Americares
Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization. It helps people affected by poverty or disaster with medicine, medical supplies, health services and programs. It was founded in 1979 in New Canaan, Connecticut, and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.
Leadership
Christine Squires, President and Chief Executive Officer. Christine Squires is president and chief executive officer of Americares.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1979, by Robert Macauley in New Canaan, Connecticutsource
- Aid delivered since 1979
- More than $17 billion in humanitarian aid to 164 countriessource
- Annual aid
- Nearly $2 billion a year, to an average of 85 countriessource
- President and CEO
- Christine Squires, named in 2020source
- Total revenue, Form 990 for fiscal year ending June 2025 (filed as Americares Foundation Inc)
- $1,851,063,617source
WYDE coverage of Americares
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Americares, from Sep 10, 2026 to Sep 12, 2026. Americares is a recipient in 2 stories. The most recent is Revolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals..
Revolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals.
Revolut and Block clear OCC bank paths, Wyoming puts its stablecoin reserves onchain, AI checks proofs of Fermat and Navier-Stokes, the CLARITY Act hits the Senate, and creators can now get paid to end hunger.
Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min read · Recipient
HealthcareAn Anonymous Connecticut Family Gives Americares a Record $50 Million as US Aid Cuts Squeeze Global Health
The $50 million gift is the largest in Americares' history, and half will fund the aid group's goal of helping 100 million people reach quality health care by 2030 as Washington's foreign aid cuts leave holes across global health programs.
Sep 10, 2026 · 2 min read · Recipient
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