American Red Cross
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
OverviewAI-generated
The American Red Cross, also known by the acronym ARC and the alias American National Red Cross, is an active nonprofit organization and funder based in Washington, United States. It was established in 1881 and holds the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code P21. The entity is recognized in the Congressional Gold Medal collection.
The organization employs 19,345 people and has 306,303 volunteers. Its legal name is AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, and it operates under the jurisdiction of US-DC.
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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
- Instance of
- National Red Cross and Red Crescent society
- Field of work
- humanitarian aid
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Clara Barton
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Chairperson
- Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
- Employees
- 17425
- Revenue
- 3804377344
- Legal form
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Official website
- www.redcross.org
- Image
- American Red Cross headquarters.JPG
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- has goal
- international humanitarian law
- official donation page URL
- www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html
- Commons category
- American Red Cross
- topic's main category
- Category:American Red Cross
- inception
- 1881-05-21
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- number of volunteers
- 267210
- member of
- International Life Saving Federation
- location of formation
- Washington, D.C.
- National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code
- P21
- described at URL
- www.ifrc.org/national-societies-directory/american-red-cross
- operating area
- United States
- 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
- accredited by
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- official blog URL
- redcrosschat.org
- total assets
- 4565143729
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “American Red Cross” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.