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# American Red Cross
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/american-red-cross/
- Published: 1999-01-02T10:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-17T05:07:08.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **American Red Cross** is an American non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.

## History

[Afsaneh Beschloss](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Afsaneh-Beschloss) was elected to the Board of Governors of the Red Cross in 2013.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

The American Red Cross is a member of the [Alliance for a Stronger FDA](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-a-Stronger-FDA),[\[2\]](#fn2) the [CDC Coalition](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CDC-Coalition),[\[3\]](#fn3) and the [COVID-19 Community Corps](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Community-Corps).[\[4\]](#fn4) It has also been a client of [The Bridgespan Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bridgespan-Group).[\[5\]](#fn5)

### Personnel

| Name                                                                         | Position                                        | Notes                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Afsaneh Beschloss](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Afsaneh-Beschloss) | Member of the Board of Governors[\[1:1\]](#fn1) | [Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Gavi-the-Vaccine-Alliance) |

### Donors

Donors to the American Red Cross include:[\[6\]](#fn6)[\[7\]](#fn7)[\[8\]](#fn8)[\[9\]](#fn9)[\[10\]](#fn10)[\[11\]](#fn11)

- 7-Eleven
- AbbVie
- Adobe
- AES
- Altria
- Amazon
- American Airlines
- American Express
- Ameriprise Financial
- Annheuser-Busch Foundation
- Aon
- Aramark
- Assurant
- AT&T
- Avalon Communities
- Avangrid
- Ball Foundation
- Bank of America
- Barclays
- Best Buy
- BitPay
- Bread Financial
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- Calmoseptine
- Capital One
- CarMax
- Caterpillar
- CDW
- CharityChoice
- Choice Hotels International
- [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints) (LDS)
- Circle K
- Cisco
- Citi
- Clorox Company
- CNA
- Coca-Cola Company
- Coinstar
- Consumer Cellular
- Costco
- Cox Enterprises
- CSX
- Delta Air Lines
- Delta Dental
- Discover
- Disney
- Dominion Energy
- Duke Energy
- Duke Realty
- eBay
- Edison International
- Elevance Health
- Enterprise
- Equitable
- Exelon
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- FedEx
- Fidelity Charitable Trustees' Initiative
- Fingerpaint Marketing
- First Energy
- Ford
- Fox
- General Motors
- Google.org
- Grainger
- HCA Healthcare
- Hearst
- Herbalife Nutrition
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
- Home Depot
- HP Foundation
- Hyundai
- IBM
- International Paper
- J.M. Smucker Company
- Johnson Controls
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kia
- Kraft Heinz
- Kroger
- Labcorp
- Latter-day Saint Charities
- Lenovo
- LHC Group
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Lilly Endowment
- Lockheed Martin
- Lowe's
- Major League Baseball (MLB)
- [Mastercard](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Mastercard)
- Mazda
- McDonald's
- McKesson
- Medtronic
- [Merck](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Merck)
- Microsoft
- Mondelez International Foundation
- Morgan Stanley
- National Football League (NFL)
- Nationwide Foundation
- New Balance Foundation
- Nexstar Media Group
- NiSource
- Northrop Grumman
- Organon
- Orkin
- Oxy
- PAC Worldwide
- PayPal
- PepsiCo
- PetSmart Charities
- [Pfizer](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pfizer)[\[11:1\]](#fn11)
- Phillips 66
- PNC Financial Services
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Procter & Gamble
- Prudential
- Rayovac
- Raytheon
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum
- Rodan + Fields Prescription for Change Project
- Ryder
- Salesforce
- Shell
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)[\[12\]](#fn12)
- [SMA Communications](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/SMA-Communications)[\[13\]](#fn13)
- Southwest Airlines
- Starbucks
- State Farm
- Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation[\[14\]](#fn14)
- Sunoco
- SurveyMonkey
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- Target
- TD Ameritrade
- Toyota
- Truist Foundation
- United Airlines
- United Parcel Service (UPS)
- United Savings Automobile Association (USAA)
- U.S. Bank
- Verizon
- Visa
- VSP Vision
- Walgreens
- Walmart
- Walt Disney Company
- Wawa Foundation
- Wells Fargo
- Wilf Family Foundations
- Zelle
- Zurich

### Partners

- AmeriCorps
- Catholic Charities USA
- Crisis 1[\[15\]](#fn15)
- Global Washington[\[16\]](#fn16)
- Habitat for Humanity
- HOPE worldwide[\[17\]](#fn17)
- International Code Council
- Meals on Wheels America
- Medical Reserve Corps
- Operation HOPE
- Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors
- [Points of Light](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Points-of-Light)
- Project Paradigm
- Rebuilding Together
- Send Relief
- Team Rubicon
- Tzu Chi Foundation
- Urban Institute[\[18\]](#fn18)
- Vision 20/20 Project
- YMCA of the USA

## Activities

The American Red Cross has provided funding to:

- Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)[\[19\]](#fn19)

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=american%5Fred%5Fcross)
- [SourceWatch](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American%5FRed%5FCross)
- [Website](https://www.redcross.org/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%5FRed%5FCross)

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1. American Red Cross. (2013, June 5). *Red Cross Announces Four New Members of its Board of Governors.* PRNewsWire. <http://archive.today/2022.06.26-070702/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/red-cross-announces-four-new-members-of-its-board-of-governors-210245951.html> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1)
2. *Membership.* (2010). Alliance for a Stronger FDA. <https://web.archive.org/web/20100309044116/http://strengthenfda.org/members/> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Members*. CDC Coalition. Retrieved May 10, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230510183705/http://www.cdccoalition.org/Members> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *Members of the COVID-19 Community Corps.* (2021, June 9). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. <https://web.archive.org/web/20221014053909/https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/members-covid-19-community-corps> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Leading for Impact Client List*. Bridgespan. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220812233514/https://www.bridgespan.org/services/leading-for-impact/leading-for-impact-client-list> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and Disaster Responder Program.* American Red Cross. Retrieved November 15, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.11.15-233416/https://www.redcross.org/donations/companies-and-foundations/adgp-disaster-responder-program.html> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Take Action To Prevent Home Fires.* American Red Cross. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20221025030700/https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/fire/prevent-home-fire.html#supporters> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *Coronavirus Outbreak Corporate Supporters.* American Red Cross. Retrieved November 16, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.11.16-204111/https://www.redcross.org/donations/companies-and-foundations/coronavirus-outbreak-corporate-supporters.html> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. *Corporate Supporters.* American Red Cross. Retrieved November 16, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.11.16-203820/https://www.redcross.org/donations/ways-to-donate/corporate-supporters.html> [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. *Giving Opportunities.* American Red Cross. Retrieved November 16, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20221116203940/https://www.redcross.org/donations/companies-and-foundations/giving-opportunities-and-corporate-supporters.html#Annual-Partnership-Opportunities> [↩︎](#fnref10)
11. *US Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report: Q1-Q2 2021.* (2021, September 27). Pfizer. <https://web.archive.org/web/20230503211316/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23787007/pfizer-2021-report.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref11) [↩︎](#fnref11:1)
12. *Grants Catalog.* Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20221204120848/https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/impact/grants-catalog> [↩︎](#fnref12)
13. *Philanthropy.* SMA Communications. Retrieved May 31, 2017, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20170531154242/http://smacomm.com/philanthropy/> [↩︎](#fnref13)
14. Kirsch, S. T., Kirsch, M. van B., & Gwynn, K. *2005-2006 Annual Report.* Kirsch Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220419131010/http://www.kirschfoundation.org/who/ar2006/Kirsch%5FAR06.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref14)
15. *Clients and Partners.* (2018). Crisis 1\. <https://web.archive.org/web/20220708213408/https://www.crisis1.com/clients-and-partners> [↩︎](#fnref15)
16. *Members and Partners.* Global Washington. Retrieved March 20, 2018, from <http://archive.today/2018.03.20-223853/http://globalwa.org/our-members/members-and-partners/> [↩︎](#fnref16)
17. *Partners.* HOPE Worldwide. Retrieved May 11, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.05.11-073959/https://www.hopeww.org/about-us/who-we-are/partners> [↩︎](#fnref17)
18. *Valued Partners in Greater DC.* (2021). Urban Alliance - Yearbook 2021\. <https://web.archive.org/web/20220708154935/https://yearbook21.theurbanalliance.org/valued-partners-in-chicago/> [↩︎](#fnref18)
19. *Contributions and Pledges to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, 1985-2020.* (2020). Global Polio Eradication Initiative. <https://web.archive.org/web/20231018092554/https://polioeradication.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GPEI%5FFIN%5FHistorical-Contributions%5FJournals-Charts%5Fasat%5F2020-12-31.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref19)