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On the cover: A primary-school student in Pakistan, where the IRC and 10 partner organizations will work to improve the quality of reading education in 38,000 schools and advance and develop the reading-instruction skills of 94,000 teachers over the next five years. The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded the IRC $160 million to implement the program, called the Pakistan Reading Project. This page: A young girl in a coastal village on Panay Island, the Philippines, carries water cans that had been distributed by the IRC Emergency Team following Typhoon Haiyan.
Contents Message from the Co-Chairs of the IRC Board and Overseers Message from the President A Challenge and an Honor Rescue, Protect and Rebuild: The IRC in 2013 Our Supporters Board of Directors and Staff Leadership Financial Report How You Can Help
On the cover: A primary-school student in Pakistan, where the IRC and 10 partner organizations will work to improve the quality of reading education in 38,000 schools and advance and develop the reading-instruction skills of 94,000 teachers over the next five years. The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded the IRC $160 million to implement the program, called the Pakistan Reading Project. This page: A young girl in a coastal village on Panay Island, the Philippines, carries water cans that had been distributed by the IRC Emergency Team following Typhoon Haiyan.
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A Syrian infant is treated at an IRC-run clinic in Mafraq, Jordan. The IRC provides primary and reproductive health care to refugees here and at a second clinic in the border town of Ramtha.
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Contents Message from the Co-Chairs of the IRC Board and Overseers Message from the President A Challenge and an Honor Rescue, Protect and Rebuild: The IRC in 2013 Our Supporters Board of Directors and Staff Leadership Financial Report How You Can Help
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A Syrian infant is treated at an IRC-run clinic in Mafraq, Jordan. The IRC provides primary and reproductive health care to refugees here and at a second clinic in the border town of Ramtha.
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The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.
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The IRC manages the Surge Protection Project,which helps the United Nations protect refugees during a crisis. Surge Protection Project staff members are deployed in these countries.
The IRC’s Ratings The American Institute of Philanthropy gives the IRC an A+. Charity Navigator awarded the IRC its highest rating. And the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance notes the IRC meets all 20 standards. Northern
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Below: This woman and child are among 370,00 people displaced by war and drought who live in camps and settlements in Mogadishu, Somalia. The IRC runs four health clinics in the city for displaced people.
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.
Start your own fundraising campaign to support the IRC and make a difference. For information, visit the iRescue DIY fundraising site at: diy.rescue.org
Donate Give online by visiting our website at Rescue.org. Make a tax-deductible contribution by mail to: Donations International Rescue Committee 122 East 42nd St. New York, NY 10168-1289
Volunteer The IRC relies on volunteers to support its work helping refugees adjust to a new life in the United States. For information about how you can help, contact: rescue.org/volunteer
Join the conversation
The IRC accepts gifts in the form of securities. For more information, please contact: development.operations@rescue.org
@theIRC @InternationalRescueCommittee Pinterest.com/theIRC
Future Gifts Ensure that displaced people make their way from harm to home in the future through a bequest to the IRC. Contact plannedgiving@rescue.org for information or to indicate that you have already included the IRC in your estate plans.
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In 2013, the IRC and its partner organizations: Provided 13 million people with primary and reproductive health care
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Bottom: These plywood boxes contain rubber bladders used to store fresh water for drinking and washing. The IRC is distributing the bladders in camps for displaced people in northern Syria, where fresh water is scarce.
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Opposite page: A young man fetches water in the Kaledan River in Chin state, the poorest state in Myanmar. The IRC runs livelihood and other programs in Chin.
Gave 1.4 million people access to clean drinking water and sanitation Vaccinated over 276,000 children against disease; supported clinics and hospitals which helped 272,000 women deliver healthy babies
Photo Credits All photos by Peter Biro except: Inside front cover: Tyler Jump; p.1: Ned Colt; p.2 (Board) The IRC; p.2 (David Miliband) Lynda Shenkman Curtis; p.3 top: Kete Shabani; top right: Ned Colt; near left: ABC News; p.5 below right: Ned Colt; p.6:Tyler Jump; p.7: Sophia Jones-Mwangi; p.8: Brian Harkin; p.11 top: Antoinette Verbree/SV; bottom: JeanPhilippe Dobrin; p.15: Jean-Philippe Dobrin; p.17: Ashley Samuela Raasch; p.19 top: Evelyn Hockstein/ UNHCR; bottom: Ned Colt; inside back cover bottom: Ned Colt
Editor: Steven Manning Editorial Director: Edward Bligh Design: www.reddogdesigninc.com Print: Digital Color Concepts This document is printed on Finch Fine, which is made using 10% post-consumer waste and produced using 66% on-site sustainable energy sources.
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Where we work around the world
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The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.
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Northern Caucasus Turkey Syria Lebanon Iraq Palestinian Territories Jordan
NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Senegal Sierra Leone Liberia Ivory Coast
Mali Niger Chad South Yemen Sudan Central African Ethiopia Republic Kenya
Uganda
Pakistan
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Cameroon Democratic Republic of Congo
Thailand BANGKOK
Philippines Somalia Rwanda Burundi Tanzania
Malaysia Indonesia
Zimbabwe South Africa
The IRC manages the Surge Protection Project,which helps the United Nations protect refugees during a crisis. Surge Protection Project staff members are deployed in these countries.
The IRC’s Ratings The American Institute of Philanthropy gives the IRC an A+. Charity Navigator awarded the IRC its highest rating. And the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance notes the IRC meets all 20 standards. Northern
Fundraising Management and General Program Services 3%
92%
Afghanistan Pakistan Myanmar Thailand
Yemen
BANGKOK
Philippines
Ethiopia Kenya
NAIROBI
Somalia Rwanda
Malaysia
Advocate
Raise Money
Below: This woman and child are among 370,00 people displaced by war and drought who live in camps and settlements in Mogadishu, Somalia. The IRC runs four health clinics in the city for displaced people.
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.
Start your own fundraising campaign to support the IRC and make a difference. For information, visit the iRescue DIY fundraising site at: diy.rescue.org
Donate Give online by visiting our website at Rescue.org. Make a tax-deductible contribution by mail to: Donations International Rescue Committee 122 East 42nd St. New York, NY 10168-1289
Volunteer The IRC relies on volunteers to support its work helping refugees adjust to a new life in the United States. For information about how you can help, contact: rescue.org/volunteer
Join the conversation
The IRC accepts gifts in the form of securities. For more information, please contact: development.operations@rescue.org
@theIRC @InternationalRescueCommittee Pinterest.com/theIRC
Future Gifts Ensure that displaced people make their way from harm to home in the future through a bequest to the IRC. Contact plannedgiving@rescue.org for information or to indicate that you have already included the IRC in your estate plans.
@InternationalRescueCommittee
In 2013, the IRC and its partner organizations: Provided 13 million people with primary and reproductive health care
5%
Caucasus
Turkey Syria non Iraq nian ries Jordan
South Sudan
The IRC’s Efficiency
How You Can Support the IRC
Bottom: These plywood boxes contain rubber bladders used to store fresh water for drinking and washing. The IRC is distributing the bladders in camps for displaced people in northern Syria, where fresh water is scarce.
Myanmar
Haiti
Offices IRC Programs Surge Protection Project
Afghanistan
Opposite page: A young man fetches water in the Kaledan River in Chin state, the poorest state in Myanmar. The IRC runs livelihood and other programs in Chin.
Gave 1.4 million people access to clean drinking water and sanitation Vaccinated over 276,000 children against disease; supported clinics and hospitals which helped 272,000 women deliver healthy babies
Photo Credits All photos by Peter Biro except: Inside front cover: Tyler Jump; p.1: Ned Colt; p.2 (Board) The IRC; p.2 (David Miliband) Lynda Shenkman Curtis; p.3 top: Kete Shabani; top right: Ned Colt; near left: ABC News; p.5 below right: Ned Colt; p.6:Tyler Jump; p.7: Sophia Jones-Mwangi; p.8: Brian Harkin; p.11 top: Antoinette Verbree/SV; bottom: JeanPhilippe Dobrin; p.15: Jean-Philippe Dobrin; p.17: Ashley Samuela Raasch; p.19 top: Evelyn Hockstein/ UNHCR; bottom: Ned Colt; inside back cover bottom: Ned Colt
Editor: Steven Manning Editorial Director: Edward Bligh Design: www.reddogdesigninc.com Print: Digital Color Concepts This document is printed on Finch Fine, which is made using 10% post-consumer waste and produced using 66% on-site sustainable energy sources.
Message from the Co-Chairs of the IRC Board and Overseers Dear Supporters, In 2013, the Board of Directors fulfilled one of its most important responsibilities: choosing the agency’s chief executive officer. Last spring, at the conclusion of an extensive search, the Board selected David Miliband, former U.K. Foreign Secretary, as successor to our accomplished CEO of the last 11 years, George Rupp. David took office on Sept. 3. Thanks to careful planning during the spring and summer, the transition took place in an orderly manner. Moreover, the change came during a year in which the IRC’s domestic and international programs were more extensive than ever before and we were responding in the Middle East to one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades. Our budget approached half a billion dollars,
an indicator of the robust level of humanitarian assistance we are providing to the world’s most vulnerable people. In 2013, the IRC continued to manage carefully and prudently the resources entrusted to us by donors, and the organization again received top grades from leading charity evaluators. The program statistics that are highlighted throughout this report show the significant impact the IRC is having on the lives of millions of people. Please know that we and our colleagues on the Board of Directors and the Overseers are grateful to you, our donors, for your continuing support of our critically important mission. You make our work possible, and you bring hope and a better life to people throughout the world.
Sarah O’Hagan Co-Chair, Board of Directors
Glenda Burkhart Co-Chair, Overseers
Thomas Schick Co-Chair, Board of Directors
Scott Pelley Co-Chair, Overseers
Message from the President Dear Friends, I am honored to present the IRC annual report for 2013—a year in which we continued to carry out our lifesaving mission globally, while offering crucial services for refugees resettling in the United States. Our response to the growing crisis in Syria and its neighbors epitomizes our dedication to people and communities in need. I’ve seen for myself in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey how much the IRC’s work is valued by refugees and how highly it is respected by donors. Our cross-border work, carried out with extraordinarily courageous Syrian partners, has enabled us to provide over a million people with desperately needed health care.
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All around the world, we have continued our work in health, education, economic development, and women’s protection and empowerment, helping millions of people affected by protracted, often forgotten conflicts. We have expanded our work in the Sahel, a region of Africa coping not only with widespread conflict but also with mass population movements caused by shortages of natural resources.
As the son of refugees, I am honored to lead the International Rescue Committee. We are grateful for the support we are receiving from our donors, our staff, and members of our Board of Directors and Overseers. I hope you are as inspired as I am by the record presented here.
2013 was also a year which dramatized the risks involved in our mission. We continue to mourn the loss of five members of our staff who were abducted and murdered in Afghanistan. We honor their memory by continuing their brave work.
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The IRC and its partners created 226 village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) that benefited some 14,000 members in 8 countries. IRC Annual Report 2013
A Challenge and an Honor “ To be confronted during my first week as president with the killing of five IRC staff members in Afghanistan brought home the risks and dangers as well as the challenges the IRC faces every day. When talking to IRC staff members around the world, what is most striking is how they are determined to honor their colleagues’ memory by carrying on their work. The enduring quality of the IRC’s mission shows through strongly.”
David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, became president and CEO of the IRC on Sept. 3, 2013. He succeeded George Rupp, who had led the IRC since 2002. During Miliband’s first months on the job, the IRC responded to new and ongoing humanitarian emergencies in the Philippines, the Middle East, South Sudan and the Central African Republic while continuing operations in some three dozen countries worldwide. Here are some highlights and reflections on his tenure so far. “ Why should the average citizen care about a refugee who has been displaced by a faraway war or natural disaster? In an interconnected world, such crises are never far away. They affect all of us in many ways, from economics to national security. We also have a fundamental moral responsibility to help people less fortunate than us.”
Top: In November, David Miliband met with Syrian refugees who recently crossed the border to a transit camp in Kilis, Turkey.
“ There are fewer wars than ever before, but more refugees than ever before. There are new pressures from civil war, sectarian conflict, climate change and resource pressures. This is the new frontier for the IRC and humanitarian organizations, one that that we must address not just with emergency services but with longterm economic and livelihoods programs that help refugees and displaced people support and sustain themselves.”
“ In 2013, the IRC introduced innovative new programs in the field: cash for work, cash transfer programs and a multimedia information service to help Syrians access humanitarian aid. The IRC has a real drive for innovation, and we depend upon our core private donors to support these efforts. It’s vitally important that the IRC continue to be one of the most innovative humanitarian organizations.”
Above: Before he became IRC president, Miliband met with an IRC staff member at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. Far left: Miliband speaks at the 2013 Freedom Award Dinner in New York. He was introduced by former President Bill Clinton. The dinner honored democracy and human-rights supporter, philanthropist and financier George Soros, who received the IRC’s Freedom Award. Near left: In October, Miliband discussed the crisis in Syria and other international issues on the ABC News broadcast “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
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Rescue, Protect and Rebuild: The IRC in 2013 Whether responding to war and natural disaster, such as the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the devastating typhoon that struck the Philippines, or carrying out livelihoods, women’s protection, education and health programs in Congo, Pakistan and Myanmar, or advocating for newly resettled refugees in the United States, the International Rescue Committee is on the ground every single day working to restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. In 2013, the IRC delivered lifesaving aid in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities. Everywhere it works, the IRC is committed to forming partnerships with local community, government and nongovernmental organizations to help them grow and provide aid and economic development directly to those they serve. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC and its partners provided schooling and educational opportunities to 725,000 girls and boys, and trained over 20,000 educators. 4
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Opposite page: Syrian girls on the streets of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, where the IRC provides support for refugee women and girls and helps to reunite with their families children who crossed the border into Jordan alone. Below left: At Arbat refugee camp in northern Iraq, the IRC provided over 20,000 gallons of fresh drinking water to refugees every day. Below right: A refugee family at the Zaatari camp in northern Jordan.
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Syria: An unprecedented humanitarian crisis The civil war in Syria has plunged the Middle East into the gravest humanitarian crisis of recent times. By the end of 2013, more than onethird of Syria’s population had been driven from their homes, including more than 2.3 million refugees who fled to neighboring countries and 7 million people who were displaced internally. All told, more than 9 million people are in need of urgent lifesaving assistance inside Syria with no end to the conflict in sight. In 2013, the IRC mounted a full-fledged regional emergency response to this unprecedented crisis, providing medical and other critical aid, helping women who have been victimized by violence, and ensuring that refugees have access to legal rights. Inside Syria, the IRC has reached over a million people with medical and emergency supplies, and trained nearly 200 doctors, nurses
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and paramedics in frontline medicine. In camps for the displaced, we provided clean water and sanitation, education to primary-school students, and emergency supplies to families. In Jordan, which has absorbed over 560,000 refugees, the IRC delivered primary and reproductive health care at clinics in the border cities of Mafraq and Ramtha, offered social services and individual and group counseling to refugee families, and provided support to survivors of sexual violence. In Jordan’s refugee camps, the IRC provided support to refugee women and is helping to reunite children with their families. In Lebanon, home to some 846,000 refugees, the IRC is operating four women’s centers and has launched a unique cash assistance program that helps both Syrian refugees and local Lebanese to pay for rent, food, utilities and other essentials. Iraq has absorbed some
209,000 refugees. At the Domiz refugee camp in the north of the country, the IRC has provided camp management and a safe space for women and built a secondary school for refugee children. At Al Qaim camp, the IRC has provided free legal assistance, mobilized community groups and helped survivors of sexual violence, while at Arbat camp, near the Syrian border, we have provided water and sanitation services. As 2013 ended, another crisis gripped the region—winter. With temperatures plummeting, living conditions became even more precarious for refugees and the displaced alike. In response, the IRC distributed winter emergency kits to some 175,000 Syrian refugees in need throughout the region, and we delivered emergency food rations to displaced families in the Al-Hasakah region of eastern Syria.
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The Philippines: Responding to Typhoon Haiyan On Nov. 8, 2013, the most powerful storm ever to make landfall hit the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan raged across the archipelago, affecting a staggering 11.5 million inhabitants and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Haiyan devastated homes, roads, airports, seaports, water supplies and power lines—and left in its wake severe shortages of potable water, food stocks and medical supplies. The IRC dispatched its Emergency Response Team to the Philippines to identify survivors’ needs and provide urgent assistance as part a vast international relief effort. We have 6
focused on three severely affected areas in the Western Visayas region—Capiz, Iloilo and northern Cebu—that received little relief in the weeks after the storm.
The team also focused on creating job opportunities that will enable survivors to earn cash to help them rebuild their homes and their lives.
The IRC worked to meet urgent needs for water and sanitation, shelter, and protection for those most vulnerable in the wake of the disaster, including women, children and the elderly. The emergency team delivered storage containers to areas where water supplies have been disrupted, solar-powered lamps to places where power is not expected to return for months, and emergency kits packed with spare clothing and other personal items to help women hold onto their dignity amid extremely difficult circumstances.
“The people we’ve met are thankful for the support they have received from around the world, but it is clear that they have no desire to become dependent on it,” said Tyler Jump, a member of the emergency team. “They want to rebuild their homes so they can get back to work. They want to get back to work so they can rebuild their communities. The drive and determination of the people is exceptional. They know what needs to be done, and they’re ready and willing. But first they need the resources to do it.” IRC Annual Report 2013
Opposite page top: A survivor of Typhoon Haiyan receives supplies during a distribution by the IRC on Panay Island. Opposite page bottom: A member of the IRC Emergency Team discusses the best way to distribute relief supplies with a village leader in Panay Island. Below: Cavine Akello sells traditional pancakes at a market stall in Kitgum, Uganda. An IRC program for young mothers helped her save enough to open her business.
Economic recovery and sustainability When people are displaced by war or natural disaster, they often must leave everything behind. When they return to their homes, they can find that their livelihoods have been destroyed or pillaged. The IRC is committed to providing long-term support to help people get back on their feet and restore their local economies. There is no better example than Uganda, where the IRC has been working since 1998 in response to the devastation wrought by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which killed thousands of people and displaced tens of thousands more during two decades of fighting. Across northern Uganda, a network of IRC-funded village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) help women open small businesses—grocery stores, hair
salons and tailor shops—and gain economic independence while contributing to the rebuilding of their community. Many are single women or survivors of sexual or other violence and have received counseling by specially trained women. One member, Cavine Akello, was 17 when she became pregnant with her son. She was thrilled to learn that her VSLA not only encouraged her to save money and learn a vocation but also taught parenting skills. “What I am learning in the VSLA is how to raise my son well so that he can become a responsible member of the community,” she says. The VSLA model is so successful it has been introduced in Congo, Burundi, Liberia and Sierra Leone, among other countries, where it benefited more than 23,000 women in 2013.
Protection and dignity for women and girls Protection of women and girls and support for their rights are a cornerstone of IRC programs. Today, the IRC runs programs for women and girls in over 20 countries across Africa, Asia and the MIddle East. The IRC is the only humanitarian organization to have a special division dedicated exclusively to work on violence against women and girls, and it is known as a pioneer in bringing the issue to international attention. In 2013, the IRC helped focus attention on violence and abuse against Syrian refugee women and girls. In Jordan’s sprawling Zaatari camp, the IRC supports refugee women at three women’s centers, while in Lebanon it runs six centers serving urban refugee women.
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Above: No group is more vulnerable during war or conflict than children. In northern Syria, where conditions are especially grim, the IRC has established schools that serve over 2,500 children. Left: Students attend classes offered by the IRC in 15 U.S. cities to help refugees and immigrants prepare for their citizenship test.
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The IRC is also committed to developing new approaches to responding to and preventing violence against women. Last year, the IRC collaborated with Johns Hopkins University and the University of Washington to introduce a new form of group therapy for survivors of sexual violence in Congo. The therapy has proven highly successful in enabling women to overcome the shame, nightmares and emotional turmoil that had left them unable to work or take care of their families. The IRC plans to offer the therapy to more women through national health centers and hopes to provide the treatment in other countries where it is needed.
Education and jobs for youth The sudden displacement of tens of thousands of people can destroy families. No group is more vulnerable during a conflict or natural disaster than children, who are often separated from their parents and become vulnerable to preventable diseases and sexual abuse. School and education can be disrupted for years. The IRC is determined that children in crisis receive aid and support. When emergencies strike, we provide safe spaces where uprooted children can continue their schooling and heal from trauma. In the aftermath of crisis, we train teachers and rehabilitate schools, giving young people the foundation they need to build a strong future for themselves and their communities. In 2013, the IRC came to the aid of over 750,000 children around the world. In northern Syria, where conditions for displaced children are especially grim, the IRC established schools that serve over 2,500
children in six camps. Each student receives school supplies and takes part in activities designed to restore a sense of normalcy and healing. Special attention is paid to children with special needs. In Congo, the IRC is supporting nearly 500,000 children and teachers through community-based education and teacher and skills training, while in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the IRC is providing educational and job opportunities to adolescent girls—a group particularly vulnerable to dropping out of school. And the innovative new Pakistan Reading Project being carried out by the IRC and 10 partner organizations will improve the quality of reading and reading instruction in 38,000 Pakistani schools over the next five years.
Advocacy and public outreach In 2013, the IRC succeeded in directing the attention of international policy makers to the needs of refugees and displaced people. An IRC fact-finding commission released a report, “Syria: A Regional Crisis,” that helped galvanize international awareness and response to the suffering of Syrians displaced by the civil war. The report focused on the plight of urban refugees and on violence against refugee women and girls. The IRC continued to advocate for more resources and leadership to address violence against women and girls in crisisaffected countries such as Congo, and we helped convince the British government and the European Union to make violence against women a funding and policy
priority when responding to emergencies. In the United States, the IRC pressed for the inclusion of provisions that strengthened refugee and asylum programs in the Senate’s immigration reform legislation and led advocacy efforts that helped secure significant additional funding from the federal government for humanitarian programs.
Easing the path to citizenship Throughout its history, the IRC has helped refugees build new lives in the United States. Our staff and volunteers ensure that newcomers have what they need to get started in their adopted land—a place to live, food, clothing, language and skills classes, encouragement and emotional support. In 2013, buoyed by a $5 million grant from the Grove Foundation, the IRC significantly expanded its support for resettled refugees and immigrants who wish to become U.S. citizens. The IRC now offers immigration counseling in all of its 22 offices around the country and citizenship classes in 15 offices, and has a greater capacity to help refugees prepare for the often intimidating naturalization exam and obtain green cards and passports. “By easing the path to citizenship, we are supporting their integration into the American fabric and helping to ensure they can fully protect their civil rights,” says Paula Forero, director of the IRC’s immigration program. Or as Ali Salih, an Iraqi refugee who became a citizen last year, says, “Now I am an American. I have rights. I am free.”
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The International Rescue Committee expresses gratitude to our supporters, who help us restore dignity and hope to those whose lives are profoundly changed by war, violent conflict, oppression and natural disaster. The commitment of individuals, foundations, corporations, volunteers, governments, nongovernmental organizations and multilateral agencies enables the IRC to respond swiftly in emergencies and communities to recover. On the following pages, we salute the generous donors who supported the IRC during the past fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 2012, and ended Sept. 30, 2013.
Lifetime Giving The IRC is grateful to many supporters whose compassion and generosity over the decades bring families around the globe from harm to home. $50 million + Stichting Vluchteling (Netherlands Refugee Foundation) $40 million + NoVo Foundation $20 million + Anonymous (1) The Starr Foundation $10 million + Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $7.5 million + Anonymous (2) Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund The Grove Foundation Tides Foundation Judy and Josh Weston John C. Whitehead $5 million + Anonymous (1) American Red Cross William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Johnson & Johnson Dan Lufkin / The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Open Square Charitable Gift Fund The Peierls Foundation, Inc. Tamara G. and Michael D. Root $2.5 million + Anonymous (3) ACE Charitable Foundation Cliff S. and Laurel E. Asness Jane and Alan Batkin Dr. Georgette F. Bennett and Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky charity: water Columbia University Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy Marie and Joseph Field Theodore J. Forstmann Global Impact Goldman Sachs Frederick Iseman Jewish Communal Fund Ruth and David Levine (§) Deceased
Newman’s Own Foundations Open Society Foundations The David & Lucile Packard Foundation The Partridge Foundation, a John and Polly Guth Charitable Fund Pfizer Inc Robert T. Rolfs Foundation Cathy Root Schwab Charitable The Speyer Family Foundation/ Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer Ted and Vada Stanley Starr International Foundation Young Green Foundation $1 million + Anonymous (9) Estate of Dorothy Abbe Simin and Herb Allison Laurent and Johanna Alpert, in memory of Paul and Sophie Alpert American Express American International Group, Inc. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee American Jewish World Service Alice and Bill Barnett Vera Blinken California Community Foundation Dorothy L. Campbell 1997 Trust The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation The Carson Family Charitable Trust Charina Endowment Fund Community Foundation of New Jersey The Leon and Toby Cooperman Foundation Estate of Richard Corvin Crown Family Philanthropies Dr. Kathryn W. Davis (§) Estate of Harry Fagan, Jr. Estate of Juanita Friedrichs & Estate of Arthur Friedrichs Benito and Frances C. Gaguine Foundation General Electric Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Agnes Gund The Hauser Foundation Humanity United JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mary B. Ketcham (§) Estate of Cynthia Leary The LeBrun Foundation The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Vincent and Anne Mai Paul McCartney Will McClatchy The New York Community Trust Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Nike Foundation
Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
In Memory of Andrew E. Norman Sarah and Peter O’Hagan Otto Family Foundation Pearson Foundation PepsiCo Foundation The Pew Charitable Trusts The Pincus Family Fund The Prudential Foundation Elizabeth Rasmussen (§) Nancy and George Rupp Ruth and Julian Schroeder Silicon Valley Community Foundation Estate of Ann Smeltzer Estate of Estelle Smucker Estate of Lieselotte and Friedrich Solmsen Michael W. and Carol A. Taylor The Robert and Margaret Thomas Foundation Time Warner Inc. Unbound Philanthropy Maureen White and Steven Rattner The Winston Foundation, Inc.
IRC’s Generous Donors We are grateful for all the individual donors, corporations and foundations that have provided essential support for the IRC’s lifesaving programs and special projects around the globe. Gifts given Oct. 1, 2012 – Sept. 30, 2013 $1 Million + Anonymous (2) American Red Cross Dorothy L. Campbell 1997 Trust Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Grove Foundation Dan Lufkin / The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation NoVo Foundation Open Square Charitable Gift Fund Schwab Charitable Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $500,000 + Anonymous (2) Educate A Child Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Hess Corporation Johnson & Johnson Estate of Cynthia Leary Ruth and David Levine Richard and Ronay Menschel Nike Foundation Pearson Foundation The Peierls Foundation, Inc.
Top: Syrian refugee women are trained for jobs in cosmetology at an IRC women’s center in Halba, Lebanon. Above: A refugee farmer from Bhutan works in the New Roots community garden in Oakland, Calif. Opposite page: IRC aid workers distribute rice in the village of Ndiba in the Central African Republic. The residents lost crops and most of their homes after rebels attacked the village.
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$250,000 + Anonymous (2) ACE Charitable Foundation American Express Cliff S. and Laurel E. Asness William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation charity: water Crown Family Philanthropies Benito and Frances G. Gaguine Foundation Gillian M. Shepherd and Eduardo G. Mestre The Speyer Family Foundation/ Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer The Starr Foundation Unbound Philanthropy Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Catherine and Tracy Wolstencroft Estate of Margaret Rupli Woodward Jonathan Young (§)
An IRC health worker informs villagers from Kaga-Bandora in the Central African Republic about HIV-AIDS prevention.
The IRC and its partners counseled and provided essential services to over 27,000 survivors of gender-based violence and educated and mobilized over 1,270,000 men, women and children to lead prevention efforts in their communities. (§) Deceased
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$100,000 + Anonymous (5) Ruth E. Adame (§) Anadarko The Baldwin Family Fund for Peace & Justice Dr. Georgette F. Bennett and Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky Charles Butt The California Endowment The Carson Family Charitable Trust The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation Citi Foundation Community Foundation of New Jersey George & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Drago Family Suzanne W. and Alan J. Dworsky Marie and Joseph Field FJC—A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Global Impact Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs Gives Charitable Fund Philip and Alicia Hammarskjold Jeanne Hess (§) Esther Hoptner (§) Glenn Ista (§) Jewish Community Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation Steven Klinsky and Maureen Sherry Leaves of Grass Fund Vincent and Anne Mai MasterCard Morgan Stanley Network For Good Newman’s Own Foundations Sarah and Peter O’Hagan Open Society Foundations Pfizer Inc Rockfeller Philanthropy Advisors Kathleen and Omar Saeed The San Francisco Foundation Estate of Charles Sparkes Ted and Vada Stanley Starr International Foundation Estate of Shirley Stein The Robert and Margaret Thomas Foundation United Way of San Diego County Judy and Josh Weston Maureen White and Steven Rattner Anda and William Winters Irwin and Florence Zahn $50,000 + Anonymous (3) AJG Foundation Allen & Company, Inc. Laurent and Johanna Alpert, in memory of Paul and Sophie Alpert Jonathan & Kathleen Altman Foundation American Jewish World Service
Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
Victor and Christine Anthony Family Foundation Jane and Alan Batkin Bon Secours Health System, Inc. Andrew H. Brimmer Judith and Frederick Buechner Citi J. C. Flowers Foundation David I. and Victoria L. Foley Robert Friede Anthony E. Giraudo Google Agnes Gund The Marc Haas Foundation Ralph and Louise Haberfeld Harris myCFO Foundation Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin Hopper-Dean Family Fund Frederick Iseman Jewish Communal Fund H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan JPMorgan Chase & Co. James M. and Sue Ellen Kelso Alex and Leander Krueger Laurie Lindenbaum and Bob Horne The McMurtry Family Foundation The Merancas Foundation, Inc. Mitchell and Rebecca Morgan Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Northern Trust Bank of Florida Pincus Family Foundation Estate of Laura S. Pinkert Jeffrey A. and Debra J. Resnick Janet C. Ross Nancy and George Rupp Sarlo Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund Thomas Schick Ruth and Julian Schroeder The Seattle Foundation Stanley S. Shuman Barbara Bartlett Sloan H. Peter Stern/ Ralph E. Ogden Foundation Judith and Allan Taylor (§) Union Bank of California United Way of Larimer County, Inc. United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta The U.S. Fund for UNICEF Mr. and Mrs. Marcello L. Vidale (§) The Wasily Family Foundation Women’s Empowerment International $25,000 + Anonymous (11) Nancy and Andrew Adelson G. Agron Javed and Talat Ahmed The Ajram Family Foundation Simin and Herb Allison David Altshuler The AYCO Charitable Foundation Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Bank Of America, N.A. Alice and Bill Barnett BBDO Worldwide Sir David and Lady Bell Gary and Cynthia Bengier Sheri E. Berman and Gideon Rose Leslie and George Biddle Bloomberg Mary and David Boies The Boston Foundation Estate of Georgiana Bowman Brookfield Financial Prop L.P. Charles Cahn Stanley Case and Mary Warren Case Catholic Charities of Santa Clara Arne and Debra Christenson David Cooper and Maxine Hairston (§) The Leon and Toby Cooperman Foundation Jocelyn and Richard Cunningham
John Dalenberg (§) Dr. Scholl Foundation Susan and Thomas Dunn The E&SS Foundation, Inc. East Bay Community Foundation Jodie and John Eastman Equality Alliance San Diego Eule Charitable Foundation Extraordinary Project Concepcion and Irwin Federman Foundation Source Ina and Jeffrey Garten GE Capital Bank Donetta George Susan Gibson Cory and Kristin Gilchrist Emily Goldblatt Anne and Randall Greene Peter and Carol Greenfield Walter M. Haas (§) Harman Family Foundation Willis S. and Cindy Hesselroth Osman Hussein Leah Ice (§) International Institute of the Bay Area Islamic Relief (USA) Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief— Syrian Refugees in Jordan The Jewish Federation Of Greater Atlanta JustGive Kaiser Permanente Irfan Kathwari Foundation The Leibowitz and Greenway Family Charitable Foundation Laurel and Lew Leibowitz Harold F. and Marguerite Lenfest Nathan Lucash The Henry Luce Foundation Mildred Roy McElligott 1993 Irrevocable Trust of Bette D. Moorman, recommended by Mrs. Albert J. Moorman James Mossman Jane F. and William J. Napier Charitable Trust The New York Community Trust Eve Niquette and Charles Pohl Ashish and Anjali T. Pant Scott and Jane Pelley PepsiCo Foundation Matt and Natalie Petersen Marc Plonskier Price Family Charitable Fund Lucy Pugh and Michael Kellogg Renaissance Charitable Foundation Andrew J. Robertson The Honorable and Mrs. Felix G. Rohatyn Bruce E. and Lori L. Rosenblum The San Diego Foundation Lewis and Ali Sanders Jonathan A. Schaffzin and Melissa E. Benzuly Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust Hiroko and James T. Sherwin The Shifting Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation Marilyn and Jim Simons Gordon A. Smith Estate of Cordelia E. Sparkes Stephen Spears and Cynthia Martin Cyrus W. and Joanne Spurlino Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Stainman Susan B. Stearns George C. Thomas Jr. (§) Ercument and Ikbal Tokat Christine E. and David P. Trapp Liv Ullmann and Donald Saunders United Way of Bergen County United Way of Salt Lake Kent Walker and Diana Walsh Wantful, Inc. The Waterfall Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo & Company
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Western Union Foundation Edward L. White John C. Whitehead Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona Y & H Soda Foundation $10,000 + Anonymous (28) Emily Aber and Robert Wechsler Nasser Ahmad and Romita Shetty Ada and Javed Ahmed Munira and Mumtaz Ahmed Alchemy Foundation Kent and Diane Alexander Altman Charitable Lead Trust George Alvarez-Correa Mehrdad and Sholeh Amanat Andersen Corporate Foundation Arnhold Foundation Myrtle L. Atkinson Foundation Michael Azhadi Ballyshannon Fund S. Balolia Family Foundation Baltimore Community Foundation Steven N. and Beth Bangert Suzanne S. Bartolucci Samuel J. Baskin Charitable Trust The Howard Bayne Fund Vivian H. Bell (§) Bergen Foundation Amy and Tim Berkowitz Susan Berlow Bernheim Foundation Carol Bernstein Blackie Foundation The Blackstone Group The Herb Block Foundation Betsy Blumenthal and Jonathan D. Root Richard Boas Claudia M. Bonnist Branson Family Foundation Ann Brayfield and Joseph Emerson The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation Tom and Meredith Brokaw Lord John Browne The Bulova Stetson Fund Burges Family Gift Fund Glenda and John Burkhart Leslie and Walter Burlock Edward C. Cameron Robin Fray Carey Carlson Family Foundation The CarMax Foundation John Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Carter Judith and Ronald Carter Catapult Causemedia Group Tina Chen and Marvin Josephson Alice Cheng and Robert W. Littleton The Click Family Foundation Cogan Family Foundation Peter G. Cogan Colgate-Palmolive Ruth M. Collins Courtney B. Combe The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Community Foundation of Abilene Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Jean-Pierre Conte Robert M. Conway The Cottrell Foundation John and Elena Coumantaros Charles Crane Family Foundation Crankstart Foundation Creative Associates International, Inc. The Crevier Family Foundation Carl Crider and Carol Clause Edwin W. and Catherine M. Davis Foundation Pamela Deanna James Degel and Jeanne Berwick The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation (§) Deceased
Susan Dentzer and Chuck Alston Russell C. Deyo Ruth Dickler Trinh D. Doan and Michael Jermyn William H. Donner Foundation Jordan and Megan Dorfman The Draydor Foundation Dina Dublon 2000 Arthur K. Dunlop and Norma M. Dunlop Family Trust David F. and Frances A. Eberhart Ruth Eckstein (§) The Elman Family Foundation Dana and Robert Emery Andrea Escher and Todd Tibbals Europharma, Inc. Iris Feinberg Judith Feiner Evelyn R. Ferguson First Tennessee Foundation Nancy & Thomas Florsheim Foundation The James A. Folger and Jane C. Folger Foundation Mrs. Helen H. Ford Vera Freeman (§) Maria-Cecilia and Gregory Freund Full Circle Living Marion Galison Rebecca Gaples and Simon Harrison Mary and George Garvey G E Foundation Robert S. and Alene H. Gelbard Deirdre M. Giblin and David B. DuBard Joseph and Carson Gleberman Dr. Jackie Gnepp and Mr. Joshua Klayman Krishantha Goonetilleke Hendrik Gordenker Michael and Sally Gordon Evan G. Greenberg Maurice R. Greenberg Sylvia B. Greenberg (§) Katrina Griessman and Jeffrey Dinkle Walter and Elise Haas Fund Colleen Dunn Hall and Stephen Hall Laura E. Hall HCD Foundation Head Family Charitable Foundation Leila Heckman and Lowell Robinson Heisman Trophy Trust Richard Hendin Roger and Susan Hertog Deirdre and Christopher Hockett Erle Holm Horton Foundation Fund IBM IDT Corporation Carl Jacobs Foundation Jewish Community Endowment Fund The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Jewish Community Foundation Kelly John Chris and Leslie Johnson Jay and Susan Jostyn Junior League of San Francisco Avinash Kaza and Meghana Reddy Keating Family Foundation Eric Keatley Kelen Family Foundation Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Foundation, Inc. Gregory T. Kimball and Wendy N. Hauenstein Henry A. Kissinger Koppel Family Charitable Foundation Gary J. Kornblith and Carol S. Lasser Laura Kozek and Vikram Punwani Dr. Barbara Kravitz Kroll Associates, Inc. Josh and Deborah Kronenberg Yong and Raymond Kwok John Langan and Judy Nadell Gerald Langlykke
Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
Ken G. Langone Benjamin Lee Carol Loomis Kristina and Frank Loverro Ruth Norden Lowe and Warner L. Lowe Memorial Fund Stephen J. Lynton Macht Fund of THE ASSOCIATED Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Jacqueline J. Mahal and Benjamin E. Segal Virginia L. Maher John Makinson CBE Scott and Laura Malkin Shelly and Tony Malkin Chloe Malle FX de Mallmann Henry Mannix III Marin Community Foundation Inga and Richard Markovits Helena and Roman Martinez IV Daniel and Susan Marus Christopher and Susan Masto Kelly Mateo Janet McClintock and John F. Imle Matt McClure Joy and Bill McGinnis McKinsey & Company, Inc. Dorothy McPherson The Melkus Family Foundation The Melrose Fund Jeffrey and Melanie Meyer Microsoft Harrison Miller and Clare McCamy Walter Miller Robert and Karin Moe Mary Ellen C Mooney Betty and Gordon Moore Starr Moore Alexander Morgan Morgridge Family Foundation Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman Moxie Foundation MT Maritime Management (USA) LLC Mulago Foundation Eleanor and Rhoads Murphey (§) Josefina Nevius Indra K. Nooyi Northern Trust Company Notsew Orm Sands Foundation Chang K. Park Don Parker Nathan Patton Rajesh Peddu Merle B. Peratis Philotimo Foundation Pine Tree Foundation of New York Michael L. Pitt and Peggy G. Pitt General Colin L. Powell Lorna Power Estate of Mary Felton Price Private Education Endowment Foundation, Inc. Brian Ratner Signa Read Richter Farms Jack D. Rickly Rivendell Foundation Edward & Ellen Roche Relief Foundation Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Sheldon Rose The Rudin Foundation Catherine W. Rush Francie Rutherford and Fred Wardenburg (§) Robert and Martha Sachs San Diego County Bar Foundation Emilie Hall Sandin and Thomas R. Sandin Estate of Hildegard C. Schmidt Thomas W. Schroeder Charles Eric Schulman James H. Schwartz Mary Shaw and Robert Marks Estate of Mildred B. Shawe Robert A. Sherman & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation
A Thriving Partnership For almost a decade, the ACE Charitable Foundation has been a strong partner of the IRC, developing a relationship that goes beyond philanthropy to one of company-wide engagement. “We have supported the IRC for many years because of their mission and success in aiding the plight of refugees around the globe—arguably, the most at-risk and misfortunate group of people on the planet,” says Evan G. Greenberg, chairman and CEO of ACE Group, a global insurance organization. In 2008, ACE committed to supporting vital IRC programs in Thailand and the U.S. In Thailand, this support helped the IRC carry out a campaign to prevent mosquito-borne diseases in camps that are home to some 140,000 Burmese refugees. Recently, ACE began funding a unique IRC livelihoods program that is training and certifying Burmese refugees to become health workers able to address the urgent health needs of fellow camp residents. In the U.S., ACE has supported career development programs for refugees at the IRC’s 22 resettlement offices and an educational program for young refugees at the New York resettlement office. ACE employees in California, Texas and New York have also provided one-on-one career guidance to refugees. By working closely with the IRC’s Institutional Philanthropy and Partnerships team, ACE is supporting successful IRC programs that are also important and relevant to the company, its employees and their communities.
The IRC with support from the Ace Charitable Foundation is training Burmese refugees to be midwives in refugee camps in Thailand.
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Gil Shiva Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman Estate of Albert L. Shostack Beverly Shulman George Shultz Rose L. Shure Howard Sloan Dr. and Mrs. Bernard E. Small Jean Kennedy Smith Star Hill Associates The Starbucks Foundation for Learning Paul and Gloria Sternberg Stephen M. Street (§) Sally Susman Robert and Marijeanne Swift J. Bradford Sympson Deborah Sze and Stephen Modzelewski The T. Rowe Price Fund for Charitable Giving Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum in memory of Charles Tanenbaum Texas Bar Foundation William and Joyce Thibodeaux Thomas F. Tipi Revocable Living Trust Townsend Press Francis H. and Jean Trainer Georgia G. Travers Twig Foundation United States Tennis Association US Bank National Association Elsie P. van Buren Lisa Vantrease and Rizwan Pasha Betsy and Paul Von Kuster The Gertude and William C Wardlaw Fund, Inc. Peter W. Weiss The Whitehead Foundation Inc. Janet C. Whittle Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation Christopher J. Williams and Janice Savin Williams Edward J. and Barbara Wilson The Winston Foundation, Inc. Allen Wisniewski Gregg S. and Beth Wolpert Kenton D. Wood World Bank Community Connections Fund Ken and Megan Wright Ravi and Suzanne Yadav Estate of Casimir Zachodny Ziff Brothers Investments, LLC $5,000 + Anonymous (19) The Honorable and Mrs. Morton I. Abramowitz Richard and Lorraine Abramson Michael J. and Pamela L. Albert The Sidney and Beatrice Albert Foundation American Endowment Foundation And Justice For All Calvin W. Anderson ARK Foundation Ruth Arnhold Endowment Fund The Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Foundation Don Bailey Hilary Ballon and Orin Kramer The Barrington Foundation, Inc. David Bassein Batten Family Fund Christoph Becker Bob and Peggy Beckham Jeffrey Berenson Leonard and Linda Berkowitz Sabrina Bhattacharji Raj Bhattacharyya and Samantha Heller Susan (§) and Elliot Black Vera Blinken The Boisi Family Foundation Robert Borstel (§) Diana Bosniack (§) Deceased
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Gary Bottone Eileen Bowser Robert A. Breard John R. Breitenoeder Caring Trust Estate of Hilda M. Brennand Jennifer Brokaw, MD Lewis D. Brounell Charitable Trust Alice C. Brown Jenny and Donald Broyles David H. and Barbara Burns Herbert and June Byrnes Walter Cain Marjorie and Charles Calvert John Y. Campbell and Susanna Peyton The Sam and Louise Campe Foundation, Inc. Candace M. Carroll and Len Simon Jeremy Carver CBE Daniel F. Case Central Minnesota Community Foundation Dilshad Chagla Diane Chesnut Chevron The Chicago Community Trust Charles Chon Neil Chriss The Clif Bar Family Foundation Coca-Cola Prentiss Cole and Leora Richards Cole Virginia Coleman Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Karen (§) and Everett Cook Elizabeth Cooke and Reynold Levy Susan K. Cook Charitable Remainder Unitrust Cox Communications Inc. Eleanor B. Crook 2002 Davis Family Revocable Trust Leah Missbach Day Nina and Casper de Clercq John de Neufville Tiffany DeFoe Mr. and Mrs. Andre Denis Shaun and Linda Deola Mark Di Suvero Charles Dolan and Anne Finestone Monica P. and Mitchell F. Dolin John D. Donahue Donald Devine Company William and Jane Donaldson Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman Tim and Melissa Draper John and Elizabeth Dugan Susan Marie Dwyer Sybil and Paul Eakin Earnest Eats Walter and Ursula Eberspacher Foundation Paul and Silvia Edwards Thomas Ehlers Environmental Defense The Estelle Trust Falcon Family Fund Don Fanslow Farese Family Foundation Stacey Farley and Peter Davoren Charlotte Ferencz Gary Ford and Nancy E. Ebb Foundation Beyond Belief The Foundation for Enhancing Communities John and Mary Franklin Foundation Arlene H. Gage Michael Gardner Jane Gelb Estate of Elisabeth Y. Gentieu Richard Gibson Greater Houston Community Foundation Eric Greenshields Gay Greer Eric Grosse
Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
Guilford Publications, Inc. gyro: Regina A. Hablutzel Paul Haller Edward and Evelyn Halpert Janet M. Harris Donald Hecht Pierre M. Hegy Alex Henry Toni D. Gelston and Douglas C. Herbert Lucile and Jay Herbert Melissa and Jeffrey Hessekiel Grant E. Hicks Bente Hirsch Christine Hoang and Paul Nakada Rosemary Hoehn Creighton G. and Andrea C. Hoffman Ruth M. Holland Warren Howe Ann Hunter Margaret Hunter John Brockway Huntington Foundation Lawrence & Elaine Irell Foundation Mark D. Jackson Jennifer Jacobs Mitchell B. Jacoby Todd S. and Tatiana James Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Aly S. Jeddy Hilary and Alex Joel Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund Olivia Jones Robert S. Joslin Martin R. and Carla Kaatz Roger Kallhovd and Beverly Hoffman Margery Kalmes Alice Kaplan Alton Kastner Henry Kaufman Grace G. Kelly Karen A. and Kevin W. Kennedy Paul Kenworthy The Kerrigan Family Charitable Foundation Zafar Khan Marcia Kimpton Jennifer and Tim Kingston Lucienne and Theo Klopper James M. Klosty Carol A. and Karl Knudson Marybeth Koeze (§) Jill and Peter Kraus Jane and Ladis Kristof Max Kupferberg Mr. and Mrs. John Kurnik Edith Labonte Luis and Lee Lainer George Landegger Lillian and Ira N. Langsan Philanthropic Fund Jim Laudon Peter Leffman Regina Lefkowitz Patricia Lehrburger Lempert Family Foundation Carole A. Lengyel and Satori Iwamoto The Leon Levy Foundation Gwen Libstag Barbara G. Lifton Jan and Lisa Van der Linden Lawrence H. Linden Linder Legacy Fund of the Foundation for Enhancing Communities Lucky Seven Foundation Stephen and Mary Lyne Macquarie Group Foundation Nelkin Real Estate Company Melvin L. Makower Gerard M. Manning Maplehill Communications, Inc. David and Susan Marco Marian Goodman Gallery, Inc. John C. Markey Charitable Fund
Maynard and Elinor Marks (§) Susan M. Martin Loris M. Masterton Brian K. and Anne S. Mazar Robert McCormick McKenzie River Gathering Foundation David McPherson Carmen McReynolds Edmund Medley Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Meeker Megan Van’t Hoff Trust Barbara J. Meislin Kenneth and Vera Meislin Thomas Melsheimer Amalia Miller Margaret C. Miller Marianne and Steven Mills Carl Minzner Leo Model Foundation Lewis Moore Harold E. Morris Bonnie Moseley Gregory Moser Jeanne B. Moulds Muchnic Foundation, Inc David J. Murphy and Ping Lee Michael and Jill Murphy Geraldine M. Murray Foundation Jerre and Ned Musser National Bank of Arizona Mark and Dorothy Nelkin Diana Nelson and John Atwater William Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Newman Helen Forster Novy Foundation Ralph S. O’Connor Kathleen O’Donovan Nancy and Morris W. Offit Marian N. and Earl D. Olson (§) Roland Olson and Phoebe Blackman Kimberly and Carl Oxholm Paine Family Trust Papanek Family Foundation Diane E. Parish Robert and Martha Parke Sylvia Parker Parsons & Whittemore, Inc. David and Laurie Pauker Roy and Cynthia Pearson Philanthropic Ventures Foundation David L. Phillips Richard and Orah Platt Polaris Oil Corporation Posner-Wallace Foundation Aaron M. and Arleen Priest Mark and Sue Ann Pugh Susan Purdin John Purdon Laura Puryear Gail and Andrew Quartner The Sir James Reckitt Charity Eric Reeves / Sudan Aid Fund Rosemary Regis and David DeRamus Missie Rennie and Zach Taylor Eleanor and William Revelle Augustine J. Rhodes Nancy Rice Eleanore Richards Richard O. and Heidi Rieger Carl Riehl The Ripple Foundation The Rogers Foundation Estate of James R. Rose Saralee Rosen and Gary Blumsohn Michael Rosenfeld The Rosenthal Family Foundation The Saint Paul Foundation Constance Sargent Tom and Linda Savage Scott Scheirman Jonathan and Sheryl Schreiber Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Schultz The Scoob Trust Foundation Philip E. and Toni M. Scully
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Jessica Seaton and Linda Swartz Katherine Seligmann The Shack Sackler Foundation Sirely Shaldjian Charles and Diane Sheldon Byron D. Sher Tarek Sherif Sandra and Joseph Sherman Matthew Shucker François D. Sicart Simply Healthcare Plans, Inc. David Simpson Patricia J. S. Simpson Smith Family Benevolent Fund Kathryn Smith The South Wind Foundation Southeast Supermarket Jerrold and Carol Spady Brian L. and Stephanie Spector Aaron and Martha Spital Estate of Grace Stebbins Robert Steel Elizabeth Steele The Steele Foundation Alice and Barry Steinglass Edward and Lorna Stevens Stoel Rives LLP Andrew and Theresa Strain Diana and Steven Strandberg Leo Strauch Pegge and James Strickler, M.D. Michael B. Stubbs Eve Brandis Sundelson and Francis P. Barron SurveyMonkey Inc. Alexandra & Martin Symonds Foundation Inc James and Kathleen Szczur Starr Taber Tanner Industries, Inc. Jacob Teitelbaum Iliane Ogilvie Thompson Thrivent Financial Foundation for Lutherans Tiger Global Management, LLC Employees of Time Magazine Tolleson Family Foundation Helen Torelli in honor of Bob Carey Arnold M. and Joan D. Travis The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Uva Philanthropy Class The Hon. William J. vanden Heuvel David Vermeulen Michael and Diane Vincent Joan Vivaldo Alison and James Von Klemperer Jed Weissberg and Shelley Roth Paul J. Weissman Linden and Judith Welch John A. Weldon The WellCare Community Foundation Mr. and Ms. Edwin J. Wesely Maureen S. Wesolowski Westcliff Foundation Naida S. Wharton Maurice Earl White Larry Whitlow Margaret Whitton Whole Foods Market Henry E. Wieman Richard and Sandi Williams Robin and Alison Winslow Harold and Judith Winters Eric J. Witmer Carl H. Wolf David M. Wolf James Wolfensohn John Wood Eleanora M. Worth James B. Wozniak (§) Clarence A. Zacher Silvia and Sophocles Zoullas Roy Jay Zuckerberg
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Partners for Freedom Partners for Freedom are individuals who have generously included the IRC in their will or estate plans. We are honored by this commitment, which will provide lifesaving assistance to refugees for years to come. Planned gifts made before Sept. 30, 2013 Anonymous (71) Charles A. Abela Stuart Abelson (§) John A. Abraitis Ruth E. Adame (§) Walter E. Adams, Jr. (§) Dorothy D. Aeschliman Kathleen L. Agena Sandy Agrafiotis Helen S. Akst (§) Elizabeth Franz Albert Ellen J. Alexander Katharine S. Almy (§) Laurent and Johanna Alpert, in memory of Paul and Sophie Alpert Alfred C. Ames (§) and Violet M. Ames Judy and John Angelo Mary R. Angulo Mr. and Mrs. Irving Auerbach (§) Mr. and Mrs. Leo Baer Estate of Lucy Baisden Estate of C. Edwin Baker The Baldwin Family Fund for Peace & Justice Margaret and Rick Baldwin David and Karen Ballon Judith Bardacke Patricia and Joe Barile Glenn N. Barker (§) Richard D. Barrows Jean and Ralph Baruch June C. Bashkin Jane and Alan Batkin David R. and Suzanne G. Baty Irenus J. Baumler (§) Eric Bebernitz and Katie Giari Stephen David Becker, in honor of his parents, Dr. Saul V. Becker and Augusta W. Becker Howard B. Beckwith James Bell Vivian H. Bell (§) Lawrence A. Benenson Cindy Benner Dr. Georgette F. Bennett and Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky Nora Benoliel Betty Berenson (§) John A . Bergren Bella Berlly Sheri E. Berman and Gideon Rose Annabelle Bernard Trust Eleanor and Richard Berry William Besselievre Rose S. Bethe Madelyn O. Biggs Kristin A. Birkness Sami Bitar David L. Black Peter and Patricia Blasco Olga Blessing (§) Victor Blindt (§) Vera Blinken Estate of Dorothy Bloch Betsy Blumenthal and Jonathan D. Root Norma Boecker Daniel I. Bonbright Robert Borstel (§) Nan Borton
Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
Ward Bouwsma Robert E. Bower Mr. Hugh Bowman Estate of Georgiana Bowman Mara Braverman Estate of Hilda M. Brennand Arthur P. Brooks Dr. Olive J. Brose Bruce M. Brown Emily L. Brown Willa Brunkhorst Nancy Frick and Richard Bruno Margret Buchmann Mary Buck William C. Bullock Glenda and John Burkhart Kenneth Burrows Wallace and Therese Burton Charles M. Butler Odette Cadart-Ricard Babbie and Stuart Cameron Dorothy L. Campbell 1997 Trust Ruth H. Campbell-Duffy Kicab Castaneda-Mendez Edward and Jeanne Cavallini Kathryn Cecil Constance J. Chandler Judith Checker Ingrid Christiansen Jane P. Church Thomas and Patricia Cihowiak Judy Cirillo Sarah B. Clark June M. Clase Douglas and Kathryn Cochrane Sheila Cohen Howard F. Cohn Joan A. Gruenberg Cominos Peter A. Cook Brigitte M. Cooke Susan K. Cook Charitable Remainder Unitrust Seamus Cooney David Cooper and Maxine Hairston (§) Hazel and Alan Cope Kathryn Corbett Patricia Cravens Christopher Cronan Mervin Crook Janet M. Cross June Curtis John Dalenberg (§) Vincent Daly Phyllis B. and Peter J. Davies Billy Davis 2002 Davis Family Revocable Trust Marjorie E. De Hartog Dr. Clarence A. De Lima Frances de Usabel William Dean William and Patricia Dean Roy C. Delamotte (§) Yvonne Delnis Nicholas and Dolly Demos Florence E. Denholm (§) Bob DeVecchi Dr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Diamond Trinh D. Doan and Michael Jermyn Rachel G. Doane Doris Virginia S. Dort Jane C. Drorbaugh Doris and Peter F. (§) Drucker Barbara Du Bois, Ph.D. Louise and Robert Dudley Nancy Hagle Duffy The Hon. Robin Chandler Duke 2000 Arthur K. Dunlop and Norma M. Dunlop Family Trust Anne Eberle Marilyn E. Eck Ruth Eckstein (§) Merle J. Edelman Dr. M. William Edwards William Egan
Saving Future Generations Each year, hundreds of stalwart supporters make a planned gift to the IRC in their wills or other estate plans. In doing so, they become Partners for Freedom in the ongoing effort to help refugees complete the perilous journey from harm to home. Doug and Geni Garrison were inspired to leave a bequest because of their 17-year commitment to the IRC. “We contribute because we believe the IRC’s work merits our support,” the couple wrote from their home near Houston. “Today, as well as in the past, the IRC helps those who have had little choice but to leave their native lands. When families are so vulnerable, IRC’s assistance can literally impact generations.” A commitment to humanitarian work brought the Garrisons together in the first place. Doug served in the Peace Corps in Brazil, Geni’s native country. After their marriage, Geni became a U.S. citizen and they now have three daughters. The Garrisons are active in their church and with local charities, and they teach English as a second language for a literacy organization. Through their life experience, the Garrisons understand the value of serving others around the world. After years of annual support, the Garrisons’ reaffirmed their commitment to humanitarian values by adding the IRC to their estate plans. For information about joining Partners for Freedom, write to PlannedGiving@Rescue.org.
IRC Partners for Freedom help support refugees around the world, such as this family from Iraq who resettled in Wichita, Kan.
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IRC Voices We gratefully acknowledge the IRC Voices, prominent artists who use their voices to spotlight and fundraise for the critical needs of refugees and others uprooted by violence and natural disasters.
Morena Baccarin Sarah Wayne Callies Jencarlos Canela Romola Garai Rashida Jones John Legend
Syrian refugees in their tent at the Domiz camp in Iraq.
Through its Resettlement Support Center in Thailand, the IRC assisted over 16,500 refugees who departed from camps and cities in East Asia to enter the United States and build new lives with help from the IRC and sister resettlement agencies. (§) Deceased
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Edward Eggert Thomas Ehlers Judith Eisele Bettina Elliott Dr. Arthur S. & Dr. Rochelle Elstein Ann B. Emery Ronald and Kathryn Ems Larry Enders Bjorn Engberg Susan Enzle Sara L. Esgate Wynelle Evans-McNamara John A. Evert, M.D. (§) Judy H. Fair-Spaulding Robert J. Fassbender Thomas Faulds Matthew A. Feigin Judith Feiner Marguerite Felice Karl R. Feller Estate of Elizabeth S. Fenn Margaret T. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Fine Carole A. Finkel Elizabeth E. Finkler Anna Fisher Marvin Fisher Dudley Flamm Glenn R. Fleischman Susan H. Fleming Nell Fliehmann Marilyn J. Fontana Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Foster Adele Norman Fox (§) Nancy G. Frakes Estate of Elizabeth H. Freeman Vera Freeman (§) H. Karl Frensdorff Estate of Juanita Friedrichs & Estate of Arthur Friedrichs Jack Funt Richard and Louise K. Gabel (§) Marie Lee Gaillard (§) Mary E. Gaines Carl T. Gaiser Julia Galosy MaryAnn Ganey James P. Garon Doug and Geni Garrison Estate of Elisabeth Gentieu Robert K. Gerloff (§) Dino Germani Charitable Fund Viola C. Gilbert Steven L. Ginzbarg Dr. Jackie Gnepp and Mr. Joshua Klayman Louise Goines Eleanore S. Goldberg David and Irma Goldknopf E. Stanley Goldman Caroline Goldsmith Susan Goldsmith Dietlind Goldstein Virginia N. Gonsalves Paul Goodman Robert W. Goodman Estate of Eileen R. Gordon Gabriele M. Gossner Dragica Grabovac P. Grad and M. Boris Marianna Graham Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Granett Ann Green Sylvia B. Greenberg (§) James Grindlinger Arthur Gritz (§) Mrs. Henry Grunwald Donald Guateri and M. Lynott Geraldine Guggemos Ruth B. Haas Robert and Joan Handschumacher Kathleen Hanold Jayne Hansen (§) Charles Hanson
Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
Pahle Hausmann Eva Havas Eugene R. Heise Vivian C. Hendrickson (§) Nancy L. Hendrix Lucile and Jay Herbert Hannah Herz (§) Jeanne Hess (§) Juliane Heyman Susan L. Hill Don Hines Lisa Hirsh Cynthia K. Hobart Rosemary Hoehn Mrs. Gerald (Nisha) Holton Esther Hoptner (§) Maedell Howard Patricia Hudson Mrs. Walter Hulen Marjorie Hull Marsha Hunt Christopher (§) and Hilda Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Eugene Hurtz Jeffrey A. and Cheryl Hylton Leah Ice (§) Ann Ingram Frederick Iseman Joan Isserlis Glenn Ista (§) Bruce E. Jackson Reed and Marge Jacob Bernice H. Jacobsen (§) Margaret M. James Miriam E. Jencks David Jenness Dorothy Jenny Estate of Walton Jennings Ada Jeppesen Eric D. Jernigan Patricia K. Johnson (§) Stephen R. Judge Sylvia Juran Mark I. Kalish Estate of Helen K. Kane Estate of Dorothy Kapstein-Hammer Roland N. Karlen Ms. Mary B. Kasbohm Alton Kastner Estate of Charles E. Kaufman Anne Kelemen Jeanne Kempthorne William Kennedy and Holly Neal Kennedy Chelsea R. Kesselheim Mary B. Ketcham (§) Maurine King Lois Kirschenbaum Doris M. Kling David A. Knechel Marybeth Koeze (§) Christopher Kohlmeier Frances Koltun (§) Linda Korsgaard Susan Kotcher and Steven Carbo Roger Krouse Mr. and Mrs. Carlos E. Kruytbosch Harriet Kuhr Anita M. La Placa Andrea Lambrinides and John Johnnidis Carl E. Langenhop William Larsen Margaret and David Lauder Estate of Cynthia Leary Rosamond Lebeau (§) David Hank Lee Andrew Lenard Olga Leskiw and Nori Suzuki Mark and Suzanne Levinson Dennis and Betty (§) Lewis Marie and August (§) Lobre Dorothy C. Loehrer Edward E. Loewe Warren LoPresti Bette Bao and Winston Lord Christine H. Lorenz
Estate of Paul F. Luenow, Jr. Mary Ruth Lyle Kathleen M. Lynn Marilyn I. Madden Vincent and Anne Mai Robert and Jean Major Patricia Makely Estate of Jeanne Mallet Robert F. Marino Carol L. Markewitz Connor Markey Dr. Grace E. Márquez Stanley and Wendy Marsh J. Laird Marshall Lucretia Martin Margaret Martin Elizabeth T. Mathew E. Louise Mattsson (§) Pauline M. Mayo Margaret K. McElderry (§) Albert Lavern McAllister Estate Will McClatchy Janet McClintock and John F. Imle Rosita McDonough (§) Ann McHugh Mary McKay Joanne and George McKray James D. McMichael Dorothy McPherson Estelle Meadoff Ms. Jerrie M. Meadows Medwin Family Trust Catherine V. Meehan Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Meeker Barbara J. Meislin The Meledandri Family Trust Charles W. Merrels Edgar G. Merson and Dr. Beverley Bayes Merson Jule Meyer Margery Meyer Mr. and Mrs. John S. Miller III Robert Miner In Memory of Ruben W. Mitchell Shannon Mitchell & Maxim Engers Saul and Ezra Mizrahi Frank M. Moreno (§) Katharine B. Morgan Harold E. Morris Estate of Sheila F. Morris Georgiana K. Morrison R. Grant and Barbara Mortenson (§) Hannah F. Moyer Philip Mulqueen Donald and Ann Munro Thomas A. and Emily L. Murawski Eleanor and Rhoads Murphey (§) Ann Murray Leila Mustachi Estella K. Mysels (§) Marilu A. Nashel Barbara W. Nathan Nancy L. Neiman-Hoffman Marion J. Nelkens Lederer Merlin E. and Janet Nelson Virginia Newes Jerry Newman Robert C. Newman William E. Nunn Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Nyhuis Michael O’Callaghan (§) Eileen L. Oehler Quentin and Paula Ogren (§) Mimi O’Hagan Sarah and Peter O’Hagan Frank V. Olivero Margaret Olsen Caroline Ong Daphne A. O’Sullivan Mary K. Oswald India K. Ourisman Elaine R. Owens Irene M. Pace Gustav and Hanna Papanek
IRC Annual Report 2013
Freedom Award Dinner Supporters The IRC gratefully acknowledges leading supporters who enabled us to celebrate the courage, hope and determination of refugees at our 2012 Freedom Award Dinner. Co-Chairs - $250,000 + Maurice R. Greenberg / The Starr Foundation Richard and Ronay Menschel The Partridge Foundation, a John and Polly Guth Charitable Fund John F.W. Rogers / Goldman Sachs Catherine and Tracy Wolstencroft
Leaders - $50,000 + Anonymous Jane and Alan Batkin J.C. Flowers Foundation David I. and Victoria L. Foley Vickie A. and Kenneth R. French JPMorgan Chase & Co. Sarah and Peter O’Hagan Pfizer Inc Nancy and George Rupp Maureen White and Steven Rattner Nina and Michael Whitman
Vice Chairs - $100,000 + Carson Family Foundation Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer / Tishman Speyer Marie and Joseph Field Evan G. Greenberg / ACE Group Frederick Iseman Ruth and David Levine Dan Lufkin / The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Kathleen and Omar Saeed Gillian M. Shepherd and Eduardo G. Mestre Judy and Josh Weston
Benefactors - $25,000 + Simin and Herb Allison American Express Cliff S. and Laurel E. Asness Hilary Ballon and Orin Kramer BBDO Worldwide Leslie and George Biddle Bloomberg Andrew H. Brimmer Brookfield Financial Prop L.P. Arne and Debra Christenson Citi The Leon and Toby Cooperman Foundation Donald Francis Donovan and Jennifer Lake Aly S. Jeddy and Kulsoom Saeed / McKinsey & Company Laurie Lindenbaum and Bob Horne
Evelyn D. Parker Sylvia Parker William Hally Parker Sandip Patel Lucile B. Patrick (§) Susan and Alan Patricof Dr. and Mrs. James L. Patterson, Jr. Dr. Nadine Michéle Payn Paul Peabody Marion Pearce Vangie Pepper C. Diane Percival Mr. and Mrs. W. James Peterson Mary Ann Petrilena and Jonathan Wiesner John C. Phan David L. Phillips Janice E. Phillips Nancy Catherine Phillips (§) Naomi Phillips Beth Phinney Diana Pierce (§) Estate of Laura S. Pinkert Margaret E. Platts Estate of Harold E. Pollack Alvin W. Post Jo Ann Potashnick Mary Jane Potter Thomas J. Powell Lorna Power George O. Pranspill The Robert O. Preyer Charitable Lead Unitrust Estate of Mary Felton Price William Prusoff Charitable Lead Unitrust Mark and Sue Ann Pugh Kay Puttock Susan Quillman Maurice M. Rapport (§) Elizabeth Rasmussen (§) Thomas Ray Jo Beth Rees Jo Beth Rees Nancy E. Reid Sandra A. Remis Pamela R. Rendeiro (§) Missie Rennie and Zach Taylor Heidi Rentería
Naomi Replansky Jean-Paul Richard John and Thelma Richardson Bernard and Barbara Ries Gwen Cheryl Rigby Diana I. Rigg Daniel L. Riley Eleanor A. Robb Evelyn L. Robert Gilda M. Roberts Elizabeth Rodgers (§) Nancy Rodrique Edward F. Rogers (§) Arnold M. and Janet E. Rogoff Andrew and Marietta (§) Romay Cathy Root Tamara G. and Michael D. Root Hedy and Peter Rose Estate of James R. Rose James Rosen Saralee Rosen and Gary Blumsohn Estate of Bernard Rosen Keith Ross Bonnie Rouse (§) Chester Rowland James E. and Elizabeth J. Royster Davina L. Rubin Nancy and George Rupp Carol Anne Ruppel Catherine W. Rush Evelyn Ryan (§) James Saakvitne Robert and Martha Sachs Aimee Saginaw George Sarlo Estate of Frances A. Saxton Naomi Schecter Susan Schiff Thomas Schloegel and Erika Dagress Estate of Hildegard C. Schmidt Paul Lambert Schmitz Karen Schneider M.G. Schoene Anne Marie Schorn Kathyrn and Jay Schulberg Mary Anne (§) and Douglas Schwalbe Estate of Dr. Jane Schwartz
(§) Deceased
Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
The Henry Luce Foundation Vincent and Anne Mai Open Society Foundations Mr. and Mrs. W. James Peterson Mary Ann Petrilena and Jonathan Wiesner / Threads 4 Thought Lewis and Ali Sanders Jonathan A. Schaffzin and Melissa E. Benzuly Thomas Schick H. Peter Stern / Ralph E. Ogden Foundation Ercument and Ikbal Tokat Liv Ullmann and Donald Saunders Patrons - $15,000 + Anonymous Laurent and Johanna Alpert, in memory of Paul and Sophie Alpert Bank of America Dr. Georgette F. Bennett and Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky Amy and Tim Berkowitz Sheri E. Berman and Gideon Rose The Blackstone Group Vera Blinken Tom and Meredith Brokaw Glenda and John Burkhart Trinh Doan and Michael Jermyn Jodie and John Eastman Roger and Susan Hertog
Emanuel Schweid Ann and Lloyd Scott Mary Jean Scott Glenn Seime Edward Seltzer Clarence Shannon Gerry Shapiro Marilyn Sharp Estate of Mildred B. Shawe Hiroko and James T. Sherwin Marjorie F Shipe Irwin and Renee Shishko Mary Jan Shor Estate of Albert L. Shostack Jerry A. Shroder Mark Sibley, Jr. Kay Silberfeld Abraham C. Silberman Philip Silver Mary Robinson Sive Barbara Bartlett Sloan Edith Jayne Smith (§) Estate of Jeannette F. Smith Linda B. Smith Marga and William Smolin Mr. and Mrs. George W. Smyth, Jr. Ronni Solbert Estate of Charles Sparkes Estate of Cordelia E. Sparkes Evelyn R. Spletter Sidney Stark, Jr. Nancy Starr (§) Estate of Grace Stebbins Estate of Shirley Stein Walter Steinemann (§) Milton and Ilse Steinhardt (§) Beverly B. Sterry Peggy Stevens Richard L. Stevens Herbert O. Stiefel Ann Stillwater Eleanor H. Stoddard Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Stone Stover Foundation Helen A. Strand Eileen K. Strang (§) Walter Straus
Irfan Kathwari Foundation Ashish and Anjali Pant Scott and Jane Pelley The Rudin Foundation Mary Shaw and Robert Marks Western Union Other Significant Contributors $7,500 + Briar Foundation Tina Chen and Marvin Josephson Coca-Cola Robert M. Conway Karen (§) and Everett Cook Jordan and Megan Dorfan Laura E. Hall Eric Keatley Ken G. Langone Daniel and Susan Marus The McGraw Hill Companies Morgan Stanley Mulago Foundation Janet C. Ross Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman Iliane Ogilvie Thompson Peter W. Weiss Challenge Donation Matching Partner Starr International Foundation *The 2012 Freedom Award Dinner took place in fiscal year 2013.
A Syrian refugee family is reunited in Tucson, Ariz., after having been separated for three years.
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Stephen M. Street (§) Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stycos Maria Sugulas Marcia A. Summers Theodore J. Susac II Leonard S. Swerdlow Trust Ruth E. Swim David Tabatsky Eve M. Tai Gabor Tamasi Joseph Tanen and Nancy Phillips Ann M. Tattersall Judith and Allan Taylor (§) Michael W. and Carol A. Taylor June L. Temple Millie and Marcel Tenenbaum Donald C. Tetmeyer Marjorie A. Thatcher (§) Sue Thollaug Earlene Thom George C. Thomas Jr. (§) Thomas F. Tipi Revocable Living Trust Edith D. Tipple James H. Tipton (§) Mary Delmer Tooker (§) Sarah Waring Toomer (§) John Train Emily Turk Ruth Turner Jessie K. Ulin Stephen J. Umhoefer Elsie E. Van De Maele Dee L. Van Leeuwen Ursula A. Van Raden Dr. and Mrs. Ron Vander Kooi Dr. and Mrs. John A. Vandrick Constance Vanvig Bella Verkhovsky Mr. and Mrs. Marcello L. Vidale (§) Jose T. Villate Lucia Vinciguerra James Visser Jeffrey Waingrow Sandy Waks Lois Walters (§) Steve F. Warkany Roxanne Warren I. Warshawsky (§) Phyllis Wax Eric W. Weinmann (§) Arthur S. Weinstock (§)
Jed Weissberg and Shelley Roth Lynne Wells Judy and Josh Weston Clio Wetmore (§) Ginia Davis Wexler Barbara Whan Douglas Lanphier Wheeler Maureen White and Steven Rattner Michael and Judy L. White John C. Whitehead Mark and Janet Widoff Brent S. Wille Joseph Williford Mary Porter Wise (§) Richard B. and Edith Wolf Estate of Margaret Rupli Woodward Arthur F. Wortman James B. Wozniak (§) Janet A. Wright Sylvia Wubnig (§) Max P. Wurf (§) Warren Wyss Julia C. Xeros Weslety and Mariam Yale Estate of Catherine C. Yarnelle The Reverend Lois F. Yatzeck James Yee Jonathan Young (§) Seymour Yudkin (§) Penelope Yungblut and Raymond Ewing Stephen A. Zach Estate of Casimir Zachodny Evelyn Zafran Grace Zahn Gabriel Zepecki Dewey K. Ziegler Kathleen G. Zingaro Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Zucker Joseph T. Zylla
Charitable Gift Annuitants Charitable gift annuities are a unique way to ensure life-long income for yourself or your loved ones, while also helping the IRC respond to future humanitarian crises. We appreciate the generosity of the following partners, who have established gift annuities during the two-year period ending Sept. 30, 2013. Anonymous (4) Daphne Achilles Arthur A. and Lola A. Bardos Lesley J. Barker Madelyn O. Biggs David Leroy Camenga Shirley and Felix De Martis Louis Dupre Joan M. Ferris Emily Filling Mildred J. Fowler John Patrick Ginsbach Betty Gottlieb Dr. Fay Ross Greckel Jean Heinig Helen M. Hough Marjorie Howard-Jones Karen J. Jacobs Miriam E. Jencks Doris E. Kolb Madeleine G. Newbauer Frank V. Olivero Severo Ornstein William L. & Linda K. Richter Bernt Rosen Hara L. Seltzer Martha P. Sherman Gerald Smolinsky Erika Stone Lawrence B. Sunderland Geofrrey and Margaret Wainwright Michael and Judy L. White Phllis Y. Wicks Dora Wiebenson
In-Kind Donors Americans for Immigrant Justice Assistance League of Tucson The Baby Buggy Inc. BBDO Worldwide April Bloomfield Marco Canora Christian Service Center The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Perkins Coie David Burke Group Deseret Industries Dignity Health Earnest Eats El Dorado Furniture GLP Films Eden Grinshpan HG Doral Warehouse, LLC Intel Corporation Kermit Lynch Wine Merchants Microsoft Gladis Molina John and Sandy Muraca North Dallas Shared Ministries Perry Passaro Vincent Passaro The Patrón Spirits Company Viet Pham Process Agency Qupé Wines Red Wing Shoes Redemption Church Salesforce.com Foundation Salt Lake City Bike Collective San Francisco Wine Trading Company Sandler Wines Spanish Broadcasting Systems Steele Foundation Peter Stein Suja Juice Threads 4 Thought Thunderbird School of Global Management Unitarian Church Unite Optical Waka Waka Foundation Waterford School Welcome to America Project Whole Foods Market
The IRC and its partners provided 172,000 farmers with agricultural or agribusiness training.
In the Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand, IRC health workers search out and kill mosquito larvae that can cause malaria. (§) Deceased
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Donors listed in italics have contributed consecutively for three or more years
IRC Annual Report 2013
Board of Directors and Staff Leadership As of Jan. 4, 2014 IRC Board of Directors and Overseers The International Rescue Committee is governed by a volunteer, unpaid Board of Directors. The Overseers provide advice on policy, advocacy, fundraising and public relations. Sarah O’Hagan Thomas Schick Co-Chairs, Board of Directors Tracy R. Wolstencroft Treasurer David Miliband President and Chief Executive Officer Glenda Burkhart Scott Pelley Co-Chairs, Overseers Liv Ullmann Vice Chair, International Alan R. Batkin Winston Lord James C. Strickler John C. Whitehead Jonathan L. Wiesner Chairs Emeriti
Top: A refugee family from Myanmar that was resettled in Atlanta. Above: IRC emergency kits are packed in a warehouse in Turkey, then shipped to families in need inside Syria.
In the United States, the IRC helped resettle some 8,700 newly arrived refugees and provided services to promote self-reliance and integration to over 38,000 refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking and other immigrants.
Board of Directors Laurent Alpert Cliff S. Asness Christoph Becker Mary Boies Andrew H. Brimmer Glenda Burkhart Florence A. Davis Trinh D. Doan Kenneth R. French Timothy F. Geithner John Holmes George F. Hritz M. Farooq Kathwari David Levine Robert E. Marks Eduardo G. Mestre David Miliband Sarah O’Hagan Anjali Pant Andrew Robertson Gideon Rose Omar Saeed Thomas Schick Gordon Smith Sally Susman Michael VanRooyen, M.D. Josh S. Weston Maureen White William T. Winters Tracy R. Wolstencroft
Overseers Morton I. Abramowitz Madeleine K. Albright Kofi A. Annan Lila Azam Zanganeh F. William Barnett Alan R. Batkin Georgette F. Bennett Vera Blinken Betsy Blumenthal W. Michael Blumenthal Jennifer Brokaw, M.D. Tom Brokaw Glenda Burkhart Frederick M. Burkle, M.D. Néstor Carbonell Robin Fray Carey Jeremy Carver Geoffrey Colvin Robert M. Cotten Jocelyn Cunningham Susan Dentzer Robert P. DeVecchi Dina Dublon Robin Chandler Duke Jodie Eastman Katherine G. Farley H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan Harold Ford, Jr. Jeffrey E. Garten Evan G. Greenberg Maurice R. Greenberg Andrew S. Grove Morton I. Hamburg Karen Hein, M.D. Lucile P. Herbert Frederick Iseman Aly S. Jeddy Howard Jonas Marvin Josephson Alton Kastner Henry A. Kissinger Yong Kwok Reynold Levy Winston Lord Dan Lufkin Vincent A. Mai John Makinson Lucretia Martin Roman Martinez IV Kati Marton Jay Mazur W. Allen Moore Kathleen Newland Indra K. Nooyi Sadako Ogata Sarah O’Hagan Susan Patricof Scott Pelley Alexandra L. Peters David L. Phillips Colin L. Powell Milbrey Rennie Condoleezza Rice John Richardson Felix G. Rohatyn
George Rupp George S. Sarlo Thomas Schick James T. Sherwin Jean Kennedy Smith H. Peter Stern James C. Strickler, M.D. Georgia Travers Liv Ullmann William J. vanden Heuvel Ronald J. Waldman, M.D.,M.P.H. Rhonda Weingarten Edwin J. Wesely Anne Whitehead John C. Whitehead Elie Wiesel Jonathan L. Wiesner James D. Wolfensohn Staff Leadership Board David Miliband President and Chief Executive Officer George Biddle Executive Vice President Patricia Long Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Finance and Administration John Keys Senior Vice President, Programs Carrie Ross Welch Senior Vice President, External Relations Carrie Simon General Counsel Carolyn Makinson Executive Director IRC-UK Madlin Sadler Chief of Staff
International Rescue Committee-Belgium Nathalie Stiennon Director Board of Directors Laurent Alpert Jeremy P. Carver CBE Liv Ullmann Jonathan Wiesner
International Rescue Committee-UK Carolyn Makinson Executive Director Board of Trustees John Holmes GCVO, KBE, CMG Kathleen O’Donovan Co-Chairs George Biddle Mary Blewitt OBE Glenda Burkhart François-Xavier de Mallmann Susan Gibson Trish Malloch-Brown Iliane Ogilvie Thompson Dylan Pereira Richard Sharp Diane G. Simpson Jake Ulrich Jeremy Carver CBE, Honorary Counsellor
Women’s Refugee Commission Sarah Costa Executive Director Board of Directors Robin Fray Carey Jocelyn Cunningham Co-Chairs, Board of Directors
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Financial Report
Condensed Audited Statement of Activities for the years ended Sept. 30, 2013, and Sept. 30, 2012 (in thousands) 2013 2012 Operating Revenues Contributions $43,658 $36,270 Contributed goods and services 5,307 6,502 Grants and contracts 377,638 319,244 Foundations and private grants 21,674 18,107 Investment return used for operations 4,119 3,823 Loan administration fees and other 3,686 3,160 Total Operating Revenues 456,082 387,106 Operating Expenses Program Services International relief and assistance programs 316,719 268,784 U.S. Programs 71,841 68,436 Emergency preparedness, technical units and other 23,194 21,194 Women’s Refugee Commission 4,831 5,403 Total Program Services
416,585
363,817
Program Services
Supporting Services Health Management and general 22,407 19,844 Resettlement Fundraising 14,167 12,275 Community Development Total Supporting Services 36,574 32,119 Water & Sanitation Education Total Operating Expenses 453,159 395,936 Non-Food Item Distribution Other Programs* Excess (Deficiency) of Operating Revenues Over Operating Expenses Excess related to Unrestricted Funds Deficiency related to Temporary Restricted Funds* Endowment, planned giving and other non-operating activities (net) Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Net assets at beginning of year
2,923 (8,830) 4,716 1,768 (1,793) (10,598) 9,846 7,044 12,769 (1,786) 127,320 129,106
* Includes protection, shelter and livelihoods
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NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $140,089 $127,320 * Unspent temporarily restricted funds are carried forward and therefore may produce deficits in the years when expended.
Complete financial statements, audited by KPMG LLP, are available upon request.
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Financial Report
2013 2012 Operating Revenues Contributions $43,658 $36,270 Contributed goods and services 5,307 6,502 Grants and contracts 377,638 319,244 Foundations and private grants 21,674 18,107 Investment return used for operations 4,119 3,823 Loan administration fees and other 3,686 3,160 Total Operating Revenues 456,082 387,106 Operating Expenses Program Services International relief and assistance programs 316,719 268,784 U.S. Programs 71,841 68,436 Emergency preparedness, technical units and other 23,194 21,194 Women’s Refugee Commission 4,831 5,403 416,585
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Bottom: These plywood boxes contain rubber bladders used to store fresh water for drinking and washing. The IRC is distributing the bladders in camps for displaced people in northern Syria, where fresh water is scarce.
Condensed Audited Statement of Activities for the years ended Sept. 30, 2013, and Sept. 30, 2012 (in thousands)
Total Program Services
Opposite page: A young man fetches water in the Kaledan River in Chin state, the poorest state in Myanmar. The IRC runs livelihood and other programs in Chin.
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Program Services
Supporting Services Health Management and general 22,407 19,844 Resettlement Fundraising 14,167 12,275 Community Development Total Supporting Services 36,574 32,119 Water & Sanitation Education Total Operating Expenses 453,159 395,936 Non-Food Item Distribution Other Programs* Excess (Deficiency) of Operating Revenues Over Operating Expenses Excess related to Unrestricted Funds Deficiency related to Temporary Restricted Funds* Endowment, planned giving and other non-operating activities (net) Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Net assets at beginning of year
2,923 (8,830) 4,716 1,768 (1,793) (10,598) 9,846 7,044 12,769 (1,786) 127,320 129,106
* Includes protection, shelter and livelihoods
9% 13%
31% 20%
NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $140,089 $127,320 * Unspent temporarily restricted funds are carried forward and therefore may produce deficits in the years when expended.
Complete financial statements, audited by KPMG LLP, are available upon request.
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IRC Annual Report 2013
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On the cover: A primary-school student in Pakistan, where the IRC and 10 partner organizations will work to improve the quality of reading education in 38,000 schools and advance and develop the reading-instruction skills of 94,000 teachers over the next five years. The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded the IRC $160 million to implement the program, called the Pakistan Reading Project. This page: A young girl in a coastal village on Panay Island, the Philippines, carries water cans that had been distributed by the IRC Emergency Team following Typhoon Haiyan.