Organizations Filed Purposes:
UNRWA USA AIMS TO PROMOTE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES BY INFORMING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT UNRWA'S WORK AND GENERATING SUPPORT FOR ITS PROGRAMS IN THE GAZA STRIP, THE WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM, SYRIA, LEBANON, AND JORDAN.
TO PROMOTE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES.
UNRWA EDUCATION: UNRWA USA SCHOLARSHIPS ARE FUNDED BY INDIVIDUAL DONORS, FAMILIES AND FOUNDATIONS. THEY HELP REFUGEE STUDENTS FULFILL THIS DREAM AND ACHIEVE THEIR FULLEST PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL POTENTIAL.
UNRWA RELIEF & SOCIAL SERVICES: UNRWA USA PROVIDES FUNDS TO SUPPORT UNRWA (UN) TO ITS PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT 700+ SCHOOLS FOR HALF A MILLION REFUGEE GIRLS AND BOYS, OPERATE ITS 140+ HEALTH CENTERS, PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE TO OVER ONE MILLION PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE GAZA STRIP, AND PROVIDE OTHER HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR MORE THAN FIVE MILLION PALESTINE REFUGEES, NEARLY 27,000 OF WHOM ARE EMPLOYED BY AGENCY.
URGENT ASSISTANCE TO UNRWA: IN RESPONSE TO THE US GOVERNMENT'S DEFUNDING OF UNRWA AND OTHER CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN JANUARY 2018, UNRWA USA LAUNCHED THE CAMPAIGN, FUND UNRWA. THISCAMPAIGN WAS MEANT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT UNRWA'S IMPORTANT HUMANITARIAN WORK AND TO RAISE CRITICAL FUNDS TO PROVIDE URGENT ASSISTANCE TO UNRWAS EFFORTS. YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGNHERE: HTTPS://WWW.UNRWAUSA.ORG/FUND-UNRWA
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Abigail Smardon | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(THROUGH NOVEMBER) | 50 | $147,204 |
| Ambassador Ryan Crocker | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Imad Qasim | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Abuzayd | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Shibley Telhami | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ambassador Maura Connelly | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ambassador Richard Murphy | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elias Aburdene | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Ambassador Philip C Wilcox Jr | CHAIR EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Ghassan Salameh | CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 |
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