Comic Relief, Inc.

This article is about the current American charity. For the former American charity, see Comic Relief USA. For the UK charity, see Comic Relief. For other uses, see Comic Relief (disambiguation).

Comic Relief USA (previously known as America Gives Back Inc.) is an operating 501(c)(3) American charity with the vision of a just world free from poverty. Comic Relief, Inc. specialized in using the power of entertainment to drive positive change.[1]

It is an independent sister organization to the UK charity Comic Relief and is not connected to the former American charity Comic Relief USA.[2] Comic Relief, Inc. is notable for the 2015 US launch of Red Nose Day, a telethon hosted by NBC based closely on the UK event of the same name.[3]

  1. ^ "About Us - Comic Relief". Comic Relief USA. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. ^ RedNoseDay.org, About Red Nose Day. Retrieved 13 May 2015
  3. ^ Roberts, Aniston (7 May 2015). "Roberts, Aniston, Mann added to 'Red Nose Day' special". The Detroit News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.