## FOREWORD ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [FOREWORD](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/about/giving-together/2019-ar-givingtogether.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/files/about/giving-together/2019-ar-givingtogether.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/about/giving-together/2019-ar-givingtogether.pdf.json) --- ### GIVING TOGETHER IN FY19 - Fund staff raised $3 million, including matching, for staff’s supported causes in FY19, including $288,134 for disaster relief. - The 2018 Fall Giving Campaign achieved 62 percent staff participation, surpassing the campaign goal of 50 percent and exceeding the previous year’s record of 43 percent. - Fund retirees donated $1,214,102 to their favorite causes, representing 41 percent of total Fund donations, channeled through 719 charities. - On Giving Tuesday, 873 FUND STAFF AND RETIREES RAISED $802,076, including the 100 percent matching. - Staff participation during the Fall Giving Campaign (FY16–FY19) as shown in campaign materials: 18%; 33%; 43%; 62%. - Total raised in donations and matching by fiscal year (FY16–FY19) in $ Millions: 1.8; 2.3; 2.6; 3.0. - Fiscal Year 2019 runs from May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019. ### FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS (AS REPORTED) - Annual Giving Donations (Match) $1,078, 4 46 - Disaster Relief Donations (Match) $122,295 - Grants $200,000 - Management and Corporate Donations $176 , 8 57 - Volunteering $41,668 - Total Allocation of Giving $1, 619, 26 6 - Administrative & Merchant Fees* $200,392 - TOTAL BUDGET $1,819,658 - *The IMF absorbs all administrative and merchant fees for staff contributions so that 100% of donations can go directly to beneficiaries. ### HUMANITARIAN APPEALS AND DISASTER RELIEF - Humanitarian appeals were launched in response to three natural disasters; donations by staff and retirees were matched at 100 percent by the Fund. - Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano (eruption on Sunday, June 3): 3,100 people forced from their homes; another 1.7 million affected; nearly 100 people killed. Donations totaling $32,739 were channeled via Save the Children, Global Impact, and God’s Child Project. - Cyclone Idai (struck southeastern Africa on March 14 and 15, 2019): More than 300 people died; hundreds went missing; 1.5 million people in the region were impacted. Donations totaling $106,596 were channeled via Americares, CARE, Direct Relief, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, UNICEF, and World Vision. - Lombok & Sulawesi Earthquakes (Lombok magnitude 7.0 on August 5, 2018; Sulawesi magnitude 7.4 on September 28, 2018, triggering a tsunami): IMF staff—supported by management—raised $148,808 via Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) and responding relief organizations. - Management and department heads staffed collection tables during the Annual Meetings in Bali to help raise funds for Indonesia earthquake victims. ### IN-KIND DONATIONS - Collection drives and in-kind donations supported local causes: - Toy drive in December for hospitalized children through Children’s National Medical Center. - Clothing drive in January for Suited for Change; 150 items of clothing donated during the collection drive. - Bike drive in June for Bikes for the World. - Travel amenity kits donated throughout the year to The Friendship Place. - Toys purchased through the online platform were shipped directly to the hospital before December 20. - Volunteers helped to process bicycles during the joint IMF/World Bank bike collection drive in June. ### VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMS - The Min Zhu Volunteer Program (established in 2017) continued mentoring children from less-privileged backgrounds and helping the homeless in the Washington, DC, metro area. - Financial Literacy Program offerings in FY19: - Fundamentals of Personal Finance (FPF): practical concepts including types of employment, budgeting, taking on debt, and links to macroeconomy and macroeconomic policies. - Young Economist Academy (YEA): basic principles of economics and student-designed programs to solve economic issues in a fictional country; culminated in presentations evaluated by senior Fund economists. - Mentoring to High School Students: Legal and Communications departments partnered with Woodrow Wilson High School; about 10 volunteers provided one-on-one support in a weekly college essay workshop and assisted in developing a new writing center. ### EVENTS AND SIGNATURE VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES - Launch of the 2018 Fall Giving Campaign on September 12, 2018, included a charity fair with 24 local and international charities; an estimated 300 Fund staff participated. - Sixth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 23): volunteer mini fair and collection drive; projects included writing/decorating cards for Smile Train and mapping vulnerable populations using MapSwipe for Doctors Without Borders; volunteers classified and boxed books for Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop. - Thanksgiving Meals for D.C. Families (November 14): volunteers assembled 200 festively-wrapped meal baskets, channeled through Horton’s Kids and Friendship Place. - School Supplies for Refugees (July 10): partnership with World Vision to assemble and ship 750 Promise Packs destined for refugee communities in South Sudan, Somalia, Armenia and Lebanon. - Mapping support: IMF employees used MapSwipe to support Doctors Without Borders; mapping data contributed to a vaccination campaign that reached 107,000 children in April 2019. --- ### 7.4 earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi ### IMF management response and fundraising - The disasters occurred on September 28. - IMF management launched two fundraisers in response to the disasters in a show of solidarity and support for the people of Indonesia, marking a first for disaster relief fundraisers during the Annual Meetings. - During the Annual Meetings in Bali, the management team organized fundraisers at the meetings site encouraging participants to donate; staff, department heads and members of the management team staffed the donation tables. - Managing Director Christine Lagarde visited the island of Lombok and delivered three management donations to relief organizations responding to the disasters. ### Management donations delivered for Indonesia relief (October 2018) - MD Christine Lagarde delivered donations to: - World Central Kitchen (Lombok): $15,000 - World Vision (Sulawesi): $15,000 - Indonesian Red Cross: $15,000 ### On-the-ground relief activities and partner involvement - Victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi received food, blankets, and toiletries. - The Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia, PMI) provided medical assistance to victims of the earthquake in North Lombok. - Delegates and Fund volunteers staffed donation tables set up during the Annual Meetings for participants to contribute to relief efforts. - A testimonial from Arifin Muhammad Hadi, Head of Disaster Management Division, PMI, highlighted large-scale loss of life, damaged homes and public facilities, displacement into shelter camps, and the role of international support including the IMF in rebuilding houses, schools, health facilities, and public infrastructure. ### Related volunteering and environmental action in Bali (context from Annual Meetings) - A coral replanting event on October 7 engaged over 100 volunteers, including MD Christine Lagarde, to attach corals to artificial reef structures for replanting in Nusa Dua waters. - The Fund’s donation of $15,000 supported the installation and maintenance of 500 artificial structures and 7,500 coral fragments in 6–8-meter depth of Nusa Dua waters, promoting biodiversity and benefiting local marine tourism, research and education. ### Broader giving and impact metrics (FY19/Giving Together program) - Management donations (selected and totals): - Total MANAGEMENT DONATIONS, FY19 (as listed): $164,500 - Examples of other management donations include $15,000 each to recipients in Angola, Ghana, South Africa, Dominica, and Tonga, and smaller donations such as $7,500 to Fiji Nature Conservation Trust and $7,500 to Champs on Wheels. - Employee giving and impact: - Employees of the International Monetary Fund gave $768,698 to Global Impact and charity partners in 2018. - Representative impact statements include: - 19,217 children’s books distributed to promote reading - 3,843 emergency shelters for families after a disaster - 218,310 vaccines to immunize children from measles - 2,562 children saved from trafficking through safe spaces - 904 beds given to refugees with no permanent shelter - 769 children treated for severe malnutrition - 7,687 farmers trained on financial management - 307 water tanks installed for families to wash, cook and drink - 480 expectant mothers given prenatal care - 6,406 mosquito nets to protect children from malaria *Source: IMF Giving Together FY19 Annual report, FOREWORD.* ### FOREWORD ### FOREWORD ### GIVING TOGETHER IN FY19 - Fund staff raised $3 million, including matching, for staff’s supported causes in FY19, including $288,134 for disaster relief. - The 2018 Fall Giving Campaign achieved 62 percent staff participation, surpassing the campaign goal of 50 percent and exceeding the previous year’s record of 43 percent. - Fund retirees donated $1,214,102 to their favorite causes, representing 41 percent of total Fund donations, channeled through 719 charities. - On Giving Tuesday, 873 FUND STAFF AND RETIREES RAISED $802,076, including the 100 percent matching. - Staff participation during the Fall Giving Campaign (FY16–FY19) as shown in campaign materials: 18%; 33%; 43%; 62%. - Total raised in donations and matching by fiscal year (FY16–FY19) in $ Millions: 1.8; 2.3; 2.6; 3.0. - Fiscal Year 2019 runs from May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019. ### FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS (AS REPORTED) - Annual Giving Donations (Match) $1,078, 4 46 - Disaster Relief Donations (Match) $122,295 - Grants $200,000 - Management and Corporate Donations $176 , 8 57 - Volunteering $41,668 - Total Allocation of Giving $1, 619, 26 6 - Administrative & Merchant Fees* $200,392 - TOTAL BUDGET $1,819,658 - *The IMF absorbs all administrative and merchant fees for staff contributions so that 100% of donations can go directly to beneficiaries. ### HUMANITARIAN APPEALS AND DISASTER RELIEF - Humanitarian appeals were launched in response to three natural disasters; donations by staff and retirees were matched at 100 percent by the Fund. - Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano (eruption on Sunday, June 3): 3,100 people forced from their homes; another 1.7 million affected; nearly 100 people killed. Donations totaling $32,739 were channeled via Save the Children, Global Impact, and God’s Child Project. - Cyclone Idai (struck southeastern Africa on March 14 and 15, 2019): More than 300 people died; hundreds went missing; 1.5 million people in the region were impacted. Donations totaling $106,596 were channeled via Americares, CARE, Direct Relief, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, UNICEF, and World Vision. - Lombok & Sulawesi Earthquakes (Lombok magnitude 7.0 on August 5, 2018; Sulawesi magnitude 7.4 on September 28, 2018, triggering a tsunami): IMF staff—supported by management—raised $148,808 via Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) and responding relief organizations. - Management and department heads staffed collection tables during the Annual Meetings in Bali to help raise funds for Indonesia earthquake victims. ### IN-KIND DONATIONS - Collection drives and in-kind donations supported local causes: - Toy drive in December for hospitalized children through Children’s National Medical Center. - Clothing drive in January for Suited for Change; 150 items of clothing donated during the collection drive. - Bike drive in June for Bikes for the World. - Travel amenity kits donated throughout the year to The Friendship Place. - Toys purchased through the online platform were shipped directly to the hospital before December 20. - Volunteers helped to process bicycles during the joint IMF/World Bank bike collection drive in June. ### VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMS - The Min Zhu Volunteer Program (established in 2017) continued mentoring children from less-privileged backgrounds and helping the homeless in the Washington, DC, metro area. - Financial Literacy Program offerings in FY19: - Fundamentals of Personal Finance (FPF): practical concepts including types of employment, budgeting, taking on debt, and links to macroeconomy and macroeconomic policies. - Young Economist Academy (YEA): basic principles of economics and student-designed programs to solve economic issues in a fictional country; culminated in presentations evaluated by senior Fund economists. - Mentoring to High School Students: Legal and Communications departments partnered with Woodrow Wilson High School; about 10 volunteers provided one-on-one support in a weekly college essay workshop and assisted in developing a new writing center. ### EVENTS AND SIGNATURE VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES - Launch of the 2018 Fall Giving Campaign on September 12, 2018, included a charity fair with 24 local and international charities; an estimated 300 Fund staff participated. - Sixth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 23): volunteer mini fair and collection drive; projects included writing/decorating cards for Smile Train and mapping vulnerable populations using MapSwipe for Doctors Without Borders; volunteers classified and boxed books for Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop. - Thanksgiving Meals for D.C. Families (November 14): volunteers assembled 200 festively-wrapped meal baskets, channeled through Horton’s Kids and Friendship Place. - School Supplies for Refugees (July 10): partnership with World Vision to assemble and ship 750 Promise Packs destined for refugee communities in South Sudan, Somalia, Armenia and Lebanon. - Mapping support: IMF employees used MapSwipe to support Doctors Without Borders; mapping data contributed to a vaccination campaign that reached 107,000 children in April 2019. *Source: IMF Giving Together FY19 Annual report, FOREWORD.* ### 7.4 earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi ### 7.4 earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi ### IMF management response and fundraising - The disasters occurred on September 28. - IMF management launched two fundraisers in response to the disasters in a show of solidarity and support for the people of Indonesia, marking a first for disaster relief fundraisers during the Annual Meetings. - During the Annual Meetings in Bali, the management team organized fundraisers at the meetings site encouraging participants to donate; staff, department heads and members of the management team staffed the donation tables. - Managing Director Christine Lagarde visited the island of Lombok and delivered three management donations to relief organizations responding to the disasters. ### Management donations delivered for Indonesia relief (October 2018) - MD Christine Lagarde delivered donations to: - World Central Kitchen (Lombok): $15,000 - World Vision (Sulawesi): $15,000 - Indonesian Red Cross: $15,000 ### On-the-ground relief activities and partner involvement - Victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi received food, blankets, and toiletries. - The Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia, PMI) provided medical assistance to victims of the earthquake in North Lombok. - Delegates and Fund volunteers staffed donation tables set up during the Annual Meetings for participants to contribute to relief efforts. - A testimonial from Arifin Muhammad Hadi, Head of Disaster Management Division, PMI, highlighted large-scale loss of life, damaged homes and public facilities, displacement into shelter camps, and the role of international support including the IMF in rebuilding houses, schools, health facilities, and public infrastructure. ### Related volunteering and environmental action in Bali (context from Annual Meetings) - A coral replanting event on October 7 engaged over 100 volunteers, including MD Christine Lagarde, to attach corals to artificial reef structures for replanting in Nusa Dua waters. - The Fund’s donation of $15,000 supported the installation and maintenance of 500 artificial structures and 7,500 coral fragments in 6–8-meter depth of Nusa Dua waters, promoting biodiversity and benefiting local marine tourism, research and education. ### Broader giving and impact metrics (FY19/Giving Together program) - Management donations (selected and totals): - Total MANAGEMENT DONATIONS, FY19 (as listed): $164,500 - Examples of other management donations include $15,000 each to recipients in Angola, Ghana, South Africa, Dominica, and Tonga, and smaller donations such as $7,500 to Fiji Nature Conservation Trust and $7,500 to Champs on Wheels. - Employee giving and impact: - Employees of the International Monetary Fund gave $768,698 to Global Impact and charity partners in 2018. - Representative impact statements include: - 19,217 children’s books distributed to promote reading - 3,843 emergency shelters for families after a disaster - 218,310 vaccines to immunize children from measles - 2,562 children saved from trafficking through safe spaces - 904 beds given to refugees with no permanent shelter - 769 children treated for severe malnutrition - 7,687 farmers trained on financial management - 307 water tanks installed for families to wash, cook and drink - 480 expectant mothers given prenatal care - 6,406 mosquito nets to protect children from malaria --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/about/giving-together/2019-ar-givingtogether.pdf_