Sesame Workshop

Organization's name: Sesame Workshop
Organization's acronym: ZAP
Former Name(s): Children's Television Workshop
Headquarters address  
Address: Sesame Workshop
1900 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10023
United States of America
Phone: 212-595-3456
Fax: ZAP
Email: greta.karris@sesame.org
Web site: www.sesameworkshop.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • Assamese
  • Mandarin
  • Kannada
  • Kiswahili
  • Afrikaans
  • Hindi
  • Burmese
  • Yoruba
  • Gujarati
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Kashmiri
  • Dutch
  • Amharic
  • Malayalam
  • Hebrew
  • Somali
  • German
  • Hausa
  • Japanese
  • Ndebele
  • Arabic
  • Dari
  • Ukrainian
  • Sesotho
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • French
  • Pashto
  • Portuguese
  • Bengali
  • Zulu
  • Chinese
  • Nepali
  • English
  • Urdu
  • Marathi

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Disabled Persons
  • Education
  • Family
  • Financing for Development
  • Food
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Media
  • Peace and Security
  • Private Sector
  • Refugees
  • Religion
  • Safety
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Development
  • Sustainable Development
  • Values
  • Violence
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

Financing for Development:
  • Addressing systemic issues

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Men and boys
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Research
  • The girl child
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the media
  • Women in power and decision-making

Social Development:
  • Conflict
  • Disabled persons
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Youth

Sustainable Development:
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Partnerships
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
  • Technology

Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution
Geographic scope: International
Country of activity:
  • Honduras
  • Country Not Available
  • Indonesia
  • Niger
  • Chile
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Zambia
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Mali
  • Ethiopia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Lebanon
  • China
  • Zimbabwe
  • Afghanistan
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Malawi
  • State of Palestine
  • Germany
  • Peru
  • Japan
  • Netherlands
  • United States of America
  • Ireland
  • South Africa
  • Brazil
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Mexico
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Kenya
  • Ghana
  • Israel
  • Nigeria
  • Egypt
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1969
Year of registration (YYYY): 1969
Organizational structure: Sesame Workshop is based in New York, operating with 8 divisions, 28 departments, and 300+ employees.
Number and type of members: Sesame Workshop employees approximately 300 people from the New York office, as well as 100+ consultants in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to assist on co-productions and community outreach programs. SW has 2 local offices, one in India and one in Bangladesh, to oversee project work.
Affiliation with NGO networks: UN DPI
Funding structure:
  • Grants from Governments
  • Other sources
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Product sales and business services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other: Individual Giving (Yellow Feather Fund)

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Children and youth
  • Women
  • Non-governmental organization