Charity Profile
The United States Agency for International Development - USAID
Editor Affiliation: Aid E Volunteer
Aid E Group: Washington DC - District of Columbia
Aid Area: International
Administrative Location: Washington DC - District of Columbia
U.S. foreign assistance has always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's interests while improving lives in the developing world. USAID carries out U.S. foreign policy by promoting broad-scale human progress at the same time it expands stable, free societies, creates markets and trade partners for the United States, and fosters good will abroad. Spending less than 1 percent of the total federal budget, USAID works in over 100 countries (USAID).
Year the Charity Started: 1961
Organization Extent: International - Big (operates in more than 8 countries)
Type of Organization: Public Institution
Aid Focus: Development, Disaster Response, Groups, Health, Rights and Protection
Type of Services: Bilateral Agencies, International Friendship or cultural
Involvement of Locals: No information provided.
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation
Environmentally Friendly: No information provided.
Mistakes we have made: No information provided.
Number of Employees: 3 797
Volunteer Help: We enlist the help of volunteers
Number of Volunteers:
Need For Volunteers: Seeking volunteers
Volunteer Jobs Available: The John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F) provides technical assistance from U.S. volunteers to farmers, farm groups, agribusinesses and other agriculture sector institutions in developing and transitional countries with the goal of promoting sustainable improvements in food security and agricultural processing, production and marketing.
Volunteer Requirements: Volunteers are generally Americans who have domestic careers, farms and agribusinesses, or are retirees who want to participate in development efforts; volunteers do not have to be overseas development professionals to join the program. Volunteers tend to be senior or mid-career professionals with practical agro-industry experience.
Volunteer Benefits:
Membership: Do not allow people to become members
Membership Requirements:
Membership Cost:
Financial Information
Supported By: Governmental body
Major Donors or Sponsors: US Government
Development Partners: No partner information provided.
Public Donations: Never need public donations
Donation Use: [field_donation_use]
Tax Status: No information provided.
Grants Acceptance: No information provided.
In Kind Donations: No information provided.
Groups Sponsored by your organization: None listed.
Reason for not disclosing Financial information:
Expenses: 13.058 billion
Financial Comments: This pie chart is not complete - it needs to be modified a bit - you can read more here https://www.usaid.gov/results-and-data/budget-spending New values from 2017 financial report