undergone the exhaustive vetting process, but who had been denied entry under the Trump administration’s travel ban, were eventually admitted into the U.S. with assistance from the IRC. We are helping them adjust to Seattle and begin new lives.
WE ARE NOW ONE FAMILY
On a winter afternoon, Jamie Utz drove Naima Samatar and her son, Muhammed, to Camel’s Back Park in Boise, Idaho. The 8-year-old hopped out of the car and slipped on a pair of baggy snow pants, gloves and an oversized winter jacket.
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Hand in hand, Jamie and Muhammed walked up the snowy slope. The boy plopped down on a sled, while Jamie squatted behind. He was nervous but all smiles: It was his first time sledding.
Naima and Muhammed had arrived in Boise from Somalia a few months earlier. Naima admits she was afraid to navigate the city alone as a single mom without friends, family or personal income.
“But then I met Jamie,” she says.
A 32-year-old wildlife biologist, Jamie had worked with refugees as an English instructor. Then she discovered the IRC’s mentorship program which pairs Americans with refugees to help them get acquainted with services and resources in the community. “I wanted to be a part of helping someone make that transition and feel like they’re Kathy Tran greets community members on the welcome here,” Jamie says. “It all comes down to campaign trail. 36 just being a friend.” Kathy Tran for Delegate
Friends and family are very important to Naima, who lost everything when, as a teenager, she fled from Somalia after her father and twin brother It all comes down were kidnapped during a raid on her village. Her to just being a mother, whom she hasn’t heard from since that day, urged her to leave for Uganda, where Naima friend. found safety in a refugee camp. Jamie, a 32-year-old wildlife biologist Away from her family, Naima tried to create her own. She married and became pregnant with interviews and background checks. Muhammed. Her husband never saw his son, “I came here for my son,” Naima explains. “I want disappearing after leaving the camp to find work. him to go to school and be a good person” Soon after Muhammed was born, Naima applied Meanwhile, Naima takes comfort in her new with the United Nations for refugee resettlement friendship with Jamie, who has learned firsthand in a country where she would be able to build a the value of the IRC’s mentorship program. new life—a process that took eight years, three of She’s taught her friend how to cash checks, pay which consisted of rigorous security screenings, bills and shop at thrift stores to save money. Jamie
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 STILL THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
On Nov. 7, 2017, Kathy Tran, a refugee from Vietnam, made history by becoming one of the first Asian-American women elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Her experience as a refugee inspired her to run for office and build a more welcoming culture for refugees and immigrants in America.
“I came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam in the early ’80s when I was almost 2 years old,” Kathy says. When they arrived, the IRC was there to help them begin again. “Knowing that we had support through the IRC’s refugee resettlement office and program helped us get on our feet.”
Forever grateful for the opportunity her parents gave her, Kathy went on to forge a career helping other refugees and immigrants. Then, after her 37 fourth child was born last year, she decided to run for public office. was thrilled when she learned Naima found work in “After the election, my husband and I were really the laundry room of a local hospital. concerned about the direction our country was “She’s industrious and inspiring,” says Jamie. taking,” she says. “So I made the decision to run “She wants to make herself a new life here and for office when my daughter was just a month that’s really wonderful. Naima is living proof that old.... I couldn’t rest upon her shoulders the refugees do work hard.” responsibility of fighting for the future, for herself and her generation.” Jamie continues to spend time with Muhammed as well and has watched him take massive strides Says Kathy, “America truly is still the land of learning English and making friends—not an easy opportunity, and we need all of our youth— task for a child who never attended regular school including our refugees and new Americans—to while growing up in a refugee camp. get engaged and to participate civically. I want to
“We are now one family,” Naima says. “I don’t sleep make sure that our refugee youth understand that without saying goodnight to Jamie.” so many people here in America welcome them and want to support and help them achieve the American Dream.”
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A CALL TO ACTION
Through our advocacy efforts, the International Rescue Committee is bringing policy-makers and the public together to take action on behalf of refugees. Here is a snapshot of our achievements in 2017.
In the spring of 2017, the Trump administration proposed a 32 percent reduction in the U.S. foreign aid budget in FY 2018, and a 45 percent cut to humanitarian assistance accounts. We fought back with written testimony, briefings and meetings with budget leaders in Congress. The IRC emerged as the go-to
38 humanitarian organization on budget issues. Thanks in part to our efforts, Congress proposed much less dramatic cuts to the foreign aid bill, with continued support for humanitarian aid accounts.
As bipartisanship fractured in Washington, cultivating resolute support among policy- makers at the state level took on new importance. We scaled up engagement with state legislatives, advocating for the defeat of 36 anti-refugee bills in 20 states and supporting more than 30 pro-refugee proposals in 18 state legislatures. The IRC also moved from ad hoc to sustained engagement with in- district federal congressional offices, meeting with 78 congressional field offices, and organizing 15 events with the participation of members of Congress or their staff.
The IRC mobilized to protect the refugee admissions ceiling—although the Trump administration’s 45,000 figure is a record low, our efforts helped raise it three times higher than the initial proposal. We shaped the public narrative around this issue, strengthened grassroots advocacy through a digital advocacy pilot campaign, and led the development of a letter signed by 80 CEOs, former CEOs and business leaders from 77 companies across 12 industries. The letter, sent to President Trump, urged him to uphold refugee and immigration policies affirming the equal opportunity of the American Dream.
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 HOW WE HELP
In 2017, the IRC helped
10,665 refugees and special immigrant visa recipients resettle in the United States.
In 2017, more than
39 5,200 volunteers supported the work of IRC’s network of offices around the United States.
In 2017, the IRC helped to create 134 refugee-owned small businesses in the United States.
Men watch a soccer match in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement in northern Uganda.
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The International Rescue Committee extends its deepest gratitude to our supporters, who help us restore dignity and hope to those whose lives are profoundly affected by war, conflict, oppression and natural disaster. The commitment of our donors, whether they be individuals, foundations, corporations, volunteers, governments, nongovernmental organizations or multilateral agencies, is what enables the IRC to respond swiftly in emergencies and help communities recover from crisis.
The IRC is grateful for all the individual donors, corporations and foundations that have provided essential support for our Right Top to Bottom: At the IRC 2017 Rescue Dinner, model Praya Lundberg lifesaving programs and special projects around the globe. (top); Freedom Award honoree Michael Bloomberg (middle); and performer We salute the generous donors who supported the IRC during K’naan celebrate and support the the past fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 2016, and ended IRC’s work.
Sept. 30, 2017. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for IRC
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PayPal 41 Pfizer Inc and Pfizer Foundation Schwab Charitable Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Speyer Family Foundation / Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer Stavros Niarchos Foundation Tides Foundation TripAdvisor Charitable Foundation Vanguard Charitable
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Anonymous (2) Foundation Charitable Devlin Judy and Josh S. Weston Airbnb American Express Foundation BlackRock Bill and Alice Barnett Vincent A. and Anne H. Catherine and Tracy The Carson Family Estate of Walter Blinstrub Mai Wolstencroft Charitable Trust William K. Bowes, Jr. Eduardo G. Mestre and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Gillian M. Shepherd $100,000 + Foundation Carnegie Corporation of Jillian and Peter Muller Anonymous (11) The Eleanor Crook New York National Philanthropic 23andMe Foundation The Chipotle Cultivate Trust Louis and Anne Abrons The Destina Foundation Foundation The New York Community Family Foundation Theodore J. Forstmann Combined Jewish Trust The Ajram Family Charitable Trust Philanthropies of Eve Niquette and Charles Foundation Kenneth R. and Vickie Greater Boston Pohl Jonathan & Kathleen A. French Community Foundation of NoVo Foundation Altman Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates New Jersey The Olayan Group Lynne Altwerger (§) Foundation The Crown Family Open Society The Annie E. Casey The Grove Foundation Mrs. Ann and Mr. Harry Foundations Foundation Philip and Alicia Davidson Caroline E. Wilson Palow Robert and Judith Hammarskjold Shelby Cullom Davis and Christopher W. Armstrong Intel Foundation Charitable Fund Palow Bainum Family Jewish Communal Fund Antoinette Delruelle & Carol F. and Joseph Foundation David and Ruth Levine Joshua L. Steiner Reich Bank of America Estate of Nancy Maloney Renaissance Charitable Dick Clark Productions Charitable 42 Margaret A. Cargill Daniel J. Ernst Foundation Foundation, Inc. Philanthropies H.R.H. Princess Firyal of RMF Foundation Bank of America Microsoft Philanthropies Jordan John and Anne Rogers Charitable Gift Fund Michael Moritz and FJC - A Foundation of Estate of Harriet Cliff S. and Laurel E. Harriet Heyman Philanthropic Funds Rosenbloom Asness Network For Good Andrew D. Fredman and Pamela Saunders-Albin Alan and Jane Batkin The Peierls Foundation, Kerin McCarthy Mike Schroepfer and Erin Dr. Georgette F. Bennett Inc. Fredman Hoffmann and Dr. Leonard S. One Foundation Dublin Diane von Furstenberg Edward and Barbara Polonsky The Rockefeller and Barry Diller Shapiro Jayne Bentzen Foundation Benito and Frances C. Starr International Bezos Family Foundation The San Francisco Gaguine Foundation Foundation / Vroom Foundation Gilead Sciences, Inc. The Leila and Mickey Laura and Lloyd Blankfein Solidarity Giving Global Impact Straus Family Bloomberg Philanthropies The New York Times The Goizueta Foundation Charitable Trust BNY Mellon Neediest Cases Goldman Sachs Gives Tony and Sandra J. Tamer Box Fund Goldman Sachs Robert and Margaret Bloomberg Philanthropies The Walton Family Philanthropy Fund Thomas Fund #1 Andrew H. Brimmer Foundation Hollywood Foreign Press of the Community Charles Butt The Sara and Evan Association Foundation of New Charina Endowment Fund Williams Foundation Innovations for Poverty Jersey Estate of Irene Chayes Action Merryl H. and James S. Chubb Charitable $250,000 + David Jenness (§) Tisch Foundation Anonymous (9) Johnson & Johnson The Townsend Colorado Health JPMorgan Chase & Co. Foundation Foundation
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Cornell University Jewish Community Barbara Bartlett Sloan Ben Auspitz and Deborah Foundation Foundation of Estate of Elfirede Mitchell Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Greater MetroWest Sobernheim The Ayco Charitable Hopper NJ Jonathan and Jennifer Foundation The Dhanam Foundation Estate of Ruth Jones Allen Soros Cori Bargmann and Ray and Dagmar Dolby JustGive Cyrus W. and Joanne Richard Axel Family Fund Keating Family Foundation Spurlino Newton and Rochelle Donald A. Pels Charitable James M. and Sue Ellen The Starr Foundation Becker Charitable Trust Kelso Story Garschina Trust George and Dolores Dore Alex and Leander Krueger Foundation Elsie O. Behrends Trust Eccles Foundation Estate of Anita Marie Meryl Streep Susan Bernstein Drago Family LaPlaca The T. Rowe Price Estate of Madelyn Biggs Thomas and Susan Dunn Leaves of Grass Fund Program for Debra and Leon Black Earth and Humanity The Levy Family Charitable Giving Mary and David Boies Foundation LinkedIn Ercument and Ikbal Tokat Borrego Foundation Econet Foundation Ira A. Lipman Liv Ullmann and Donald L. Branson Family Education Above All Estate of Alice Lorillard Saunders Foundation Foundation François-Xavier de United Talent Agency Bright Funds Foundation Andra and John Mallmann Andrew Vagelos Josh Brolin Ehrenkranz The Melkus Family W. K. Kellogg Foundation Tom and Meredith Brokaw The Elkes Foundation Foundation Tali and Boaz Weinstein Mary Catherine Bunting The Estée Lauder The Mendelsohn Family Foundation Checkr Inc. Companies Fund Western Union The Chicago Community Charitable Morgan Stanley Foundation Trust Maureen White and Foundation Morgan Stanley GIFT, Inc. Chubb 43 Steven Rattner Fairfield County Estate of Harriet Mills Clarence and Anne Dillon Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Community Dr. and Mrs. William M. Dunwalke Trust Foundation Foundation Murray Communities Foundation World Bank Group Concepcion and Irwin NetHope of Texas Community Federman Xuan and Hoa Nguyen Cotopaxi Connections Fund Marie and Joseph Field Nike, Inc. The Crown Goodman Vicki Foley OCP Group Family Foundation for the Oportun $50,000 + Christel DeHaan Carolinas PepsiCo Foundation Anonymous (10) William and Mary Dittrich Jason Fried The Price Family Advocates For Youth Estate of Robin Chandler Mark T. Gallogly and Foundation, Inc. G. Agron Duke Elizabeth B. Strickler Raymond James AJG Foundation Suzanne W. and Alan J. Corydon J. and Kristin Charitable Laurent and Johanna Dworsky Gilchrist Endowment Fund Alpert, in memory Cheryl and Blair Effron Greater Houston Bruce E. and Lori L. of Paul and Sophie Anne and Joel Community Rosenblum Alpert Ehrenkranz Foundation Ruth C. & Charles S. American Express Center Estate of Ardith Eudey Guilford Fund Sharp Foundation, for Community Expedia, Inc. The Hauser Foundation Inc. Development Fast Tempos & Odd Time Rita E. & Gustave M. Omar and Kathleen Saeed The Anschutz Foundation Signatures Hauser Sheryl Sandberg and Victor and Christine Bonnie Froman Hearst Dave Goldberg Anthony Family General Atlantic H-E-B Family Fund Foundation Foundation Cheryl Henson The Seattle Foundation Donetta George
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IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 $25,000 + Aryeh B. Bourkoff F. Bennett Cushman II and Goldman Sachs & Co. Anonymous (24) Ann Brayfield and Joseph George D. Tuttle Robin B. Gosnell Adelson Family Emerson Lorraine D Angelo Gratis Foundation Foundation The Eli and Edythe L. Kevin and Susie P. Davis Anne and Randall Greene Nancy and Andrew Broad Foundation Kevin & Susie Davis Peter and Carol Greenfield Adelson Gary F. and Mary Ann Family Foundation Charlotte R. Gross Ellen and John Aisenbrey Brownell Delaware North David and Jocelyn Alba Alamillo and Jared Friederike and Roland Dodge & Cox Hafeman Levy Buelow Doist Floyd C. and Charlotte J. Anadarko Côte d’Ivoire Charles Cahn Jr. and East Bay Community Hale Company Nancy Maruyama Foundation Colleen Dunn Hall and The Arnow Family California Community Jodie and John Eastman Stephen Hall Foundation Foundation Ebb Point Foundation Henry Crown & Co. Associated Jewish John Y. Campbell and David F. and Frances A. Hess Foundation Charities of Susanna Peyton Eberhart Bente Hirsch Baltimore Janan and Alan Carter The Elman Family The Hirsch Family ATK Foundation James Carlson Foundation Foundation James A. Attwood Jr. and Stanley Case and Mary Dana and Robert Emery Creighton G. and Andrea Leslie K. Williams Warren Case Endeavor Foundation C. Hoffman Estate of James Audino Catalyst Foundation The ERJ Fund of Bob Horne and Laurie Baltimore Community Angela Huang and the Community Lindenbaum Foundation Geoffrey Chen Foundation for Barbara and Amos Estate of Katherine Bang Chicago Community Greater New Haven Hostetter Robert and Margarita Foundation Eule Charitable HSBC Bartels Natasha and Neil Chriss Foundation Hundt Family Charitable 45 The Howard Bayne Fund Citi Martha Struthers Farley Fund BBDO Worldwide Clooney Foundation for and Donald C. Farley Osman Hussein Grant and Shelley Justice Jr. Family Foundation Leah Ice (§) Behrman Cogan Family Foundation First Tennessee Immigrant Legal Resource Fabiola Beracasa Iris M. Cohen Foundation Center Beckman and Jason Comcast NBCUniversal The Ford Foundation ImpactAssets Beckman The Community ForGood Fund Intermountain Healthcare Amy and Tim Berkowitz Foundation for Fox Group Art F. Isbell Jr. and Inger Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Greater Atlanta Marion Galison Lidman Foundation, Inc. The Community Doug and Geni Garrison Frederick Iseman Peter J. and Nancy K. Foundation for Jeffrey E. and Ina Garten Anita and John Jamieson Bickel Greater New Haven General Electric and GE Jewish Community George and Leslie Biddle Community Foundation for Foundation Federation & Vera Blinken Southeast Michigan Ann and Gordon Getty Endowment Fund Betsy Blumenthal and Community Foundation of Foundation Jewish Federation of Jonathan D. Root Eastern Connecticut Deirdre M. Giblin and Cleveland Jacob Bluestein The Leon and Toby David B. DuBard Johnson Charitable Gift Foundation Cooperman Milly and Arne Glimcher Fund BNP Paribas Foundation GlobalGiving Foundation Kaiser Permanente The Bob & Anna Lou Cooper-Siegel Family Jackie Gnepp and Joshua Community Benefit Schaberg Fund at Foundation Klayman Program VNHC Creative Artists Agency Emily Goldblatt Kurt and Cindy Kalkomey Bento Box Entertainment The Patricia Crown Family The Goldkind Family The Boston Foundation
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Kansas Health The Kathryn B. McQuade Janet C. Ross Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum Foundation Foundation The Rotary Foundation in memory of Charles Karen Kahn Donor Barbara and Thomas Richard Roth Tanenbaum Advised Fund Metcalf George and Nancy Rupp Mark Thompson and Jane M. Farooq Kathwari Millstein & Co. S&P Global Blumberg Patricia Kirby Sara E. Moss and Michael Sachs Family Fund Touchtone Corporation Jill Kirshner Gould The Saint Paul Foundation Twig Foundation Steven Klinsky and James Mossman and Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro United Way of Greater Maureen Sherry Danielle Leinroth Santo Domingo Atlanta Jill and Peter Kraus Mutual of America Jonathan A. Schaffzin and Estate of Constance Joseph and Nancy Kunkel New York University Melissa E. Benzuly Vanvig Suman Kwon Kalanithi Sophie Nicholson and Thomas Schick Gertrude Verhoeven and Helen Kwon Tarek Sherif Schwab Charitable Fund Vermont Law School Kalanithi Shi Nisman and Svitlana The Scoob Trust Marica and Jan Vilcek Lee and Luis Lainer Family Novikova Foundation Betsy and Paul Von Kuster Foundation Indra K. Nooyi Mrs. Cindi and Dr. David Dilip Wagle and Darshana Jennifer Lake and Donald Northern Trust Bank of Scott Shanbhag Francis Donovan Florida Seattle Repertory Theatre The Warburg Pincus Landry Family Foundation Walter J. Nye Seidman Family Foundation Lee Family Charitable Odysseys Unlimited Foundation Wayne County Fund Ralph E. Ogden Roy and Kimberly Sheram Community Darren and Ling Lew Foundation, Inc. Murray G. and Beatrice H. Foundation Kris and Dawn Licht Sarah and Peter O’Hagan Sherman Charitable Wells Fargo Foundation Naida S. Wharton Patrick and Karen Litre The David & Lucile Trust Whole Foods Market 46 George Lucas Family Packard Foundation The Shifting Foundation Women’s Empowerment Foundation Anjali and Ashish Pant Michael Siliski and Robyn International Lois and Philip Macht Daisy Paradis Lamar Wrede Foundation Family Philanthropic Paradise on Earth Fund Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Ken and Megan Wright Fund Sheila Parekh-Blum and Silverstein/ Waste Solutions Group M Booth Christopher G. Blum Silverstein Properties Fareed and Paula Zakaria Peter Maier and Elizabeth Don Parker The Skye Foundation Inc. Samantha and Scott Tennant The Parker Foundation Smith Family Foundation Zinober Marin Community Participant Media John A. and Susan Foundation Lorna Power Sobrato The Carl Marks William Prinzmetal Gillian Sorensen $10,000 + Foundation Inc. Meghana Reddy and Arne and Ruth Sorenson Anonymous (68) Robert E. Marks and Mary Avinash Kaza Robie and Scott Spector Doug and Nancy Abbey Shaw Halsey Rosemary Regis and Charitable Fund Graham Abbey Chaninah Maschler Living David DeRamus Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Robert Abbey Trust Jean Margo Reid Stainman Katherine Abbey-Prill McCulloch Family Michael T. Riordan Family Stainman Family Joseph Abel and Kyle Charitable Fund, a Foundation Foundation Inc Delwiche Donor Advised Fund Edward & Ellen Roche Starbucks Foundation Estate of Stuart Abelson of the U.S. Charitable Relief Fund, Bank Lori and Jim Steinberg Clarence and Stella Gift Trust of America, N.A., Douglas B. Stolman Ablow Revocable McKinsey & Company Trustee Harry & Jan Sweere Trust The McMurtry Family Arthur and Toni Rembe Foundation Nora Abousteit and Foundation Rock Tampa Orlando Pinellas Joshua Cooper Rogers Family Foundation Jewish Foundation Ramo
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Henry Abrons Averill Babson and Bernheim Foundation Estate of Dorothy Access Medical Group Of Gregory Sohns Rose S. Bethe Caramalis Westchester, Inc. The Baldwin Family Fund Raj Bhattacharyya and Cristina Carlino Mary T. and S. James for Peace & Justice Samantha Heller Carlson Family Foundation Adelstein Ballyshannon Fund Biokinetix Foundation CarMax Foundation Adobe S. Balolia Family Sami Bitar Michael and Mary ADP Foundation Bruce and Marilyn (§) Carpenter Aetna Foundation Bama Works Fund Of Blackie Elizabeth and Nathaniel Nasser Ahmad and Dave Matthews Band Thomas C Bishop Carr Romita Shetty Steven N. and Beth Charitable Fund Michael Carr and Shelley Ada and Javed Ahmed Bangert Ed and Valerie Blair Sporleder Zahid Ahmed and Yumna Danielle Baron John W. Bloom Carylon Foundation Jafri Bartlett Family Fund Ben Blumenfeld and Daniella and Andrew Michael Aikins Hope B. Barton Jocelyn Ross Cavenagh Her Majesty Queen Rania Louis Battey Jr. Billy J. and Marit B. Bobo The Center for Victims Al Abdullah of Jordan Madeleine K. Albright The George W. Bauer The Boeing Company of Torture Alchemy Foundation Family Foundation Diana Bowes The Chanel Family Amaturo Family Richard and Susan Bauer James Boyd Foundation Foundation, Inc. Beane Family Foundation Michael Boyd The Ting Tsung & Amazonsmile Foundation E. Cordy and Russell Hyde 1996 Trust Wei Fong Chao The American Gift Fund Beckstead Heather Buhr Foundation Ahmad and Masooda The Bedari Foundation Susan O. Bush Charina Foundation, Inc Amin The Anbinder Family 47 Foundation Andersen Corporate When I read with despair of Foundation William R. and Mary Ann the horrors that refugees are Andersen The Jett and Julia enduring, I’m grateful for the IRC, Anderson Fund Kevin and Karen and how it provides an avenue for Anderson Anonymous Fund of the my contributions to be part of a Yolo Community Foundation larger outpouring of compassion. Ardian Foundation Eli Arnow Bruce Jackson, Partner for Freedom Around Foundation The Atlanta Women’s Foundation Michael and Cadence Design Chavez for Charity The Attias Family Diane Beemer Systems, Inc. Diane Chesnut Foundation David and Joanna Beitel Edward C. Cameron Chevron Roswitha S. Augusta Gary and Cynthia Bengier Judith Campbell Trust Nicholas R. and Karen Avenue Capital Group Richard E. Bennink, Jr. Martha L. Campbell Chickering Ayudar Foundation Sandra J. Berbeco Candace and Richard Circle of Hope Michael and Janet Azhadi Bergen Foundation S. Weeks Family Cisco Foundation Leslie Berland Foundation Janet Claman
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IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Leila B. Heckman and Jewish Community Knepper Charitable Gift Jeffrey and Lowell W. Robinson Foundation of San Fund Susanne Lyons Sue Heineman Diego Knudson Charitable Fund Tom W. Lyons Estate of Genette Jewish Federation of Anne Kolar Marquis George Henderson Greater Pittsburgh Doctors James Korb & MacDonald The Herbert & Nell Singer Brown Johnson Regina Pally Foundation Foundation, Inc. Olivia Jones Foundation Gary J. Kornblith and George C. and Martha Marlene Hess and James Marvin Josephson and Carol S. Lasser Macomber D. Zirin Tina Chen Dr. Barbara Kravitz Alan Maguire Blair K. and Melissa N. Journey Charitable Susan and Stan Krcmar Jacqueline J. Mahal and Heuer Foundation Yong and Raymond Kwok Benjamin E. Segal Mr. Richard Higgins and Joy Foundation Robert and Vivian Lamb MAJIC Vermont Mrs. Margaret Graff Daniel Kahn George Landegger Foundation Allison Hildestad Erica Kane Lanes Family Mohsin Majid Asiff Hirji & Sarah Karen Stirling Family Lillian and Ira N. Langsan Gerard M. Manning and Wigglesworth Family Foundation Philanthropic Fund Anne-Marie O’Farrell Foundation Kim and Elliot Katz Lark Foundation of NH Katherine and Henry Hirsch Family Foundation The Katzenberger Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mannix III HK Fund Foundation Lawler The Manzanita Fund Hoehl Family Foundation Kaufman Family Renate K. and George C. Inga and Richard Meredith and Daniel Foundation Lee Markovits Hoffer Eric Keatley Carole A. Lengyel and Katherine Martel Erle G. Holm Julie Keenan and Jesse Satori Iwamoto Margaret Hosmer Martens The HOPE Charitable Hermann Charitable David and Lindsay Levin and George Martens Foundation Trust Fae Lewis Martin Djos Family 49 John R. Houston III The Keep It Going Fund Elizabeth Liebman Foundation HRH Foundation Kelen Family Foundation Lifschultz Family Daniel and Susan Marus Julia Knox-Hudson and Kristina Kelleher and Charitable Fund Marymount School Of James B. Hudson Andrew Rogosin Hong-Jing Lo New York Randolph Huebsch Margaret H. and James E. Kristen and Felix Lo Christopher and Susan Hurlbut-Johnson Kelley Foundation, Erika G. Long Masto Charitable Trusts Inc. The Longhill Charitable Kelly and Ronald Mateo Daniel Hyman Kelly Foundation Foundation Inc Michael J. May Milton D. and Nancy A. Ethel Kennedy Carol Loomis Jerri and Tom Mayer Hyman Foundation Philip Lord Michelle McAdam I Squared Capital Advisors The Kerrigan Family Anthony R. Lorts Janet McClintock and IBM Charitable Kristina and Frank Loverro John F. Imle Il Buco Corporation Foundation Annie Lowrey Matthew and Joanna Indian River Communty Galorah Keshavarz and The Henry Luce McClure Foundation Ali Rowghani Foundation Robert McColl Islamic Relief USA The Key Foundation Natalia Luckyanova Robert McCormick J Street Education Fund, Phyllis and Royal Kiehl Lucy I. Sherman Carol McCully Inc. Gina Kim Charitable Charitable Fund Sharon and Bill Jacob Gregory T. Kimball and Foundation, Inc. Mary E. McGarry Carl Jacobs Foundation Wendy N. Leon J. and Helen S. Luey Joy and Bill McGinnis Jennifer Jacobs Hauenstein Luke Family Charitable Andrew McKeon JASAM Foundation of Jennifer and Tim Kingston Fund John McKernan Arizona Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Stephen J. Lynton Joanne McKray (§) Peter Jennings Foundation James M. Klosty
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Laureston H. and The Nararo Foundation Massimiliano Poletto and Ruth Arnhold Barbara McLellan Nicole Nehrig Kara O’Keefe Endowment Fund Dorothy McPherson The Scott and Wendy Porphyry Road Tina Ruyter Meadowlark Foundation Newman Charitable Foundation Jess Saalfield Medtronic Foundation Fund Marc B. Porter and James Sabra R. Purtill Charitable Barbara J. Meislin Nikey Donor Advised R. Hennessy Trust Kenneth and Vera Meislin Fund of the Jewish Posel Foundation The Sager Family Merck Foundation Federation of General Colin L. Powell Aamir Saleem and Debra Messing Greater Pittsburgh Powell Family Charitable Anika Shah Greg and Kendy Meyer Tyler Oakley Trust Salesforce.org Lawrence P. Meyer and William and Barbara Precision Strategies Zack Salloum and Beth Faga Oberdick Presbytery of San Shannon Christian Seth A. Meyers Neil H. O’Donnell & Chris Francisco Emilie Hall Sandin and The Miami Heat Motley The Prince Street Thomas R. Sandin Lorne and Alice Michaels OKTA, Inc. Foundation The Sanford Foundation David and Louise Miliband Estate of Louise Princeton University Leonard D. Schaeffer Sharon and Daniel Orzechowski John Purdon Lelia Scheu and Amirali Milikowsky The O’Shea Family Laura and Jason Puryear Shakoorian Robert & Catherine Foundation Quilt Back Schroeder Family Fund Miller Charitable Overbrook Family Advised Red Crane Charitable Thomas W. Schroeder Foundation Fund Fund Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Chris Miller Michael J. and Alexandra REDF Schultz Tamara D. Miller Palko Foundation John and Katya Redpath Michael Schur Walter Miller Elisa and Chris Palm The Ressler Family Semnani Family 50 Spencer and Amanda Carol and Chris H. Palmer Foundation Foundation Millerberg David Palmquist Reusing & Cole Family Sobia and Nadir Shaikh Summer & Eric Millican Adine Panitch Charitable Fund Sally Shelton Joseph H. Mitchell Chang K. Park Kalpana Rhodes David J. Simon MUFG Union Bank, N.A. The Park City Foundation Joseph Rice Douglas D. Simon MM.LaFleur Sylvia Parker Richter Farms Patricia J. S. Simpson Deborah and Stephen David and Laurie Pauker Richard O. and Elinor and Joel Siner Modzelewski Pegasus Family Heidi Rieger Skadden, Arps, Slate, John J. Moller Family Foundation Carl Riehl Meagher & Flom, Foundation Virginia and Perry Peine The Robert & Lien Chen LLP. Jacob Montgomery and Personal Philanthropy Family Foundation Julia and Daniel Small Lisa Hoppenjans Peters Family Foundation Michael and Patti Roberts Robert B. Snell Betty and Gordon Moore John and Karen Petry Joseph and Sara Rogers Marsha Soffer Jen D. Moore The Pew Charitable Trusts Saralee Rosen and Gary Gina Sohn and Gregory Skip and Jackie Morgen Mr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Blumsohn Lee Jeffrey and Hanna Moskin Peyton Roxiticus Foundation Timothy Soliman Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey Brian Pharris Chris Ruder The Sonnier Family Jason Mudrick Pinion Street Foundation May and Samuel Rudin Charitable Fund The Munoz Berkowitz Pitney Bowes Foundation Family Foundation Soros Fund Charitable Family Michael L. Pitt and Peggy Ophelia and William Rudin Foundation Richard Murphy G. Pitt Sabrina Leichter Rudin The Martin and Patricia Alvin & Louise Myerberg Sarah D. Plimpton and Michael Rudin Spalding Family Fund Family Foundation Marsha M. Plotnitsky Catherine W. Rush Spanish Broadcasting Lex Nakashima PNC Foundation Carol and Larry Russell System, Inc. Ann Nania
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 (§) Deceased donors Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years Mr. Stephen Spears and Mr. Steven Swartz and Triangle Community Mojmir and Leonie Mrs. Cynthia Martin Mrs. Tina Swartz Foundation Vrtilek Trust Gregg Spieler Tara and Brian Swibel Diane Trombetta Jennifer Wallenberg The Bernard and Anne The Sycamore Foundation Uber The Walt Disney Spitzer Charitable Starr Taber UBS Donor Advised Fund Company Trust Christina Tan and Douglas Wendy Ulrich David and Theresa Waltz Julianne Splain and MacShane Union Bank Foundation Steve F. Warkany Richard C. Bartell The Laszlo N. Tauber The Unitarian Church in Wasatch Advisors, Inc. Stack Exchange, Inc. Family Foundation, Summit Pamela Wasserstein Elizabeth Steele Inc. Ann and Thomas Estate of Arleigh J. Mark and Sarah Ted and Ginnie Taylor Unterberg Watkins Stegemoeller Family Fund US Bank Peter W. and Lois Weiss Eugene P. and Marilyn L. Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Elsie P. van Buren Estate of Stanley Stein Foundation, Inc. Foundation Weissman Scott and Karen Stempel Robert and Margaret Melissa Van Dyke Danny Wen Peggy Stevens Thomas Fund #2 The Hon. William J. Genevieve Wenger Martin F. Sticht of the Community vanden Heuvel Dennis and Anita Werling James and Pegge Foundation of New Lynn Vear and Dale Florence Wertz Strickler, M.D. Jersey Schultz Western Union Financial Susan S. and T. Dennis Thomasen Family Trust John and Julie Ver Ploeg Services Sullivan, II Tifie Humanitarian Inc. Mariam and Aamir Virani WFB Ohio Foundation Gabrielle and Arthur Tiger Global Management, Virginia Mason Medical Wheeler Foundation Sulzberger, Jr. LLC Center Gerald I. White Patricia Sun Oliver Townsend Visa Karen White and Paula Carolyn Surgent and David Townzen Susan Vitka and Peter Folawn 51 Jacques Friedman Francis H. and Jean Fox-Penner Marjorie E. White The Susan S. Shiva Trainer John & Barbara Janet C. Whittle Foundation Christine E. and David P. Vogelstein Margaret Whitton Rhonda F. Swain Trapp Foundation Laura and Stanley Wiegand Jessica Wieselquist and William O’Donnell Wilkinson Family Charitable The William Zimmerman Foundation Alexandra Williams Kim E. Williamson Charla Willian Estate of David Willis
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Brent and Ann Wilson Karl and Dian Zeile Adnan Afzal Sherif Assef Foundation Team Zimm Family Trust Michael J. and Pamela L. Darrell Athay Edward J. and Barbara Mary Zinn Albert Myrtle L. Atkinson Wilson Elizabeth Zitrin Diane M. Albi Foundation Stephen and Joann Soofian and Fatima Philip Alcabes Autodesk Foundation Wilson Zuberi Janet and Richard Roger and Ann Z. Avery Bill and Anda Winters Alexander Megan Ax Harold and Judith Winters $5,000 + Noura Alkaabi Stephen M. Axinn James D. Wolfensohn Angela and Samuel Allen Charles W. and Nancy G. Anonymous (63) Natalie Wolman and Edith W. and Frederick P. Ayling Diane and Arthur Abbey Allen The Paul and Edith David W. Fulker AbbVie Inc. Elena Allnutt Babson Foundation Gregg S. and Beth David B. Abernethy Royal K. and Rose Baer Family Fund Wolpert Daphne F. Achilles Altreuter Joan R. Baer Peter and Joann Wood Toni and John Ackermann Malu Alvarez G. Bailey Charitable Fund Active Network, LLC George and Herawati Bert and Kim Bailey Kenton D. Wood AD Philanthropic Alvarez-Correa Dan Baker Shiuan Wu and Boon Sim Foundation, Inc Darrin Alves Sarah Baldwin Teresa and Kabir Yamana Tucker Adams American International William and Jane Baldwin Group, Inc. Brent Ballard American Research Lori E. Ballew We have been Bureau The Baltoro Trust Ancestry.com Bank of America Merrill impressed with Jeanne E. Anderson Lynch 52 Lee Anderson Ann Bardacke the IRC’s ability Susan and Richard Ann Bardacke and David Anderson P. Wolf to respond Robert Andrews Laurence Bardoff Thomas Angleberger Claire M. Barnett quickly and Ann Arbor Area Suzanne S. Bartolucci Community M. C. Bassiouni effectively in Foundation Elizabeth Baughan Anolic Family Charitable Jeff Baum an emergency Fund Benjamin and Susan Baxt Sara Anschuetz Bayshore Community and know our Kristin Anundsen Church AOL Inc. Robert Beard contributions are Sandra L. Aoun Charles R. Beitz and Ann APCO Worldwide Vershbow used wisely. Estate of Barbara Appell Michael and Valerie Bell Ben and Sheila Applegate Margaret R. Bennett The Ark and the Dove Melanie Bentley Andrew D. Fredman and Kerin McCarthy Foundation Jeffrey Berens Fredman, Fredman Family Foundation ARK Foundation Ann and Ed Berlin Kathy Armbruster Fran R. Bermanzohn Josh Armour Judy A. and Martha M Yee Shabbir and Ruby Adib Shari L. and Paul Bernstein, M.D. Peter and Susan Young Ravi Adusumalli and Mairi Jeffrey H. Aronson Berwind Corporation WowApp Leining Katherine Arthaud
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 (§) Deceased donors Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years David and Margaret Bettner Matthew Bidwell Joan Bingham Biogen Inc. John and Carol Bishop Ms. Cathie Black and Mr. Tom Harvey Kay W. Blair Terry Blanken Joan Blessing REFUGEES THRIVE WITH THE SUPPORT OF Andrew and Kelli Block JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. Family Fund (CACF) Drake Bloebaum The International Rescue Committee works with our corporate Stephen Blyth and Anita partners to help improve the lives of refugees around the world. Gajdecki JPMorgan Chase & Co., a global financial services firm and one of Deborah Bocian Boger Family Fund the largest banking institutions in the United States, is one of our Catherine J. Boggs dedicated partners in this effort. John and Carolyn Boitnott Noah Bonsey When refugees come to the United States, they share a common Shashi Borade desire to build a thriving future while contributing to the economic John and Donna Borden William Borner and cultural vitality of their communities. However, these new Allan and Sydne Bortel Americans often lack the knowledge, skills and resources needed to 53 Diana Bosniack become financially self-sufficient. Gary Bottone Eileen Bowser In response, the IRC, in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, is Richard S. and Susan Braddock providing holistic financial services to new Americans through Richard and Susan individual financial coaching, loans for credit building, language and Braddock Foundation employment-readiness classes and job placement. Megan Bradley Matthew Brag and Praya JPMorgan Chase’s ongoing commitment to the financial health of Lundberg refugees has helped position the IRC as a thought leader among Helen Brandshaft John R. Breitenoeder organizations serving refugees and immigrant communities, due to Breslauer, Rutman, and an emphasis on data collection and an approach combining financial Anderson, LLC education, employment assistance and financial counseling. Brigham Young University Bristol-Myers Squibb Their commitment to improving the financial health of refugees Constance Britton Elizabeth Broadwin benefits more than the refugees themselves, it strengthens the Kevin J. and Paula H. economic stability of communities for generations to come. Brosch Lois Brounell Stanley Brown and Pamela Barsam Brown
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Andrew Buchanan Christopher W. Cavanagh Community Foundation Delaware Community Buildium Deirdre Cavanagh of Western North Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stanley CBRE Carolina Andre and Deborah Denis Bukowski Antonio Cediel Lynne Conboy Robert Dentan Clinton Burford Center for Action and Bernard Connaughton Pamela J. DePrez Shawn and Lakshmi Contemplation, Inc. Rosemary Connolly Laurent Desmangles Burke Central Minnesota Mary J. Converse Kerry Dewitt Burlingame Foundation Community Carter M. Conway Carlton Dewoody and David H. and Barbara Foundation Peter A. Cook Sarah Connolly Burns Central Synagogue Abigail and Justin Cooper Stephany Diana Mary Anne and Stephen Bruce Cerullo Brant Cooper Sheila K. Dickison M. Burns Anne Champion Charlene Costa Conrad R. Dietz Emily Burns-Higley Andrew Chen Ryan Cotton Mallory F. Digges Eric K. Butler and Paul Chen John and Elena Roy Dion Suzanne L. Rocca- Matthew Cherwin Coumantaros Thang Do Butler Richard Chin Eunice T. Cox Diane Dodds Daniel Butterfield Teresa Chiu Howard Cox Dolce & Gabbana USA, Christopher Buzachero Chockstone Fund Scott Crabtree Inc. Andrea C Holmquist Esther Choi Putnam L. Crafts Jr. DonateWell William Cabeen Peter Choo Credit Suisse James K. Donnell Mary Cafiero Yvon and Malinda P. Gary and Marla Crockett Gary D. and Marilyn T. Amanda Cahn Chouinard Timothy Cross Doolen Walter M. Cain Ernest and Gwenith Chow Crowe Fund Jeff and Jennifer Marjorie M. and Charles Christine E. Andersen Mary Crowe Dougherty 54 Calvert Fund Art Cutler Anne R. Dow Family Orland Campbell Church of the Heavenly David Aronow Foundation, Foundation Campbell Soup Company Rest Inc. Drake Family Fund The Sam and Louise Estate of Wendy Clarke David, Adrianne and Michele Drayton and Ian Campe Foundation, Jenna Clemens Jordan Rubin Fund Kennedy Inc. Nicole Cliffe Ms. Karen Davies John S. Driscoll The Capital Group Natalie Coburn and Anthony E. Davis and Matt and Liz Dubeck Co. Charitable Benjamin Powell Pamela Jarvis Louise and Robert Dudley Foundation Nathaniel Codding Emily Davis Edwin and Beverly Duff Rachel and Cory Capps Richard Cogswell Kristen Dayley Shirah and Robert Dunphy Nestor T. and Rosa James Cohen The de Leon - Khanna David J. DuPont Carbonell Mrs. Sara W. Cohen Charitable Fund Yarrow Durbin and Susan Carhart Danna and Chuck Cole Samuel E. De Merit Stephanie Vandyke Richard and Nishi Carlson Dr. Jane D. Coleman Bonnie and Warren de James and Susan Eager Eva-Maria Carne Ann Coles Wied Diane Eblin Caroline A. Carpenter Dayton Coles Catherine and Sandy Cherie Eckmann Candace Carroll and Len Colgate-Palmolive Dean Derek C. Economy and Simon Company Eric DeBusschere Ann K. Walter Cara Carter and Todd James C. Collins and Estate of Georgia Helene Ed Tristram Associates, Sechser Virginia D. Donelson Decker Inc. Frank Casano The Columbus Foundation Donna Dediemar and Karen G. Eddy Jessica Case Community Foundation Chris Hamilton The Edelman Foundation Abby S. Casey of Louisville James Degel and Jeanne Emunah Edinburgh Gerhard Casper Community Foundation of Berwick Edwards Lifesciences Neely and Todd Cather Sarasota County Nancy Dehmlow Peggy K. Edwards
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Gerald and Gail Eiselman Shirley Sun Forbes Glenn Memorial United Katherine and Bill Thomas L. Eisenberg Hugh Forte Methodist Church Hammerson Rashmi Ekka Fortress Investment Group Global Growers Network, Chelsea Handler Khalid El Khatib LLC Inc. Sarah and Ken Handy Elaine and Herrick Nancy Frankenberry Michael Gobster Heather Hanly and Jackson The Franklin Fund Rolf and Julie A. Goetze Dan Purcell Inger Elliott The Fred and Maxine Rita Goldberg Timothy D. Harding EOG Resources, Inc. Rumack Family Paul Goldenberg Philip S. Harper Equality Alliance Of San Foundation Inc Peter J. Gollon Foundation Diego County Freshfields Bruckhaus Susan Goodwin Sarah Harper Nobles Margaret Ericson Trust DeringerUS LLP Krishantha Goonetilleke V. L. Harrison Eric Erzinger Edward Friedmann and Elizabeth M. Gordon Ms. Jane Hartley and Mr. Barbara Eskin Elizabeth Coyte Cathleen Gorman Ralph Schlosstein Evergreen Fund c/o John Fries Silvia Gosnell Donna and Vincent Adirondack Patty Fuller Robert Gould Hartnett Foundation Fund for the Future of The Grace Jones Edward Hasbrook The F.G.K. Foundation Our Children Richardson Trust Julester S. Haste Merle G. Fabian Susan H. Alexander and Kevin Grasmick HCD Foundation Charles and Winifred A. James F. Gammill The Greater New Orleans Lena Headey Falcon Judith Gans Foundation Maureen C. Healy and Robert and Bobbie Falk Chris and Robbin Garber- Stephen D. and Myrna K. Gary Alexion Don J. Fanslow Slaght Greenberg Andrew Hedden Alice and Thomas Farley Laura Tavares and David Gregori Construction Patrick B. Hefferan Tawna Farmer Garrett Katharine B. Gresham James Hegarty and Ellen Susan K. Feagin Helen and William Jennifer Gresko Fulton 55 Margaret Feige Garrison Michelle Griffin and Tom Madhuri Hegde Sandy Feinstein and Jorge Andrew Gass and Jenny Parker Heisman Trophy Trust A. Goldstein Wilson Susan A. Griffin John and Andrea Peter and Jeanne Jane Gelb Joseph and Janet Grodin Hennessy Fellowes David W. Gengler Marilyn and Mike Herson-Stirman Family Estate of Margaret Betty J. and P. C. Grossman Foundation Ferguson Georgeau Foundation Ther Herstein Family Pamela M. Fessler and Richard B. Gerber and Nancy Gruber-Meier and Earl and Berys Heuer Matthew B. Koll Ronna Lindner Henry C. Meier Harry Heymann Fiduciary Trust Company Howard Gershenfeld Lisa Grunwald Adler Grant E. and Finney County United Lee H. Gilbert Chris Guillebeau Lucia R. Hicks Way Ron V. and Sarah A. Janet Gurtner Highland Technology, Inc. Ezra Firestone Gillespie H.L. Epstein Family Highland-Mills Foundation Rabbi Tirzah Firestone and Michael Gillin and Pamela Foundation Erika and Evan Hill Mr. David Friedman Newberry Regina Hablutzel Akbarali Himani Jim and Shelley Fishkin Mr. and Mrs. John A. Patricia Hackbarth Harry N. and Edward B. Fiske and Gilmartin Kathleen S. Haentjens Mary D. Hintlian Helen Ladd Angela R. Giustina Megan Hailey-Dunsheath Moira Hintsa Flagship Foundation Joan Glade de Pontet Danyon Halama Marcus Hintze Kenneth Flanders David Glaser and Lesley Joan Hall John Hirschi Tracy Flinders A. Elton Lisa and Paul Haller Charles J. and Jerome Flynn John D. Glenn and Karen Evelyn J. Halpert Mary Hodge Jean M. Foley and Russell Fagerstrom Margaret Hamburg and Hodinkee, Inc. S. Cowart Peter F. Brown Paula Hogan
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James Hoge and Inavale Foundation Inc Jefferies LLC The K Foundation Kathleen Lacey David K. Ingalls J. R. and Kay D. Jennings Miles Kahler Angela Hohl-AbiChedid The Iqbal and Shelby Jet.com Sue P. Kahler Samantha Holloway Mamdani Foundation Dr. Kurt Jetta Michelle and Sonny Kalsi Helen Homans Martin Isserlis Jewish Community Roberta R. Kameda Glenda Hope J. Stanley and Mary W. Foundation of Los Sarfaraz Kanji Gisela Horejsi 2007 Trust Johnson Family Angeles Alice Kaplan Horwitz Family Fund Foundation Jewish Community Jessica M. Kaplan and Howell Family Charitable Andrea Jackson Foundation Of Joseph Youcha Foundation J. David Jacobs Southern Arizona Raman Kapur Scott Howell James Parsons and JHH Donor Advised David Karnovsky Jonathan Christian Todd Spiewak Fund held at Michal and Daniel Katcher Hudson Philanthropic the Community Farah Kathwari and Robin Christine and Timothy Program Foundation of Van Puyenbroeck Hughes James Starr Moore Southern Arizona Marilyn R. and Steven R. Edith Hunt Memorial Foundation, Helgi Jobe Katzman The Daniel Lynch Inc. Hilary and Alex Joel Roy Kaufmann Foundation Todd James and Tatiana Forrest Johnson Kayden Foundation Susan Huntting Blackington James Kent Johnson Kevin Keene Tanvir Hyder Jamieson Charitable Matt Johnson Sarah Kelen and Ken Gail and Carl Icahn Foundation Bonnie Jones Bloom Betsy Fullagar In African Dominic and Leslie Jones Sauer William and Emma Keller Shoes Jessica Jarrett Judith Fields Jurney Kelstar Real Estate
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Left: Actor Mandy Patinkin, left, talks to Farhad Faez, David and Victoria Matthew Marco, an Afghan refugee. Mandy’s wife Kathryn Grody, center Locascio Christina Lee, and left, and IRC’s Lucy Carrigan look on outside the Susanna Locascio Shing Yin Khor Principovac accommodation center, in Sid, Serbia. Don and Margaret Locke David Martell Raghu Loganathan Roman Martinez IV and Tara Todras-Whitehill/IRC Longview Foundation Helena Martinez Lawrence and Patricia Anette Marweld Loo Robert and Joan Matloff Frank Kendall and Eva E. Krystle Lamprecht Loring, Wolcott & Kathleen Mattes Halpern Donald Landergren Coolidge Trust, LLC Eileen Mattingly David Kenning Dr. David Landy and Dr. Loris Masterton Family Sarah Maulden Timothy Kenslea Judy Kriesell Foundation Maxwell Lide Stanback Jerry and Louise Kerner Jill Langley Ruth Norden Lowe & Foundation Inc Susan Keyes and Jim Laucks Foundation, Inc. Warner L. Lowe Marc and Terry Mayberg Sulat Natasha and Nick Lawler Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. John L. Shahrzad Khayami Eva and Ted Lazarus Nathan Lucash McCrohan Tiera and Scott Kimball Megan Lea Lila Luce Ryan and Michelle King County, WA Donna and Matt Leacock Saundra Lumish McCullough Ann P. Kirby Jean Lecuyer Laura Lundgren Robert W. McDonnell Beth Kirkhart Jisun Jamie and Peter Thomas Lykens Henry McEvaddy KKR Lee Charles P. Lyman Jr. Geeta Jyothi and Robert Jackie and Andrew Klaber Peter Leffman M&H Schwartz Family G. McGahey Sean Kleier Brian Lehrer Foundation Richard McGuinness Erika Klein Albert C. and Flora Craig MacLeod Vaughan McKee Jerry Knoll (§) Leisenring Wilmer MacNair Audrey W. McLaughlin 57 Monique Knowlton Kelsey Leland James Madison’s Debra McLaughlin Masami Kojima and Peter Aaron Lemon-Strauss Montpelier David McPherson Moll and Samantha Trepel Magnolia Lynda S. Meeker Paul M. and Toby Koren Leo Model Foundation Magnolia Charitable Julie Mehretu Liesbet Koromzay Francesca Letasse Foundation Carol and Lanning David Kostelnik Richard Levi and Susan Hatem Mahdy Melville Mahesh K. and Ruth Perry James and Chiara Mai Pamela Smith-Mentz and Kotecha Michael and Sandra Patricia M. Maier David Mentz Steven M. Krausz Levine Majestic Construction Metrolink Networks Jane Kristof Steven and Madeline G. & Management Frank Metzger Jacueline Krump Levine Services Eli Michael Alex Krupp Helmut Lewis Melody Malachowsky Betsy S. Michel Michael Kubersky The L’Heureux Family in Carl Malcolm Middlecott Foundation Timothy Kudo Honor of Richard D. Patrick Maley and Barbara Mierzwa Akshay Kumar Daniel L’Heureux Nancy B. Turck Jackie Friedman Mighdoll Joan Kumar Jennifer Lin Areeb and Sharmeen Pauline Milius David and Lucy Kurtzer- The Lincoln Community Malik Gail and Marshall Miller Ellenbogen Foundation The Malkin Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller LABO Charitable Fund Holly Lind Falisha I. Mamdani Linda Miller Filipe Lacerda Warren Lindau Paul A. Mandeville Lewis Miller Pat LaFleur Sven-Olof Lindblad Ben Manny Margaret C. Miller Lake Shore Baptist Scott Lippstreu and Lizbeth Marano D. Millhiser Church Jessica Golden Marian Marbury Shawn Mindus Shannon Lamb Marie Lobre Mohammed Minhaj
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Eric and Lilly Minkove National Christian Adrienne Orlan Irene Kronhill Pletka Minneapolis Foundation Foundation Sandra Otterman Kathleen Plourde Esther Mintzer National Immigration Otto Family Foundation Dana Polk and James Mirapath Inc. Forum Our Grand Rapids Borninski Karin H. Mitchell Lina Nazar Community Gerald A. Pollack David Mitnick and Thomas Neff Foundation Virginia B. Pollack Rebecca Mai Kathleen M. and Edwin John Owen Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jose Polo MJK Family Foundation B. Neill Lee Owen Lester Poretsky Family Hala Mnaymneh Mark Nelkin Maryann Padol Foundation Inc. Karin Moe The Dorothy and Mark Pajwell Foundation James R. Posner Ann Moller Nelkin Charitable Josef Palank Posner-Wallace Peter Monaco Fund Palm Medical Center, LLC Foundation Robert E. Montgomery Jr. Rick Nelson Richard H. and Rebecca David Potel Jorge Montoya Nicholas Nguyen L. Palmer Joanna Pozen The Mooney Charitable Dean L. and Kathleen Jonathan Panter Estate of David Pratt Trust Nicholson Gustav and Hanna Aaron M. and Arleen Alexander F. Moore James W. Nickel and Papanek Priest Lewis Moore Patricia D. White Constance Paraskeva Princeton Area Alexander Morgan Margery A. Nicolson Diane Parish and Paul Community Morgan, Lewis & Bockius North Bay Lighting and Gelbund Foundation LLP Electrical Supply Robert and Martha Parke Margot and Thomas Morningside Presbyterian North Decatur Peter W. and Linda B. Pritzker Church Presbyterian Church Parshall The Prudential Foundation William F. and Mary S. Mary Norton Kristen Parton Frances D. Puddicombe 58 Morrill Mark Noseworthy Leo Patching Mark and Sue Ann Pugh Mary Morse Joe Nuckolls Jeetendra Patel Hari and Jenneffer Deborah Mortlock Jeffrey Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Patterson Pulapaka Gregory and Andrea Integrative Nutrition John D. Patterson, Jr. and Faraz Qamar Moser Oakhurst Baptist Church Michele F. Demarest Ashraf Ragab Fay Mostafavi Jason Oaks Allen Patton David and Farah Rains Samy Muaddi Stasia Obremskey Sharon A. Pauli Rally Health, Inc Michelle Mueller Tom and Jennifer O’Brien Cynthia Pearson Jason Ralston and Kial Multi Parts Elizabeth O’Connor Ashley Peate Young Catherine Munch Loretta O’Connor John R. and Salim Ramji and Parisa Jim Murchie Susan E. O’Connor Christine Peeler Jaffer Gregory Dillon Murphy Old First Presbyterian Amanda Peet Jacqueline Ratner Michael and Jill Murphy Church, San Everyday People Rauch Foundation Paula Murphy Francisco E. Peters Huida Refermat Theresa Murphy Henry and Dona Oldfield Brian Petersen Regeneron Music Peace Project Alexandra Olmsted Gordon M. Petrie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Myriam Weinstein Fund Leslie O’Loughlin Lois Pettinger Leo M. Reid Aimee Nacol Earl D. and Marian N. Carol K. and Ann E. Alice D. Reilly Jane L. and Olson Fund Pforzheimer Fund Rose Lee and David C. Nadeau Maureen A. O’Neill and Victoria Phillips Keith L. Reinhard Robert Nardy Jr. Robert N. Abernathy The Phillips-Green David L. and Margaret John E. and Shirley V. William J. and Dorothy K. Foudation, Inc. Reuther Nash O’Neill Foundation Estate of Laura S. Pinkert Eleanor and William National Bank of Arizona Oppenheim Family Fund Virginia G. Piper Revelle ORB International Charitable Trust Eleanor Revelle
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Gerald and Richard E. Salomon Jonathan Schreiber Julian T. and Barbara S. Christa Reynolds Family Foundation and Sherry Graff Simmons Martha Reynolds Salt Lake Brewing Co. Schreiber Simple Actions Family Bernard and Barbara Ries Alice Saltonstall Richard Schreiber Foundation The Rimora Foundation Ammanda and Jeffrey Mark B. Schupack Lawrence A. and Frances Jane J. and Jerry G. Risk Salzman Georgia L. and Thomas R. E. Sims Rizley Family Foundation Ruth Sample Schuttish Linda Singer and Joseph Charles Rizzo The Sampson Foundation Jodi Harris and Steven J. Sternlieb Gordon Robby San Diego Unified School Schwartz Daniel A. Sisk Robert K. Steel Family District Stephanie Schweitzer Sisters of Saint Francis Foundation Third Graders at San Scott Family Foundation II Province Fund The Robert Wood Francisco Friends Sally Scott Gregory Sitton Johnson Foundation School Seattle First Baptist Jeff and Toni Slepak Mr. and Mrs. William Laura Sanborn Church Dr. and Mrs. Bernard E. Roberts Sanderson Family Nicole Seligman and Joel Small Noa Rochkind Foundation Klein Anne M. Smiddy Rockefeller Philanthropy Elizabeth Sands Maxine Semmel Susan Smidinger-Brown Advisors The Santa Fe Community Waqar and Sarah Shaikh Cherida Collins Smith Rudy Rodriguez Foundation Mark Shannon Dana Smith David Roe and Sukey Lilienthal Robert and Doris Sasser Adam Shapiro Smith Family Legacy Lauren and Alex Rolfe Charitable Fund Shobha Sharma Foundation The Ronus Foundation B. D. and Nancy F. Mark Shepard Patricia K. and Sanford V. Bobbie and Dave Root Saunders Ketki Sheth Smith Michael M. Rosbash Tasha Savage Diane Shock Marta Solsona 59 Andrew Rose Tom and Linda Savage Walton W. Shreeve Nancy S. Somers Estate of James R. Rose Susan Schaefer Matthew Shucker Leonard Sommer Rosenberry Charitable Andrew Schapiro The Honorable George P. Edward Sonn Term Trust John Schaub and Charlotte Shultz Larry and Judy Sowder Andrew Rosenblum Stuart Schechter and Samia Siddiqui The Spector Fund at the Michael and Naomi Jaeyeon Jung Susan Siebert Boston Foundation Rosenfeld Edgar Rosenthal Heather Ross Jesse and Joanie We are incredibly proud to Rothstein Carl and Judith Royal partner with the IRC and support Mrs. Susan Rudin Matthew Runkle and the critical work they are doing Rebecca Koepnick Richard and for refugees around the globe. Elizabeth Rush Francie Rutherford Ed and Barbara Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rynbrandt Brad A. Sablosky Gregory S. and Christina Jurg and Linda Kathleen Spivack Bernard Salanie R. Scherrer Siegenthaler Sara Spooner Nicola Salmon Susan Schiff Estate Stephen D. Silberman and St. James Episcopal George W. Schlossnagle Kathy J. Schwartz Church
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St. John’s Episcopal Tableau Foundation VICA Foundation Henry E. Wieman Church Employee Austin View Anita Volz Wien and St. Joseph Parish, Seattle Engagement Fund Michael and Diane Byron Wien Mary Ellen Stachnik Tableau Software Vincent Phyllis Wiener Vincent J. Stafford and Alfred F. Talbot Robert Vincent Jonathan L. Wiesner Maria C. Staffrod Salahuddin Tariq Joan Vivaldo Alison Wilcox Anna Stancu The Tartell Family Michael J. Volkovitsch Ann L. Wild David Stanford Foundation Kaspar von Braun Joanna Will Susan B. Stearns Phillip Tasto Henry Von Kohorn Elizabeth Williams Grace Stebbins Trust Andrew and Karen Taylor Ami Vora Nishan Williams Harvey and Paula Margaret Taylor Kevin and Terri Wade William H. Williams Steinberg Betsy Templeton Diane and Bob Wagner Alexis Willingham Erika Steiner Ryan Tennis Arlene Waksberg Willis Towers Watson B. Rex and Kate Samuel Test John and Teresa S. Dena G. Willmore and Stephenson Mary-Lauretta Testa Waldes Martha J. Thurber Steve Steve William and Joyce Dennis E. Walo and The Wills Charitable Fund Myron F. Steves, Jr. and Thibodeaux Kathleen E. Irvin Ellen C. Wineberg Rowena Young Chloe Thomas Cecilia Walpole-Griffin Christina and Matthew Patrick Stewart and Gladys R. Thomas Lulu C. Wang Wirig Sunny Ozell Mitchell L. Thompson Rabbi Angela Warnick Wren W. Wirth Mary Jane Stickley Jane W. Thorne Buchdahl and Mr. Laura R. Wittke Stock Yards Bank & Trust James Tigani Jacob Buchdahl Bruce and Mary A. Wittrig Company Kaleigh Tomaso Cecille Wasserman Joan W. Wofford Kathryn Stokes and David Lorraine Trachtenberg Watering Pond Wendy S. Wollish C. Esseks Thanh Tran Foundation Marilyn Wolper 60 Rachel Stone Triangle School of Vedic Christopher and Carol C. The Honorable Kimba M. Robert Stone Vision Inc. Webster Wood and Mr. Frank Peter and Virginia Strange Phyllis Trible Janet and Hans Wegner E. Richardson Stella Strazdas Trinity Presbyterian Paul L. Weiden Nancy K. Worrtich and Michael and Veronica Church Sandra Weingarten Bruce M. Cnaught Stubbs Vincent Tseng Lois L. Weinroth John A. Wright Chesley Sullenberger T-Serve Foundation Jed Weissberg and Margaret L. Wrobel Russy and Anita Tunney Mullan Charitable Shelley Roth Robert Wujtowicz Sumariwalla Fund Fred Weitz Peter Wurman Sunshine Life & Health Darla D. Turlington John A. Weldon Wyss Foundation Advisors Aisha Tyler Sandy Welfare Kristofer Yahner SurveyMonkey Shannon Unger Kenneth D. Werner and Yampa Valley Community The Susan A. and Unitarian Universalist Noreen A. Bagley Foundation Donald P. Babson Society of Mariquita West Sylvia Yee and Brian Foundation Sacramento Westchester Community McCaffrey Jeanne Swartele-Wood Marianna Vaidman Stone Foundation Christopher Yeh and and Thomas Valley Charitable Trust Sherrie and David Westin Jennifer Jacoby-Yeh Swartele Jan and Lisa Van der Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Jay R. Yerkes Robert and Linden Weston Lawrence Lee You and Marijeanne Swift Adrienne Van Dyk Annie Westwater and Deborah Anne Cari Switzer Elizabeth L. Van Laan Cormac Eubanks Gravitz J. Bradford Sympson Brett Vapnek Hugh N. Westwater Amy Young Elizabeth Szaniszlo Veracity Real Estate Jonathan White Group Anne H. Widmark
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Marilyn and William Young Andrew and Eva Grove Cliff S. and Robert T. Rolfs Charitable The Grove Foundation Laurel E. Asness Foundation Foundation Johnson & Johnson Alan and Jane Batkin The San Francisco Ali Youssefi The Peierls Foundation, Dr. Georgette F. Bennett Foundation Zelda Gives Back Inc. and Dr. Leonard S. Pamela Saunders-Albin Philanthropic Fund Judy and Josh S. Weston Polonsky Dan Lufkin / The Dr. Peg Ziegler Dorothy L. Campbell Peter Jay Sharp Deborah L. Zimmer $5 MILLION + 1997 Trust Foundation Zisson Foundation, Inc Anonymous (1) Cliff S. and Laurel E. TripAdvisor Charitable lana Zollinhofer American Red Cross Asness Foundation Zunz Family Fund William K. Bowes, Jr. The Carson Family Young Green Foundation Nancy A. Zweng Foundation Charitable Trust Dubai Cares charity:water $1 MILLION + LIFETIME GIVING Educate A Child Chubb Charitable Anonymous (15) Foundation The IRC is grateful to Kenneth R. and Vickie A. Simin Allison French RAISE Initiative, Columbia American International its many supporters University whose compassion and Google.org Group, Inc. The IKEA Foundation Committee Encouraging American Jewish generosity over the Corporate decades has helped David and Ruth Levine Joint Distribution The Andrew W. Mellon Philanthropy Committee vulnerable families to The Leon and Toby survive, recover and Foundation American Jewish World Open Society Cooperman Service regain control of Foundation their futures. Foundations Anadarko Côte d’Ivoire Open Square Charitable The Crown Family Company The David & Lucile $40 MILLION + Gift Fund The Paul and Edith 61 Packard Foundation Anonymous (1) Pfizer Inc and Pfizer Babson Foundation Foundation Abigail Davis Bank of America NoVo Foundation Marie and Joseph Field Stichting Vluchteling Tamara G. and Michael D. Charitable Root Benito and Frances C. Foundation Silicon Valley Community Gaguine Foundation Bill and Alice Barnett $20 MILLION + Foundation Global Impact Marjorie Blachly (§) Fidelity Charitable The Speyer Family Polly (§) and John Guth BlackRock Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / Philip and Alicia Vera Blinken Foundation Katherine Farley and Hammarskjold Bloomberg Philanthropies The Starr Foundation Jerry I. Speyer Frederick J. Iseman Andrew H. Brimmer Vanguard Charitable Vada (§) and Ted (§) Jewish Communal Fund Brin Wojcicki Foundation Stanley JPMorgan Chase & Co. Richard Bruce and Leslie $10 MILLION + Starr International Christy and John Mack Aiello Anonymous (2) Foundation Margaret A. Cargill The California Arnhold Foundation Estate of John Whitehead Philanthropies Endowment General Electric and GE LDS Charities California Community Richard and Ronay Foundation $2.5 MILLION + Foundation Schwab Charitable Menschel The Capital Group Anonymous (2) Network For Good Stavros Niarchos Laurent and Johanna Companies Foundation Newman’s Own Charitable Alpert, in memory Foundation Tides Foundation of Paul and Sophie Foundation Page Family Foundation Chevron Alpert PayPal $7.5 MILLION + The Chipotle Cultivate American Express Anonymous (1) Foundation
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Nicholas R. and Karen Mastercard Sydney and Janet and Chickering Mastercard Foundation Stanley S. Shuman Richard Alexander Citi Foundation William B. McClatchy Tony and Sandra J. Tamer Cecilia Allen Community Foundation of Janet McClintock and Michael W. and Laurent and Johanna New Jersey John F. Imle Carol A. Taylor Alpert, in memory The Eleanor Crook Eduardo G. Mestre and Elena Thiebault Biddle of Paul and Sophie Foundation Gillian M. Shepherd The Robert and Margaret Alpert Dalio Foundation Microsoft Philanthropies Thomas Fund #1 Edson Andrews Dr. Kathryn W. Davis (§) Estate of Dorothy Abbe of the Community Judy and John Angelo The Destina Foundation James Mossman and Foundation of New Mary R. Angulo Drago Family Danielle Leinroth Jersey Robert and Judith Suzanne W. and Alan J. Estate of Richard Corvin Time Warner, Inc. Armstrong Dworsky Estate of Cynthia Leary Merryl H. and James S. Nancy C. Atherton Daniel J. Ernst Elizabeth Rasmussen (§) Tisch Andrea Axelrod Harry Fagan Jr. (§) Nancy B. Taylor (§) Unbound Philanthropy The Baldwin Family Fund H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Estate of Ann Smeltzer The Walton Family for Peace & Justice Jordan National Philanthropic Foundation Margaret and Rick FJC - A Foundation of Trust Warner Bros. Baldwin Philanthropic Funds The New York Community Entertainment, Inc. David and Karen Ballon The Ford Foundation Trust Maureen White and Judith Bardacke Theodore J. Forstmann Nike Foundation Steven Rattner Patricia and Joe Barile Charitable Trust Sarah and Peter O’Hagan The Winston Foundation, Richard D. and Elizabeth Diane von Furstenberg In memory of Andrew E. Inc. Barrows and Barry Diller Norman Catherine and Tracy William J. and Katherine 62 Goldman Sachs & Co. One Foundation Dublin Wolstencroft R. Bartholomew Goldman Sachs Gives Otto Family Foundation June C. Bashkin Horace W. Goldsmith Pearson Foundation PARTNERS FOR Marcia J. Bates Foundation PepsiCo, Inc. FREEDOM Alan and Jane Batkin Agnes Gund The Pew Charitable Trusts David R. (§) and Suzanne Partners for Freedom The Hauser Foundation The Pincus Family G. Baty are individuals who have Humanity United Foundation Eric Bebernitz generously included the Humble Bundle The Pincus Family Fund Stephen David Becker, in IRC in their will or estate Intel Foundation The Prudential Foundation honor of his parents, plans. We are honored by The David M. Leuschen Dr. Andrew Roman (§) Dr. Saul V. Becker this commitment, which Charitable Estate of Harriet and Augusta W. will provide lifesaving Foundation Rosenbloom Becker assistance to refugees for The John D. and George and Nancy Rupp Howard B. Beckwith years to come. Catherine T. Omar and Kathleen Dolores Bell MacArthur Saeed Anonymous (73) James Bell Foundation George S. Sarlo Charles A. Abela (§) Lawrence A. Benenson Mary B. Ketcham (§) Ruth and Julian David B. Abernethy Nancy S. Benjamin Steven Klinsky and Schroeder The Honorable and Mrs. Cindy Benner Maureen Sherry Mike Schroepfer and Erin Morton I. Abramowitz Dr. Georgette F. Bennett Leaves of Grass Fund Hoffmann Dorothy D. Aeschliman and Dr. Leonard S. The LeBrun Foundation Estate of Estelle Smucker Kathleen L. Agena Polonsky Estate of Lieselotte and The Leila and Mickey Sandy Agrafiotis Nora Benoliel Friedrich Solmsen Straus Family Elizabeth Franz Albert John A . Bergren Vincent A. and Charitable Trust Ellen J. Alexander Bella Berlly Anne H. Mai
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Annabelle (§) and Claude W. Bernard Eleanor and Richard Berry William Besselievre Rose S. Bethe David Birch, Esq. Kristin A. Birkness Sami Bitar Thomas C Bishop Charitable Fund David L. Black Jacqueline Blanchard Peter and Patricia Blasco Vera Blinken Ellen Block Betsy Blumenthal and Jonathan D. Root Norma Boecker Daniel I. Bonbright Loren L. Booda C. Keith and Lyn Boone Ann Brayfield and Joseph Emerson Actress Lena Headey listens to German Minister for Migration, Frau Aydan Özoguz, Willa Brunkhorst during a press conference at the CareForward offices in Berlin, Germany. 63 Lisa Buchert Margret Buchmann Tara Todras-Whitehill/IRC Mary Buck William C. Bullock Paul and Frances K. Burik Katherine Cecil Brigitte M. Cooke Frances de Usabel Kenneth Burrows Cornelia Cerf Seamus Cooney William Dean Wallace and Therese Constance J. Chandler Hazel and Alan Cope William and Patricia Dean Burton Judith Checker Kathryn Corbett Yvonne Delnis Charles M. Butler Nicholas R. and Karen Joann Corey Nicholas and Dolly Demos Odette Cadart-Ricard Chickering Robert M. Cotten Susan Dentzer and Toni K. and Colin J. Ingrid Christiansen Thomas and Sarah Cox Charles Alston Callahan Thomas and Patricia Patricia Cravens Stanley C. and Beverly Babbie and Stuart Cihowiak Marianna Crawford Diamond Cameron Judy Cirillo Christopher Cronan Trinh D. Doan and Michael Bill and Marilyn Campbell Sarah B. Clark Janet M. Cross Jermyn Ruth H. Campbell-Duffy June M. Clase June Curtis Rachel G. Doane and Joseph Duffy Nancy Cochran Art Cutler Doris (§) and Wakefield Michael P. Carley (§) Douglas and Kathryn Vincent Daly Dort Jim Carlstedt Cochrane Peter J. and Jane C. Drorbaugh Abby S. Casey Sheila Cohen Phyllis B. Davies Barbara Du Bois, Ph.D. Kicab Castaneda-Mendez Howard F. Cohn Abigail Davis Louise and Robert Dudley and Marta Chase Joan A. Gruenberg Billy Davis Nancy Hagle Duffy Edward and Cominos Marjorie E. De Hartog Betty A. Dy Jeanne Cavallini Peter A. Cook Dr. Clarence A. De Lima Anne Eberle
(§) Deceased donors Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years RESCUE.ORG OUR SUPPORTERS
Marilyn E. Eck Nora C. Gaines Geraldine Guggemos Reed and Marge Jacob Merle J. Edelman Carl T. Gaiser Jane Guthrie Dorothy Jenney Dr. M. William Edwards Julia Galosy Ruth B. Haas Ada Jeppesen William Egan Mary Ann Ganey Patricia Hackbarth Eric D. Jernigan Edward Eggert James and Yvonne Garon Paul and Lisa Haller Lucie Johns Thomas Ehlers (§) Doug and Geni Garrison Juanita E. Hallisey Gay Johnson Judith Eisele Sandra L. Geis Rose S. Halperin Stephen R. Judge Bettina Elliott Donetta George Peter and Harriet Sylvia Juran Dr. Arthur S. and Dr. Richard B. Gerber and Hanauer Judith Kadden Rochelle Elstein Ronna Lindner Robert and Joan Miles Kahler Ronald and Kathryn Ems Gay Gibson Handschumacher Ruth G. Kahn Bjorn Engberg Atherlie Gidding Kathleen Hanold Mark I. Kalish Susan Enzle Viola C. Gilbert Charles and Carolyn Mary B. Kasbohm Sara L. Esgate Clarence R. Gillett Hanson Alton Kastner Wynelle Evans-McNamara Steven L. Ginzbarg Pahle Hausmann Anne Kelemen Judy H. Fair-Spaulding Jackie Gnepp and Joshua Eugene R. Heise Warren and Robert J. Fassbender Klayman Nancy L. Hendrix Jo Anne D. Keller Thomas Faulds Louise and Richard Lucile P. and Jay Herbert Jeanne Kempthorne Matthew A. Feigin and Goines Valerie and Richard Herr William Kennedy and Adina Yoffie Eleanore S. and Joan L. Juliane Heyman Holly Neal Kennedy Judith Feiner Goldberg Charitable Susan L. Hill Chelsea R. Kesselheim Marguerite Felice Remainder Trust Don Hines Maurine King Karl R. Feller Leo A. Goldberg John Hirschi Lois Kirschenbaum Donald and Patricia Fels Irma Goldknopf Lisa Hirsh Doris M. Kling Evelyn R. and John 64 Caroline Goldsmith Cynthia K. Hobart David A. and Anita R. Ferguson Susan Goldsmith Sharon Hodges Knechel Elliott Fine Gail Goldwasser Rosemary Hoehn Kathleen N. Knepper Carole and Harvey Finkel Virginia N. Gonsalves John Hoffman Kenneth (§) and Ruth Elizabeth E. Finkler Robert W. Goodman Mary Hogan Knudtson Anna Fisher Jean Gorman Mary C Holder Christopher Kohlmeier Marvin Fisher Robin B. Gosnell Gerald and Nisha Holton Cathy Kornblith Edward B. Fiske and Gabriele M. Gossner Maedell Howard Linda Korsgaard Helen Ladd Sanford S. and Lorraine Ann Hulen Susan Kotcher and Dudley Flamm B. Gotlib Marjorie Hull Steven Carbo Glenn R. Fleischman Dragica Grabovac Marsha Hunt Roger Krouse Susan H. Fleming Peter Grad and Marylynn Christopher (§) and Carlos E. Kruytbosch Nell Fliehmann Boris Hilda Hunter Harriet Kuhr Ronald F. Foisy Marianna Graham Beverly Hurwitz Carol A. Kuzmyak Vicki Foley Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Jeffrey A. and Yong and Raymond Kwok Walter E. and Nora Foster Nancy G. Frakes Granett Cheryl Hylton Andrea Lambrinides and Leslie French Ann Green In memory of Frances John Johnnidis Nancy Frick and Richard Cheryl Greenberg and Peter Havas, Carl E. Langenhop Bruno Neal Greenberg Austrian political William and Barbara Jack Funt James Grindlinger refugees Larsen Benito and Louise Grunwald Ann Ingram Margaret (§) and Frances C. Gaguine Donald Guateri and M. Barbara W. Irwin David Lauder Foundation Lynott Frederick Iseman Marion J. Nelkens Mary E. Gaines Yvonne Guers-Villate and Joan Isserlis Lederer Jose T. (§) Villate Bruce E. Jackson David Hank Lee
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Andrew Lenard Louise McAllister Nancy L. Neiman- Steven R. and Alice Herbert H. and Ellen S. Elizabeth M. Hoffman Plotnick Lenk McCambridge Kathleen Nelson Uzenzile Poindexter Olga Leskiw and Nori William B. McClatchy Merlin E. (§) and Gerald A. Pollack Suzuki Janet McClintock and Janet Nelson Alvin W. Post Victor and Roz Leviatin John F. Imle Virginia Newes Steven R. and Jo Ann Mark and Suzanne Ann McHugh Jerry Newman Potashnick Levinson Mary McKay (§) Robert C. Newman Mary Jane Potter Dr. H. Richard Levy James D. McMichael Roxana M. and Thomas Powell Dennis and Paul and Lana McNeil Paul Newman Lorna Power Betty Lewis (§) Dorothy McPherson Joseph H. Nguyen The Robert O. Preyer Sidney and Linda Liebes Jerry D. McPike Christopher Niebuhr Charitable Lead Joann J. Linder Estelle Meadoff Paul A. and Gayle Nyhuis Unitrust Nancy E. Lippincott Catherine V. Meehan Mimi O’Hagan William Prusoff Charitable Marie Lobre Mrs. Lynda S. Meeker, Sarah and Peter O’Hagan Lead Unitrust Dorothy C. Loehrer in memory of Mr. Caroline Ong Mark and Sue Ann Pugh Edward E. Loewe Warren C. Meeker Jody Onorato Kay Puttock Patricia V. Long Barbara J. Meislin Daphne A. O’Sullivan Andrew A. and Gail C. Warren LoPresti The Meledandri Family Mary K. Oswald Quartner Winston Lord and Bette Trust India K. Ourisman Susan Quillman Bao Robert Mermelstein Elaine R. Owens Ajir M. Rai Christine H. Lorenz Charles W. Merrels Irene M. Pace Joyce L. Rauhe Mary Ruth Lyle Beverley B. and Edgar G. Maryann Padol Thomas Ray Kathleen Lynn and Ben Merson Gustav and Meghana Reddy and Nathanson Jule Meyer Hanna Papanek Avinash Kaza 65 John C. and Barbara M. Betty and Peter J. Constance Paraskeva Judy L. Regan Lynskey Michelozzi Evelyn D. Parker Nancy E. Reid Marilyn I. Madden John S. Miller III and Sylvia Parker Michael J. Reilly Mark J. Magenheim Barbara Y. Miller William Hally Parker David J. Reiss Vincent A. and Anne H. Lawrence B. Miller Sandip Patel Sandra A. Remis Mai Marilyn Miller Susan and Alan Patricof Milbrey Rennie and Zach Robert and Jean Major Robert Miner Dr. James L. Patterson, Jr. Taylor Patricia Makely and Shannon Mitchell and Sharon A. Pauli Heidi Renteria Joseph Schechter Maxim Engers Dr. Nadine Michéle Payn Naomi Replansky Rudolf A. and Frances T. Saul and Ezra Mizrahi Andy and Gwen Payne Jean-Paul Richard Makkreel Katharine B. Morgan Paul Peabody Albert A. Riddering Robert F. Marino Georgiana K. Morrison Marion Pearce Bernard and Barbara Ries Carol L. Markewitz Philip Mulqueen Joyce Pendleton Elizabeth M. Rifino Connor Markey Muriel J. Mummau C. Diane Percival Gwen Cheryl Rigby Linda Marsh Donald and Ann Munro David Perry Diana I. Rigg Stanley and Wendy Marsh Thomas A. and Emily L. W. James Peterson Daniel L. Riley J. Laird Marshall Murawski Ron W. Petrie Eleanor A. Robb Lucretia Martin Sharon Murphy John C. Phan Evelyn L. Robert Margaret Martin Ann Murray Kenneth Phelps Gilda M. Roberts Craig T. Mason Leila Mustachi David L. Phillips Anne Robertson Maria Massey Marilu A. Nashel Janice E. Phillips Nancy Rodrique Michelle Mathesius Lester H. Nathan Naomi Phillips Estate of Edward Rogers Elizabeth T. Mathew Barbara W. Nathan Lora Pierce Arnold M. and Janet E. Pauline M. Mayo Margaret E. Platts Rogoff
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Cathy Root Glenn Seime Theodore J. Susac II Judy and Josh S. Weston Tamara G. and Michael D. Edward Seltzer Diana D. Swain Barbara Whan Root John S. Shafer Jane Swicegood Douglas and Katherine Gideon Rose Clarence Shannon Ruth E. Swim Wheeler Diane E. Rosen Gerry Shapiro David Tabatsky Clare White James Rosen Marilyn Sharp Eve M. Tai Jackie and Eric White Saralee Rosen and Gary Mary Shay Gabor Tamasi Maureen White and Blumsohn Sherri Sheftel Joseph Tanen and Steven Rattner Bella H. Rosenberg James T. and Hiroko Nancy Phillips Michael and Judy L. White Jane Rosov Sherwin Ann M. Tattersall Trina J. Whitney Keith Ross Marjorie F Shipe Michael W. and Anne H. Widmark Shelley N. Roth and Jed I. Wanda R. Shirk Carol A. Taylor Mark and Janet Widoff Weissberg Irwin and Renee Shishko June L. Temple Dora Wiebenson Susan Roth Jerry A. Shroder Millie and Marcel Jonathan L. Wiesner Chester Rowland Mark Sibley, Jr. Tenenbaum William Wilcox James E. (§) and Jurg and Linda Theo G. and Artemisia Murton H. Wilkes Elizabeth J. Royster Siegenthaler Thevaos Brent S. Wille Davina L. Rubin David Siegrist Sue Thollaug Donald G. and Elinor R. George and Nancy Rupp Kay Silberfeld Earlene Thom Williams Carol Anne Ruppel and Abraham C. Silberman Edith D. Tipple Joseph Williford Brien Williams John A. Tolleris Philip Silver Dorothy Winkey Philip Ruscitti John Train Sharon J. Simms Richard B. and Edith Wolf Catherine W. Rush Harriette E. Treloar James and Marianne Gary and Sandra R. James Saakvitne Emily Turk Skeen Worthington Robert and Martha Sachs Ruth Turner 66 Lindley S. and Judith A. Arthur F. Wortman Inge Sagel-Treser Jessie K. Ulin Sloan Janet A. Wright Aimee Saginaw Stephen J. Umhoefer Anne M. Smiddy Jean Wright Paul V. Samoni Elsie E. Van De Maele Linda B. Smith Warren Wyss George S. Sarlo Celestine M. Van Dorpe William Smolin Julia C. Xeros Naomi Schecter Dee Van Leeuwen George W. Smyth, Jr. Wesley and Mariam Yale Tom Schloegel and Erika Ursula A. Van Raden Ronni Solbert Reverend Lois F. Yatzeck Dagress Dr. Ronald and Mrs. Betty Gillian Sorensen James Yee Gary W. and Bernice A. Vander Kooi Raymond J. and Penelope Yungblut Schmelz Mrs. Dana Vandersip Joan C. Spatti Stephen A. and Myrna Roy G. Schmidt and Paul and Lois Vandrick Evelyn R. Spletter Zach Marilyn S. Lindvig Howard Vaughan Tina Springer Evelyn Zafran Paul Lambert Schmitz Bella Verkhovsky Sidney Stark, Jr. Sam and Tracy Zager Karen Schneider Lucia Vinciguerra Robert D. Stenzel Grace Zahn M.Gay Schoene James Visser Beverly B. Sterry Gabriel Zepecki Doris Schoenhoff Lawrence D. Vitt Dewey K. Ziegler Anne Marie Schorn- Peggy Stevens Jeffrey and Kay Waingrow Kathleen Zingaro Vernot Richard L. Stevens Sandy Waks Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Susan Schrenzel Herbert O. Stiefel John and Zucker Kathryn and Jerome A. and Teresa S. Waldes Joseph T. Zylla Jay (§) Schulberg Betty W. Stone Steve F. Warkany Emanuel Schweid Marsha Stout Roxanne Warren Ann and Lloyd Scott Patricia S. Stover Nila J. Webster Mary Jean Scott Walter Straus Lois L. Weinroth Kevin Segall Maria Stycos Lynne Wells Marcia A. Summers CHARITABLE GIFT
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ANNUITIES Black Diamond Morena Baccarin Charitable gift annuities Dr. Ann Bortz, PsyD, Sarah Wayne Callies are a unique way for E-RYT Danielle de Niese donors to ensure life-long George E. Conway Romola Garai income for themselves El Dorado Furniture Lena Headey or loved ones while also Evergreen Rotary Rashida Jones helping the IRC respond Foundation, Inc. John Legend to future humanitarian Facebook Mandy Patinkin crises. First Congregational Piper Perabo United Church of Anonymous (2) Christ - Boulder Carol A. Baker First Unitarian Church Lesley J. Barker Google.org Ward Barnes Adam Holmes Ellen Bartelt IKEA North America Richard Bruce and Leslie Services LLC Aiello Integrated Real Estate Peter H. Burian Services Jim Dailey Steve Kinney Barbara A. DeBree LDS Charities Robert A. Delfausse and Microsoft Philanthropies Ann Alton Mozaic Anne Eberle PCs for People Joan Ferris Perkins Coie Irma Goldknopf Patrick Quayle 67 Eva Havas Samuel Adams Jean Herron Spanish Broadcasting Lois R. Lowenberg System, Inc. Marianne Lynch Stantec Humra Mahmood William and Katheryn Carolyn Pozzini Sublette Krishnan Raman The Drop William and Linda K. Threads 4 Thought Richter Turner Broadcasting Diana I. Rigg System, Inc. John and Anne Rogers Twice As Nice Paul Ross Consignment Phyllis Schwartz Unitarian Universalist Susan Spaven and Daniel Congregation of Neagley Atlanta Randall T. Stephan Utah Open Source Matthew Wallace IN-KIND DONORS Welcome to America Project 23andMe Willis Construction Greg Altschuh YMCA of Metropolitan Airbnb Denver Article Bacardi IRC VOICES Ben and Jerry’s
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IRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OVERSEERS
Katherine Farley Tracy R. Wolstencroft Co-Chairs, Board of Directors
Danusia Dzierzbinski Acting Treasurer
Ricardo Castro Secretary
David Miliband President and CEO
Timothy F. Geithner Chair, Overseers
Liv Ullmann Honorary Vice Chair, International
Alan R. Batkin BOARD OF DIRECTORS Winston Lord 68 Sarah O’Hagan Thomas Schick AND STAFF James C. Strickler Jonathan L. Wiesner LEADERSHIP Chairs Emeriti
BOARD OF The International Rescue Committee is governed by a volunteer, DIRECTORS Her Majesty Queen unpaid Board of Directors. The Overseers provide advice on Rania Al Abdullah of policy, advocacy, fundraising and public relations. Jordan Clifford S. Asness George Biddle Florence A. Davis Susan Dentzer Katherine Farley Timothy F. Geithner Corydon J. Gilchrist Sir John Holmes Steven Klinsky David Levine John Mack François-Xavier de Mallmann Eduardo G. Mestre
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017
David Miliband Timothy F. Geithner STAFF LEADERSHIP IRC-UK BOARD Jillian Muller Robin Gosnell Sanjayan Srikanthan Thomas Nides Evan G. Greenberg David Miliband Acting Senior Vice Michael J. O’Neill Maurice R. Greenberg President and President, Europe, Anjali Pant Morton I. Hamburg Chief Executive Officer Executive Director, IRC- Kathleen M. Pike Philip Hammarskjold UK Omar Saeed Leila Heckman Ciarán Donnelly Pamela Saunders-Albin Karen Hein Senior Vice President, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rajiv Shah Lucile P. Herbert International Programs Sir John Holmes Gordon Smith Robert Horne Danusia Dzierzbinski Gillian Sorensen GCVO, KBE, CMG Chair George F. Hritz Acting Chief Financial Sally Susman Jodi Nelson Aly S. Jeddy Officer Mona Sutphen Senior Vice President, Marvin Josephson Tony Tamer Policy and Practice Alton Kastner Jodi Nelson Merryl H. Tisch M. Farooq Kathwari Senior Vice President, Ian Barry Ercument Tokat Henry A. Kissinger Policy and Practice Chair, Audit and Maureen White Yong Kwok Governance Committee Nina Whitman Madlin Sadler Reynold Levy Tracy R. Wolstencroft Senior Vice President, Kemal Ahmed Winston Lord Operations and Strategy Sir Hugh Bayley Vincent A. Mai George Biddle OVERSEERS Robert E. Marks Amanda Seller Tineke Ceelen Morton I. Abramowitz Roman Martinez IV Senior Vice President, Ciarán Donnelly Madeleine K. Albright Kati Marton Global Partnerships and Laurent Alpert Francesco Garzarelli W. Allen Moore Philanthropy Kofi A. Annan Susan Gibson 69 Sara Moss F. William Barnett Jennifer Sime Sir Michael Lockett Indra K. Nooyi Alan R. Batkin Senior Vice President, Lynette Lowndes Sadako Ogata Christoph Becker US Programs and Iliane Ogilvie Thompson Sarah O’Hagan Georgette F. Bennett Senior Vice President, Dylan Pereira Susan Patricof Vera Blinken AMU Jake Ulrich Scott Pelley Betsy Blumenthal Richard Winter David L. Phillips Ricardo Castro W. Michael Blumenthal Bill Winters Colin L. Powell General Counsel Mary Boies Milbrey Rennie Andrew H. Brimmer Sanjayan Srikanthan Condoleezza Rice Jennifer Brokaw Acting Senior Vice Felix G. Rohatyn Tom Brokaw President, Europe, Gideon Rose Glenda Burkhart Executive Director, IRC- George Rupp Frederick M. Burkle UK Néstor Carbonell George S. Sarlo Robert M. Cotten Reshma Saujani IRC-BELGIUM BOARD Trinh D. Doan Thomas Schick OF DIRECTORS Jodie Eastman James T. Sherwin Andra Ehrenkranz James C. Strickler Imogen Sudbery Her Royal Highness Liv Ullmann George Biddle Princess Firyal of William J. vanden Heuvel Kathleen Hayen Jordan Josh S. Weston Vicki Foley Jonathan L. Wiesner Kenneth R. French William T. Winters Jeffrey E. Garten James D. Wolfensohn
RESCUE.ORG FINANCIAL REPORT
FINANCIAL REPORT
CONSOLIDATED AUDITED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Year ended Sept. 30, 2017, and Sept. 30, 2016 THE IRC’S (in thousands) EFFICIENCY
2017 2016 � Fundraising 4%
OPERATING REVENUES � Management & Contributions $ 155,361 $ 101,444 General 7% Contributed goods and services 11,344 6,827 � Program Grants and contracts 552,229 602,449 Services 89% Foundation and private grants 24,286 20,257 Investment return used for operations 5,271 4,956 Loan administration fees and other income 5,016 3,958
Total Operating Revenues 753,507 739,891
OPERATING EXPENSES 70 Program Services: International programs 493,988 533,294 U.S. programs 94,012 86,227 Emergency preparedness, technical units and other 52,863 44,915 PROGRAM SERVICES Total Program Services 640,863 664,436 � Health 32% Supporting Services: � Education 16% Management and general 46,519 40,334 � Resettlement 15% Fundraising 30,190 17,966 � Water & Total Supporting Services 76,709 58,300 Sanitation 10% Total Operating Expenses 717,572 722,736 � Protection 9%
Excess (deficiency) of operating revenues over operating expenses 35,935 17,155 � Distribution 8% Excess related to Unrestricted Funds 6,136 4,671 � Livelihood 8% Excess (deficiency) related to Temporary Restricted Funds* 29,799 12,484 Endowment, planned giving and other non-operating activities (net) 8,482 (3,094) � Other Increase in net assets 44,417 14,061 Programs* 2% Net assets, beginning of year 175,835 161,774 * Includes shelter and community development NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $ 220,252 $ 175,835
* Unspent temporary restricted funds are carried forward and therefore may produce deficits in the years when expanded. Complete financial statements, audited by KPMG LLP, are available at Rescue.org
IRC ANNUAL REPORT 2017 How You Can Help the IRC
ADVOCATE Join the IRC’s online global family at Rescue.org to receive important advocacy alerts and news about the humanitarian issues that are important to you.
VOLUNTEER The IRC relies on volunteers to support its work helping refugees adjust to a new life in the United States. For information, visit Rescue.org/Volunteer.
FUNDRAISE Start your own fundraising campaign to support the IRC and make a difference. For information, visit Rescue.org/DIY.
DONATE 71 Give online by visiting our website at Rescue.org. Make a tax-deductible contribution by calling 1 855-9RESCUE or by mail to:
Donations International Rescue Committee 122 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10168-1289
The IRC accepts gifts in the form of securities. For more information, please contact [email protected].
FUTURE GIFTS Ensure that displaced people make their way from harm to home in the future through a bequest to the IRC. Contact [email protected] for information or to indicate that you have already included the IRC in your estate plans.
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