About United States Fund for Unicef
UNICEF USA is the U.S.-based fundraising, advocacy, and education arm for the United Nations Children’s Fund, channeling philanthropic support to UNICEF’s global programs that protect children’s health, education, and rights and respond to humanitarian emergencies. Rather than operating an independent grantmaking program, UNICEF USA mobilizes private donors, corporate partners, and major gifts to fund UNICEF country offices, global emergency appeals, and programmatic initiatives focused on child survival, protection, and development worldwide.
Focus Areas
Child Survival and Immunization ProgramsEmergency Humanitarian Response for Children (nutrition, shelter, WASH)Child Protection and Anti-exploitation InitiativesEarly Childhood Development and Basic Education AccessAdvocacy for Children’s Rights and Policy Change
Who They Fund
vulnerable children in low- and lower-middle-income countrieschildren and families affected by disasters / humanitarian criseschildren with disabilities
About United States Fund for Unicef
United States Fund for UNICEF centers its grant activity on channeling capital into UNICEF programs rather than building a broad, open-ended domestic grant portfolio. Its recent filings show a heavy concentration of support for the UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children, including a $52,930,060 grant in 2023 and additional awards in 2024 and 2025, alongside a smaller set of grants tied to child health, protection, and local child-rights initiatives. The foundation’s work connects philanthropy to UNICEF programming in ways that emphasize continuity, rapid funding, and program support for children in humanitarian and development settings. Beyond the impact fund, the foundation has backed research and implementation partners working on child health measurement, disability inclusion, migrant youth, and child-friendly municipal planning. That mix suggests a funder that uses a few large, mission-specific vehicles and then layers in targeted grants to organizations that can extend UNICEF-linked priorities into public health analysis, community programs, and local governance. In practice, the grantmaking footprint is shaped by UNICEF program needs, with most awards landing at U.S.-based institutions that support global or child-focused work.
What United States Fund for Unicef Funds
In child health and nutrition, the foundation awarded $1,310,936 to John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for monitoring reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition outcomes in Global Financing Facility countries. It also gave $110,000 to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School to publish a comprehensive analysis of mortality trends, coverage, and drivers of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition. For child protection and psychosocial support, it provided $250,000 to Israaid (US) Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc for mental health and resilience services to children in Israel. The same theme appears in a $88,268 grant to Children of Persia for home care programs aimed at children who lack proper care. The foundation also supports local child participation and inclusion. It gave $118,750 to Greater Houston Community Foundation for the Child Friendly City Initiative, and $425,358 to John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for program initiatives for disabled children through the Special Olympics Committee.
How United States Fund for Unicef Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$17.3M
Total Assets
$514.5M
Total Revenue
$835.2M
Total Expenses
$594.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $179K, with a median of $49K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$49K
75th Percentile
$179K
Geographic Reach
National9 states funded
About 24% of grants go to recipients in MD.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MICHAEL J NYENHUIS
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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