American Red Cross

Formation	May 21, 1881; 143 years ago (1881-05-21)
Founder	Clara Barton
Legal status	Instrumentality of the United States and a body corporate and politic[1]
Purpose	Humanitarian aid
Headquarters	American Red Cross National Headquarters Washington, D.C., U.S.
Region served	United States
President	Gail J. McGovern[2]
Main organ	Board of Governors
Revenue	US$2,714,189,000 (2017)[3]
Website	www.redcross.org

The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as The American National Red Cross,^[4] is a humanitarian group that gives emergency assistance, disaster relief, and teaches people how to prepare for disasters in the United States. It is the official US group related to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the United States movement to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

The groups offers services and developments programs.^[5]

Clara Barton (1821–1912) created the American chapter after learning of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1869, she went to Europe and became involved with the International Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War. She wanted to bring the group to America.^[6]

Recent presidents and CEOs include Gail McGovern, Elizabeth Dole, Bernadine Healy, Mary S. Elcano, Mark W. Everson and John F. McGuire.^[2]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to American Red Cross.

• official website
  • American Red Cross at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Clara Barton's House: Home of the American Red Cross, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
• American Red Cross Motor Service uniform, the 1940s, in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database
• American Red Cross Nurse's Aide uniform, the 1940s, in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database
• Red Cross posters from World War I from the Elisabeth Ball Collection
• Records of the American National Red Cross, 1881–2008 Archived 2016-02-10 at the Wayback Machine at the National Archives and Records Administration
• Works by American National Red Cross at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about American Red Cross at Internet Archive