UNICEF

Name

UNICEF

Legal name

Den Danske UNICEF Fond

Website

https://unicef.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian Logistics, Supply Chain & Air/Sea/Land Relief Transport (BPAGAAAI), Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Immunization & Vaccine Delivery Programs (BPADAIAB), Vaccine Procurement, Tendering & Immunization Supply Programs (HLAIAEAN)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Child welfare programs
• Vaccine procurement distribution
• Emergency response logistics
• Development assistance funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Nordhagen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Voluntary Contributions from Governments: UNICEF is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from governments, not from the UN regular budget. These include both flexible contributions for general programming and earmarked funding for specific initiatives.
2. Private Donations and Fundraising: UNICEF receives donations from individuals through monthly giving programs, one-time gifts, bequests, and legacy donations. National committees in 33 countries conduct fundraising campaigns.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with companies including LEGO, Novo Nordisk, Pandora, Hempel Fonden, Grundfos, DSV, Saxo, DBU and others provide both financial contributions and in-kind support.
4. Foundations and Trusts: Funding from philanthropic foundations supporting specific programs and initiatives in child health, education, and protection.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

UNICEF delivers humanitarian aid and development programs for children in 190 countries and territories, providing vaccines, therapeutic food, clean water, education materials, and child protection services. The organization also procures and distributes emergency supplies through the world's largest humanitarian warehouse in Copenhagen, delivers digital education platforms, and operates a webshop selling merchandise to fundraise for programs.

Product overview

UNICEF is a humanitarian organization, not a technology product company. Its 'products' consist primarily of emergency relief supply kits (School-in-a-Box, Disaster Health Kits), nutrition products (Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food), digital education platforms (Nigeria Learning Passport), and traceability technology (TRVST). UNICEF's Global Supply Center in Copenhagen serves as the world's largest humanitarian warehouse, coordinating procurement and logistics of essential supplies including vaccines (2.787 billion doses in 2024), therapeutic foods (787 million packets), and water purification tablets (for 27.4 million people). The organization also operates a webshop selling merchandise and 'world gifts' to support fundraising.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UNICEF Innocenti: UNICEF's research center in Florence, Italy focused on children's rights research
• UNICEF Supply Division
• NAKUUSA
• DKBØRN
• Børnevenlig Kommune
• Verdensforælder

Products and services

• UNICEF Webshop Online retail platform operated by UNICEF Denmark selling UNICEF merchandise, world gifts (virtual contributions to specific programs), toys, clothing, accessories, and greeting cards. Proceeds support UNICEF's humanitarian work for children globally.
• Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) High-energy peanut-based therapeutic food used to treat severe acute malnutrition in children. UNICEF is the world's largest purchaser, delivering 787.42 million packets in 2024 to treat 5.25 million children. Used in humanitarian and development programs worldwide.
• School-in-a-Box Pre-packaged educational kit containing materials for a teacher and 40 students, including notebooks, pencils, number blocks, and letter posters. The lid can be painted with chalkboard lacquer to function as a writing surface. Used to enable immediate continuation of education in crisis situations.
• Disaster Health Kit Emergency medical supplies designed to meet primary healthcare needs of displaced populations without access to medical care. Contains essential medicines and basic medical equipment for 10,000 people for three months. Deployed in humanitarian crisis response.
• Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) Digital learning platform developed in partnership with Microsoft and the Global Partnership for Education, offering online and offline functionality with zero-rated mobile access for Airtel users. Over 2.3 million learners enrolled across 25 Nigerian states as of June 2026.
• TRVST Traceability Platform UNICEF's supply chain traceability and product authentication platform operational in 15 countries with over 50 million serialised packs, enabling verification of pharmaceutical products across the humanitarian supply chain.
• UNICEF Supply Division / Global Supply Center Global logistics hub in Copenhagen managing procurement and delivery of humanitarian supplies including vaccines, nutrition products, water purification tablets, and emergency relief items. In 2024, delivered 2.787 billion vaccine doses and 787.42 million packets of peanut-based therapeutic food.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.2 billion vaccine doses delivered to 103 countries
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gavi, the Vaccine AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Joint initiative to accelerate development of Bundibugyo Ebolavirus vaccine, with UNICEF issuing Expression of Interest and Gavi committing $50 million including $40 million for vaccine access acceleration.
• Airtel Africa FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Partnership to connect schools to internet, having connected 3,296 schools supporting over 2 million learners, with plans to expand to 5,000+ schools.
• SK biosciencecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026SK bioscience designated as UNICEF supplier of influenza vaccines for 2026 immunization programs, delivering approximately 640,000 doses across multiple countries.
• Green Climate Fund (GCF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 May 2026Accreditation Master Agreement establishing UNICEF as an Accredited Entity with GCF to scale climate action reaching children and vulnerable communities.
• BitgetminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 May 2026Second-year partnership supporting UNICEF Game Changers Coalition reaching 642,000 young people across 8 countries, expanding into financial literacy and AI modules.
• GooglecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Three-year partnership to strengthen AI-based education in India, Brazil, Pakistan, and Kenya, providing teacher training on AI tools including Gemini and ReadAlong for literacy and numeracy improvement.
• Eli LillycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026$50 million, six-year collaboration to improve NCD prevention and care for children in 21 low and middle-income countries, targeting 30 million young people and caregivers from 2026-2032.
• FAO and WFPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTripartite collaboration on food security and nutrition assessments, including joint warnings on famine risks in Somalia and Sudan.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): UN sister agency delivering humanitarian assistance and protection to refugees, IDPs, and stateless people. Like UNICEF, it operates across virtually every country with displaced populations and is funded by voluntary government contributions.
• World Food Programme (WFP): The UN's food-assistance agency and the world's largest humanitarian organization. WFP shares UNICEF's operating geographies, government-donor funding model, and logistics-driven humanitarian supply chain.
• Save the Children: The world's largest child-focused NGO. Save the Children operates in roughly the same geographies as UNICEF with overlapping programs in child health, nutrition, education, and protection, and competes for similar government and private donor funding.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF / Doctors Without Borders): Independent medical humanitarian organization operating emergency health programs in conflict and crisis zones. MSF directly overlaps UNICEF's emergency health, vaccination, and nutrition programming in many of the same countries.
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): The world's oldest and largest humanitarian organization, focused on protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict. Shares UNICEF's operating model of country-presence and government-funded humanitarian delivery in conflict zones.
• CARE International: Major international humanitarian and development NGO operating in over 100 countries with programs in maternal-child health, nutrition, education, and emergency response. Competes with UNICEF for private and institutional donor funding.

Broad incumbents

• World Health Organization (WHO): UN specialized agency for global public health. WHO co-implements maternal, newborn, and child health programs with UNICEF (e.g., the $43.5M Uzbekistan program) and shares the same UN governance and donor base.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): UN's global development network operating in 170+ countries. UNDP shares UNICEF's country-office model, UN mandate, and government-donor funding base, with overlapping programs in resilience, governance, and basic services.

Emerging players

• Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Public-private partnership that funds vaccine procurement for lower-income countries and is UNICEF's largest counterpart in vaccine delivery. The two organizations co-launch initiatives (e.g., the Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine program) and operate in a tightly integrated funding-and-procurement relationship.

Others

• UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): UN body responsible for coordinating inter-agency humanitarian response. OCHA is not a delivery peer but is structurally intertwined with UNICEF, which participates in the same pooled funds, clusters, and humanitarian country teams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unicef-danmark
• Xx.com/unicefdk
• Facebookfacebook.com/unicefdanmark

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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