CARE
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Headquarters Location: Atlanta, GA
Founded: 1945
Mission: Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility. We facilitate lasting change by: Strengthening capacity for self-help Providing economic opportunity Delivering relief in emergencies Influencing policy decisions at all levels Addressing discrimination in all its forms Guided by the aspirations of local communities, we pursue our mission with both excellence and compassion because the people whom we serve deserve nothing less.
Tags:
emergency response, humanitarian assistance, relief, disaster response, food, water and sanitation, health care, education, protection, livelihoods, prevention of gender-based violence, refugees, psychological counselling
This organization has offices located worldwide. As the majority of our users are based in the U.S., the donation link is connected to the U.S. office.
This organization has offices located worldwide. As the majority of our users are based in the U.S., the donation link is connected to the U.S. office.
Summary
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Leadership
From the Nonprofit
Leadership
Helene Gayle.
Helene D. Gayle is president and CEO of CARE USA, a leading international humanitarian organization with approximately 10,000 staff whose poverty fighting programs reached 82 million people last year in 87 countries. Since joining CARE in 2006, Dr. Gayle has led efforts to reinforce CARE's commitment to empowering girls and women to bring lasting change to poor communities. Under her…
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Financial Data for US Office
Overhead Ratio:
10.45%
Total Revenue:
$611,013,453
From the Nonprofit
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Jan 09, 2012 |
CARE is gratified to be ranked so highly on Philanthropedia’s list of non-profits that respond to international emergencies. Founded with the creation of the CARE Package in 1945, CARE has more than six decades of experience delivering aid during times…
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Contact Info
Address:
151 Ellis St Ne
Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Story:
Emergency relief is a vital part of CARE's work to create lasting solutions to poverty. Many poor communities in the developing world lack the basic resources to cope with the struggles of everyday life. When disaster strikes, that struggle becomes all but impossible without assistance.
CARE's mission has expanded greatly since our founding as a relief organization in the wake of World War II. But we remain a world leader in providing lifesaving assistance, as well as the tools for long-term rehabilitation, to survivors of natural disasters, armed conflict and other emergencies.
Our Emergency and Humanitarian Assistance Unit (EHAU) helps communities create plans to deal with emergencies and works to ensure they receive food, water, shelter, healthcare and other emergency relief supplies when they need them most. In addition, CARE helps communities recover and rebuild after disaster strikes.
In 2010, CARE's emergency response and recovery programs reached more than 4.5 million people in 37 countries.
Expert Reviews of CARE
Evidence of Impact Summary:
Experts repeatedly praised CARE for their careful, comprehensive emergency response interventions. CARE has a focused strategy which hones in on reducing poverty and protecting women's and children's needs and rights. They take a holistic, sustainable, multi-sectoral approach which fortifies their impact.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
CARE's success is rooted in strong strategic planning, great leadership and staff, their technical capacity, and their high level of collaboration with peer organizations. They have distinguished themselves as a global leader in the humanitarian community, with active participation in the international Emergency Capacity Building project and the UN.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
Experts observe that CARE could become more independent by widening their funding base and taking a more impartial. CARE can further improve by developing their advocacy, using funds more wisely, and refining transitions from relief to development.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Evidence of Impact
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They focus on making an impact on communities to reduce poverty and providing welfare and support to individuals and communities. They have clear vision of their limited areas of focus. | ||
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Their impact is fortified by the length of service spent in a country. Their interventions are high quality. Their organization is driven by strategy and mission. | ||
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They typically take a holistic multi-sectoral approach, with an emphasis on helping people to help themselves. In terms of impact, CARE has developed some of the most objective, useful planning and measurement tools and approaches to impact of any organization I have seen. | ||
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They provide good integrated relief, recovery, and development assistance through their country offices. They champion the use of global quality standards (i.e. the Emergency Capacity Building project). | ||
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CARE has some special projects which make them dedicated to causes such as women, children and the poor. They make a special contribution to empowering these groups. They take leadership in their own way. | ||
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CARE is excellent at collaboration and coordination with peer organizations. They are committed to advocacy around humanitarian issues. | ||
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They collaborate with a federation comprised of both North-South affiliated members, using a disaster management unit centralized and based out of Geneva. The organization has a strong strategic planning process which regularly updates, in which disaster management issues feature high as a priority. Typically they have very strong contingents of highly motivated and qualified field staff. | ||
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CARE is good at inter-agency coordination, collaboration and marketing. Their strengths are their leadership and operations. | ||
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They are consistently strong and have a professional contribution. They have selected areas of technical expertise and collaborate well with other professional humanitarian agencies. | ||
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They have a strong grounding in history of refugee and internally displaced persons (IDP) issues and very strong sexual and gender-based violence protection programs. They have an excellent, motivated technical staff. | ||
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Their staff has been very accessible and is good at sharing information. We had an issue with one grant we gave them, but they did rectify. A strength is their experience and reach internationally. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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They need to be more open to learning from others and work on forging partnerships and alliances. They should be more of a member of the international humanitarian actors. They should put special focus and dedication into developing their advocacy and humanitarian diplomacy. | ||
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They should become more cost-effective by possibly reforming their cost structure and widening their funding base. | ||
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They need to improve their management practices. | ||
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They need to pay more attention to their value base and reinforce their commitment to working with impartiality. They should change their image to reduce being seen as an implementing partner of the US Government. They can also improve on their marketing and focus. | ||
Strengthen Emergency Response Capabilities |
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They should build stronger links to disaster risk reduction. | ||
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Their operating costs have appeared high at times, so if they do have a lot of in-kind or leveraged services they could do a better job promoting that. | ||
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Need to find diversified resources bases to meet the expanding humanitarian needs. They also need to continue to seek innovation and be nimble to organizationally adapt to the increased uncertainty and vulnerability. | ||
Leadership
Helene Gayle
President and Chief Executive Officer of CARE USA
President and Chief Executive Officer of CARE USA
From the Nonprofit
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Jan 09, 2012 |
CARE is gratified to be ranked so highly on Philanthropedia’s list of non-profits that respond to international emergencies. Founded with the creation of the CARE Package in 1945, CARE has more than six decades of experience delivering aid during times of crisis and fighting poverty around the world. Our emergency responses focus on the needs of the most vulnerable populations, particularly girls and women. Women and girls are at the heart of CARE's emergency relief efforts because our experience shows that their gains translate into benefits for families and communities.
Essential to CARE's lifesaving humanitarian work is our commitment to help rebuild safer, stronger places that people call home. Our programs to improve health and education, promote social justice and open up economic opportunities make communities more resilient and less vulnerable to the forces that cause emergencies. CARE is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity and has an A+ rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy. 91 percent of CARE’s expenses are allocated to our programs. |