Q470110
Sign in to saveAlso known as American Red Cross Society, A.R.C., ARC, Red Cross, The Red Cross, Red Cross of United States of America, United States of America Red Cross
National Red Cross Society in the United States
Key facts
- Formation
- May 21, 1881 ; 145 years ago ( 1881-05-21 )
- Founder
- Clara Barton
- Type
- Charitable organization
- Tax id no
- 53-0196605
- Legal status
- Instrumentality of the United States and a body corporate and politic 501(c)(3) organization
- Purpose
- Humanitarian aid
- Headquarters
- American Red Cross National Headquarters
- Location
- Washington, D.C. , United States
- Region served
- United States
- Key people
- Gail J. McGovern ( Chairman ) Cliff Holtz (President & CEO )
- Main organ
- Board of Governors
- Revenue
- US$3.4 billion (2022)
- Website
- www .redcross .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1881
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Also known as
- ARC, American National Red Cross
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.281926.6 · ISNI 0000 0001 2214 8581
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 17425
- Revenue
- 3804377344
- Official website
- www.redcross.org
- Image
- American Red Cross headquarters.JPG
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- official donation page URL
- www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html
- Commons category
- American Red Cross
- inception
- 1881-05-21
- number of volunteers
- 267210
- National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code
- P21
- described at URL
- www.ifrc.org/national-societies-directory/american-red-cross
- donations
- 1331945848
- contact page URL
- www.redcross.org/contact-us.html
- press information URL
- www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/media-resources.html
- accessibility statement URL
- www.redcross.org/accessibility.html
- official blog URL
- redcrosschat.org
- total assets
- 4565143729
Sources (15)
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The American National Red Cross, sometimes referred to as ANRC, is an American nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. Clara Barton founded the organization in 1881 after initially learning of the Red Cross, founded 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the designated American affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The organization has provided services after many notable disasters, including the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, World War I, the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, World War II, Hurricane Katrina, and the Maui wildfires of 2023. It also provides blood banking services.