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Operation USA

American world aid organization founded 1979

Summary

American world aid organization founded 1979

FieldValue
nameOperation USA (aka Operation California, In.)
founded_date1979, with its California incorporation date in May 1980
logo[[Image:Operation-usa.png]]
founderRichard M. Walden
locationLos Angeles, California
key_peopleRichard M. Walden, President and CEO
Board Members:
Julie Andrews
Jonathan Estrin
Gary Larsen
Skip Whitney
Bob Johnson
Maria Mohiuddin Verjee
Drew Hagen
Dr. Stanley Frileck
Michael Mahdesian(Chairman)
Jeff Franklin
Rosario Dawson
Rick Allen
Peter Greenberg
Julie Yannatta
area_servedGlobal
focusDisaster relief, Disaster recovery, Health, Education, Youth Programs, Food Security, Long-term rebuilding
homepagewww.opusa.org

Board Members: Julie Andrews Jonathan Estrin Gary Larsen Skip Whitney Bob Johnson Maria Mohiuddin Verjee Drew Hagen Dr. Stanley Frileck Michael Mahdesian(Chairman) Jeff Franklin Rosario Dawson Rick Allen Peter Greenberg Julie Yannatta

Operation USA (also known as OpUSA, Operation California, or OpCal) is a non-profit humanitarian organization supporting health, education, and relief programs at home and abroad. The Organization is privately funded, receiving no assistance from the United States federal government. OPUSA had a revenue of over $2.6 million in the fiscal year 2019, and since 1979 has delivered more than $400 million in aid to 100 countries.{{cite web | access-date = 2020-01-01 | archive-date = 2021-05-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210507061628/https://www.opusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OpUSA_2019_AnnualReportFINAL.pdf | url-status = live | access-date = 2020-04-01 | archive-date = 2020-04-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200404050746/https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4268 | url-status = live

Awards and affiliations

Operation USA was part of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1997 when it won the Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2012-01-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120105152335/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/14/local/me-42470 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061002183030/http://www.opusa.org/whoweare/affiliations_awards.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2006-10-02 | access-date = 2009-02-09 | access-date = 2008-06-07 | archive-date = 2008-06-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080624163435/http://www.alertnet.org/newspartners/index.htm?v=chap_O&id=14 | url-status = dead

History

Operation California began in 1979 as "a relief organization created to provide aid to Vietnamese boat people and Cambodian refugees",{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2011-05-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110524223323/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/657902142.html?dids=657902142:657902142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+11,+1980&author=RENA+FREEMAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Human+Kindness&pqatl=google | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130204061151/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=144802 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 4, 2013 | access-date = 2008-06-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101022045317/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912541,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 22, 2010 | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access=subscription | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2012-10-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010222459/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00611FF3E5C12728DDDAF0A94DA415B898BF1D3 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071116193747/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912555,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 16, 2007 | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access=subscription

In 1982, Operation California sent "the first private airlift from the U.S. to Poland", delivering 200000 lb. of medical supplies and medicine;{{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-05 | access-date = 18 March 2023 | access-date = 2008-06-09 | url-access=subscription | access-date = 2008-06-09 | access-date = 2008-06-09 | access-date = 2008-06-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080329034142/http://www.opusa.org/whoweare/history.html |archive-date = 2008-03-29}} In 1989, Operation USA facilitated operations on children in Vietnam who had cleft palates by a Los Angeles-based plastic surgeon, Dr Stanley Frileck.{{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-09

Medical aid and rebuilding effort was delivered to Mexico in 1990 by OpUSA.{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2023-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193114/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-01-mn-169-story.html | url-status = live | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2010-12-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101227172847/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-04/news/mn-955_1_relief-network | url-status = live | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2012-10-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190015/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-10/news/we-1712_1_medical-supplies | url-status = live | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2023-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193114/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-12-me-22152-story.html | url-status = live | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2012-10-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021185923/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/nov/17/news/cl-43501 | url-status = live | access-date = 2008-06-05 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2012-10-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021180932/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/19/news/cl-23774 | url-status = live

In 2003, OpUSA delivered aid to Iraq War victims in the Persian Gulf.{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-05 | archive-date = 2012-10-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011094057/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F9E66898257D92C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | url-status = dead | access-date = 2008-06-05 | archive-date = 2012-10-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011094106/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10754A5014D3C3F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | url-status = dead | access-date = 18 March 2023 | archive-date = 18 March 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193109/https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/los-angeles-based-operation-usa-appeals-funds-aid-burmese-cyclone-diasaster | url-status = live | access-date = 2008-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628040152/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/opusa/121425922391.htm |archive-date=28 June 2008 | access-date = 2008-06-26 |url-status=dead

In 2020, OpUSA began responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States by delivering cash and supplies to partners aiding front-line workers.

Celebrity affiliates

Operation USA, These include These promotions have featured:

  • Barbra Streisand{{cite news
  • Bonnie Raitt
  • Carol Burnett
  • Crosby, Stills & Nash{{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-06 | archive-date = 2006-11-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061114172530/http://tucsonweekly.com/tw/02-29-96/mus.htm | url-status = live
  • Don Henley
  • Ed Asner{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-09 | archive-date = 2015-09-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150922184749/http://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0126/012635.html | url-status = live
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Jack Elliot
  • Jackson Browne{{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-06 | archive-date = 2019-11-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191112172119/https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/89/114/01_5_m.html | url-status = live
  • James Garner
  • John Denver
  • Julie Andrews{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-07 | archive-date = 2012-05-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120516002014/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF50F7FB7A213CF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | url-status = dead | access-date = 2008-06-06 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2023-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193109/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-22-vw-137-story.html | url-status = live | access-date = 2008-06-06 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2023-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193110/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-26-et-andrews26-story.html | url-status = live
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Michael Jackson
  • New American Orchestra
  • Plácido Domingo
  • Ricardo Montalbán
  • Ry Cooder
  • Sharon Stone{{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-07
  • The Buena Vista Social Club{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-07 | archive-date = 2023-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193120/https://variety.com/1999/scene/vpage/and-justice-for-all-musicians-1117502645/ | url-status = live
  • Tony Adams{{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-07 | archive-date = 2020-11-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127033205/https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-adams-film-tv-and-stage-producer-dead-at-52-com-128768 | url-status = live Rosario Dawson travelled with Operation USA to Nicaragua in 2008. In 2013, Jessica Alba donated $51,445 worth of products from the Honest Company through Operation USA to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. George Hamilton, Barbara Streisand, Rosario Dawnson, Jude Law, Leslie Mann, and others, also assisted in relief efforts.

Film and theater projects

Operation USA's funds come from television and film including:

  • Because We Care (CBS Television Special){{cite news
  • Beyond Borders (Hollywood){{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-07
  • Buena Vista Social Club (Hollywood & Havana)
  • Roll Bounce{{cite news | access-date = 2008-06-07 | archive-date = 2009-08-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090802222701/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=7457 | url-status = live
  • The Killing Fields (Hollywood & Cambodia){{cite web | access-date = 2008-06-09

References

References

  1. "10 Highly Rated Charities Relying on Private Contributions". [[Charity Navigator]].
  2. "COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response". Operation USA.
  3. (2013-11-14). "Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson and Other Celebs Makes Donations to Help Victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines".
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