## 2018 Annual Report — Giving

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### Foreword and management remarks
- The 2018 Annual Report, IMF Giving Together program reported the Fall Annual Giving campaign generated a record $2.6 million in donations (including matching contributions).
- The 2018 Annual Report, IMF Giving Together program reported an overall staff participation rate of 43 percent.
- The 2018 Annual Report, IMF Giving Together program reported IMF Giving Together disbursed $210,000 in community grants to 30 local and international charities to encourage economic independence through education and economic opportunities.

### Giving in FY2018 — participation and totals
- Total raised by Fund donors in FY2018: $2.6 million (including matching contributions).
- Amount donated for humanitarian causes in FY2018: $77,810.
- Fall Giving Campaign ran from September to December 2017 and supported 1,130 charities worldwide.
- Staff participation in Fall Giving Campaign: 43 percent (FY2018).
- Historical staff participation: FY2016 33; FY2017 43; FY2018 43.
- Retiree participation: retirees made 45 percent of total donations, giving to 653 charities.
- Number of donors: 1,542 (staff) and 253 (retirees).
- Number of departments with participation above 50 percent: 8 departments.
- Amount raised on Giving Tuesday and matched at 100 percent: $493,700 (including the matching contributions).
- Fund’s participation goal announced for the next campaign: 50 percent staff participation.

### Humanitarian appeals and emergency responses
- Famine in Sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen appeal (launched April 2017), matched at 100 percent: $46,296. Funds channeled via Save the Children and International Medical Corps.
- Hurricane Maria (Dominica) appeal, matched at 100 percent: $31,514. Funds channeled to Global Impact’s Dominica Relief Fund.
- Additional giving opportunities offered for: Hurricanes Irma in the Caribbean, Maria in Puerto Rico, Harvey in Houston, monsoon floods in South Asia, and earthquakes in Iran, Iraq, and Mexico.

### In-kind donations and volunteering programs
- In-kind drives included toiletry kits for Friendship Place, food drives for Foggy Bottom Food Pantry and Horton’s Kids, annual toy drive benefiting Children’s Hospital, book drive for DC Prep Anacostia Elementary, and bicycle collection for Bikes for the World.
- Min Zhu Volunteer Program activities (Washington metro area):
  - Teaching Financial Literacy: two eight-week courses with Serve Your City for local high-school students.
  - Young Economist Academy: student programs culminating in presentations evaluated by senior Fund economists.
  - Mentoring High School Students: Legal and Communications departments partnered with Woodrow Wilson High School; IMF donated $7,000 and 20 refurbished computers to establish a writing resources center.
- Volunteering events and outputs:
  - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Day of Service (January 9, 2018): more than 400 volunteers packaged 2,000 hygiene kits for hurricane victims; kits delivered by MAP International.
  - Preparing Meals for the Hungry (May 2017): some 250 staff and retirees packed 2,000 lunch bags delivered to DC Central Kitchen (which distributes to approximately 80 homeless shelters and afterschool programs).
  - Thanksgiving Meals (November 2017): 200 meal baskets assembled and channeled through Horton’s Kids.
  - International Women’s Day (March 2018): staff and World Vision packed 2,500 Women’s Hope Kits; additional recipients included Calvary Women’s Services, Suited for Change, and Open Arms Housing.

### Management donations (corporate giving during official travel)
- Total of management donations listed for FY2018: $102,500.
- Selected management donations:
  - May 2017, Tanzania, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, Kigamboni Community Center: $7,500
  - Sept 2017, Burkina Faso, Deputy Managing Director Furusawa, Home Kisito: $7,500
  - Sept 2017, Cameroon, Deputy Managing Director Furusawa, Foyer de l’Espérance: $7,500
  - Nov 2017, Nepal, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, Maiti Nepal: $7,500
  - Dec 2017, Djibouti, Managing Director Lagarde, SOS Children’s Villages: $7,500
  - Dec 2017, Benin, Managing Director Lagarde, Terre des Hommes: $7,500
  - Dec 2017, Ethiopia, Managing Director Lagarde, Hamlin Fistula Hospital: $7,500
  - Jan 2018, Morocco, Managing Director Lagarde, Association AMAL Pour les Arts Culinaires: $15,000
  - Feb 2018, Albania, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, ARSIS: $10,000
  - Feb 2018, Macedonia, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, SOS Children’s Villages: $10,000
  - Feb 2018, Indonesia, Managing Director Lagarde, SD Negeri Cilincing Schools 03 and 06: $15,000

### Grants program — allocation and recipients
- FY2018 grants awarded to support economic independence through education and economic development:
  - Grants to Washington, D.C., metro area charities: $110,000 awarded to 18 charities.
  - Grants to international charities in developing countries: $100,000 awarded to 12 charities.
  - Annual corporate donation to Miriam’s Kitchen: $10,000.
- Distribution of grants by area of focus, FY2018 (in US$):
  - Education: $157,000
  - Economic Independence: $53,000
- D.C. metro area charities awarded grants (approved funding preserved as listed; total $110,000):
  - Bright Beginnings, Inc: $7,500
  - Children’s Law Center, Inc: $5,000
  - Community Lodgings, Inc: $5,000
  - Community Ministries of Rockville: $5,000
  - Community Youth Advance: $5,000
  - Edu-Futuro (Educación Para Nuestro Futuro): $5,000
  - Excel Automotive Institute, Inc: $7,500
  - FLOC (For Love of Children): $7,500
  - Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop: $5,000
  - Hope and a Home: $7,500
  - Horizons Greater Washington, Inc: $5,000
  - Horton’s Kids: $7,500
  - Liberty’s Promise: $5,000
  - Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD: $5,000
  - Margaret McNamara Education Grants: $7,500
  - Mentors, Inc: $5,000
  - New Futures: $7,500
  - Prince George’s Child Resource Center, Inc: $7,500
- International charities awarded grants (approved funding preserved as listed; total $100,000):
  - CARES (Community and Rural Education Society) (India): $9,000
  - Consolidated Youth for Peace and Development (Liberia): $2,600
  - FUNDESOC (Fundación Boliviana para el Desarrollo Social) (Bolivia): $7,150
  - Give2Asia (Cambodia): $9,000
  - Instituto Mundo Libre (Peru): $10,000
  - Kids Home America, Inc (Thailand): $9,000
  - Lubuto Library Partners (Zambia): $9,000
  - National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica (Jamaica): $10,000
  - Pacemaker International (Kenya): $9,000
  - Tu Bi Foundation (Vietnam): $9,000
  - VOC Rural Development Centre (India): $7,250
  - Voice of Grace Foundation (Cameroon): $9,000

### Financial data and top recipients
- Top 10 charities, all donors, FY2018 (total donation amounts preserved as listed):
  1. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — 478 donors — $252,222.91
  2. SODEV International — 30 donors — $190,457.50
  3. UNICEF USA — 399 donors — $96,883.14
  4. Save the Children Federation Inc — 383 donors — $74,765.96
  5. Tu Bi Foundation — 17 donors — $69,762.01
  6. Global Impact — 226 donors — $46,002.38
  7. SOME Inc — 59 donors — $43,291.00
  8. GlobalGiving Foundation — 172 donors — $34,907.00
  9. Catholic Relief Services — 23 donors — $34,755.73
  10. OXFAM America Inc — 233 donors — $31,436.87
- Total of management donations listed in FY2018: $102,500.

### Reported program results and impacts (examples provided by Global Impact partners)
- $695,383 total given to Global Impact and its charity partners in 2017 produced outcomes including:
  - 1,159 youth given access to tutoring programs and libraries for studying and reading
  - 278 cleft palate surgeries
  - 1,608 deep well hand pumps providing safe drinking water for an entire community
  - 2,782 refugees provided with urgent medical care in a refugee settlement
  - 232 sustainable home gardens
  - 695 girls saved from being trafficked into slavery by providing a year of schooling
  - 5,795 mosquito nets for children to help prevent malaria
  - 1,391 community education sessions on the importance of prenatal care for women and girls
  - 579 small business grants empowering women entrepreneurs
  - 13,908 first aid kits for hurricane survivors

### Impact overview and illustrative allocations
- The 2018 Annual Report, IMF Giving Together program stated: "Together we're changing the world."
- Charitable contributions and allocations reported:
  - $32,501 Dominica Relief Fund
  - $42,883Sub-Saharan Africa & Yemen Famine Fund
  - 2,000Disaster Kits for MAP International
  - 2,500 Women’s Hope Kits for World Vision
- Visuals noted in the report:
  - FRONT COVER PHOTO: Children’s choir performing during the launch of the Fall Giving Campaign.
  - BACK COVER PHOTO: Happy students at Baan Dek, a Fund grantee in Thailand.

*2018 Annual Report, IMF Giving Together program.*

### Section 1

### Together... spreading Smiles! FY2018 Annual Report

### Foreword and management remarks
- Managing Director Christine Lagarde reported the Fall Annual Giving campaign generated a record $2.6 million in donations (including matching contributions) and an overall staff participation rate of 43 percent.
- Deputy Managing Director Carla Grasso reported IMF Giving Together disbursed $210,000 in community grants to 30 local and international charities to encourage economic independence through education and economic opportunities.

### Giving in FY2018 — participation and totals
- Total raised by Fund donors in FY2018: $2.6 million (including matching contributions).
- Amount donated for humanitarian causes in FY2018: $77,810.
- Fall Giving Campaign ran from September to December 2017 and supported 1,130 charities worldwide.
- Staff participation in Fall Giving Campaign: 43 percent (FY2018). Historical participation: FY2016 33; FY2017 43; FY2018 43.
- Retiree participation: retirees made 45 percent of total donations, giving to 653 charities.
- Number of donors: 1,542 (staff) and 253 (retirees).
- Number of departments with participation above 50 percent: 8 departments.
- Amount raised on Giving Tuesday and matched at 100 percent: $493,700 (including the matching contributions).
- Fund’s participation goal announced for the next campaign: 50 percent staff participation.

### Humanitarian appeals and emergency responses
- Famine in Sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen appeal (launched April 2017), matched at 100 percent: $46,296. Funds channeled via Save the Children and International Medical Corps.
- Hurricane Maria (Dominica) appeal, matched at 100 percent: $31,514. Funds channeled to Global Impact’s Dominica Relief Fund.
- Additional giving opportunities offered for: Hurricanes Irma in the Caribbean, Maria in Puerto Rico, Harvey in Houston, monsoon floods in South Asia, and earthquakes in Iran, Iraq, and Mexico.

### In-kind donations and volunteering programs
- In-kind drives included toiletry kits for Friendship Place, food drives for Foggy Bottom Food Pantry and Horton’s Kids, annual toy drive benefiting Children’s Hospital, book drive for DC Prep Anacostia Elementary, and bicycle collection for Bikes for the World.
- Min Zhu Volunteer Program activities (Washington metro area):
  - Teaching Financial Literacy: two eight-week courses with Serve Your City for local high-school students.
  - Young Economist Academy: student programs culminating in presentations evaluated by senior Fund economists.
  - Mentoring High School Students: Legal and Communications departments partnered with Woodrow Wilson High School; IMF donated $7,000 and 20 refurbished computers to establish a writing resources center.
- Volunteering events and outputs:
  - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Day of Service (January 9, 2018): more than 400 volunteers packaged 2,000 hygiene kits for hurricane victims; kits delivered by MAP International.
  - Preparing Meals for the Hungry (May 2017): some 250 staff and retirees packed 2,000 lunch bags delivered to DC Central Kitchen (which distributes to approximately 80 homeless shelters and afterschool programs).
  - Thanksgiving Meals (November 2017): 200 meal baskets assembled and channeled through Horton’s Kids.
  - International Women’s Day (March 2018): staff and World Vision packed 2,500 Women’s Hope Kits; additional recipients included Calvary Women’s Services, Suited for Change, and Open Arms Housing.

### Management donations (corporate giving during official travel)
- Total of management donations listed for FY2018: $102,500.
- Selected management donations (amounts preserved as listed):
  - May 2017, Tanzania, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, Kigamboni Community Center: $7,500
  - Sept 2017, Burkina Faso, Deputy Managing Director Furusawa, Home Kisito: $7,500
  - Sept 2017, Cameroon, Deputy Managing Director Furusawa, Foyer de l’Espérance: $7,500
  - Nov 2017, Nepal, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, Maiti Nepal: $7,500
  - Dec 2017, Djibouti, Managing Director Lagarde, SOS Children’s Villages: $7,500
  - Dec 2017, Benin, Managing Director Lagarde, Terre des Hommes: $7,500
  - Dec 2017, Ethiopia, Managing Director Lagarde, Hamlin Fistula Hospital: $7,500
  - Jan 2018, Morocco, Managing Director Lagarde, Association AMAL Pour les Arts Culinaires: $15,000
  - Feb 2018, Albania, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, ARSIS: $10,000
  - Feb 2018, Macedonia, Deputy Managing Director Zhang, SOS Children’s Villages: $10,000
  - Feb 2018, Indonesia, Managing Director Lagarde, SD Negeri Cilincing Schools 03 and 06: $15,000

### Grants program — allocation and recipients
- FY2018 grants awarded to support economic independence through education and economic development:
  - Grants to Washington, D.C., metro area charities: $110,000 awarded to 18 charities.
  - Grants to international charities in developing countries: $100,000 awarded to 12 charities.
  - Annual corporate donation to Miriam’s Kitchen: $10,000.
- Distribution of grants by area of focus, FY2018 (in US$):
  - Education: $157,000
  - Economic Independence: $53,000
- D.C. metro area charities awarded grants (approved funding preserved as listed; total $110,000):
  - Bright Beginnings, Inc: $7,500
  - Children’s Law Center, Inc: $5,000
  - Community Lodgings, Inc: $5,000
  - Community Ministries of Rockville: $5,000
  - Community Youth Advance: $5,000
  - Edu-Futuro (Educación Para Nuestro Futuro): $5,000
  - Excel Automotive Institute, Inc: $7,500
  - FLOC (For Love of Children): $7,500
  - Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop: $5,000
  - Hope and a Home: $7,500
  - Horizons Greater Washington, Inc: $5,000
  - Horton’s Kids: $7,500
  - Liberty’s Promise: $5,000
  - Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD: $5,000
  - Margaret McNamara Education Grants: $7,500
  - Mentors, Inc: $5,000
  - New Futures: $7,500
  - Prince George’s Child Resource Center, Inc: $7,500
- International charities awarded grants (approved funding preserved as listed; total $100,000):
  - CARES (Community and Rural Education Society) (India): $9,000
  - Consolidated Youth for Peace and Development (Liberia): $2,600
  - FUNDESOC (Fundación Boliviana para el Desarrollo Social) (Bolivia): $7,150
  - Give2Asia (Cambodia): $9,000
  - Instituto Mundo Libre (Peru): $10,000
  - Kids Home America, Inc (Thailand): $9,000
  - Lubuto Library Partners (Zambia): $9,000
  - National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica (Jamaica): $10,000
  - Pacemaker International (Kenya): $9,000
  - Tu Bi Foundation (Vietnam): $9,000
  - VOC Rural Development Centre (India): $7,250
  - Voice of Grace Foundation (Cameroon): $9,000

### Financial data and top recipients
- Top 10 charities, all donors, FY2018 (total donation amounts preserved as listed):
  1. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — 478 donors — $252,222.91
  2. SODEV International — 30 donors — $190,457.50
  3. UNICEF USA — 399 donors — $96,883.14
  4. Save the Children Federation Inc — 383 donors — $74,765.96
  5. Tu Bi Foundation — 17 donors — $69,762.01
  6. Global Impact — 226 donors — $46,002.38
  7. SOME Inc — 59 donors — $43,291.00
  8. GlobalGiving Foundation — 172 donors — $34,907.00
  9. Catholic Relief Services — 23 donors — $34,755.73
  10. OXFAM America Inc — 233 donors — $31,436.87
- Total of management donations listed in FY2018: $102,500.

### Reported program results and impacts (examples provided by Global Impact partners)
- $695,383 total given to Global Impact and its charity partners in 2017 produced outcomes including:
  - 1,159 youth given access to tutoring programs and libraries for studying and reading
  - 278 cleft palate surgeries
  - 1,608 deep well hand pumps providing safe drinking water for an entire community
  - 2,782 refugees provided with urgent medical care in a refugee settlement
  - 232 sustainable home gardens
  - 695 girls saved from being trafficked into slavery by providing a year of schooling
  - 5,795 mosquito nets for children to help prevent malaria
  - 1,391 community education sessions on the importance of prenatal care for women and girls
  - 579 small business grants empowering women entrepreneurs
  - 13,908 first aid kits for hurricane survivors

*2018 Annual Report, IMF Giving Together program.*

### Section 2

### 2018 Annual Report — Giving, Section 2

### Impact overview
- Together we're changing the world.
- *These impact statements are representative examples of how Global Impact charity partners use donations to help those in need.*

### Charitable contributions and allocations
- $32,501 Dominica Relief Fund
- $42,883Sub-Saharan Africa & Yemen Famine Fund
- 2,000Disaster Kits for MAP International
- 2,500 Women’s Hope Kits for World Vision

### Illustrative impact statements
- Examples reflect how Global Impact charity partners use donations to help those in need.

### Visuals and campaign notes
- FRONT COVER PHOTO: Children’s choir performing during the launch of the Fall Giving Campaign.
- BACK COVER PHOTO: Happy students at Baan Dek, a Fund grantee in Thailand.

### Contact and publication
- 2018 Annual Report
- INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
- 700 19th Street, NW
- Washington, DC 20431
- IMF.org/giving
- givingtogether@imf.org

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