In May 1941 United China Relief was established; an organization which brought together several different philanthropic organizations operating in China. Other organizations joining United China Relief included the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China; the China Emergency Relief Committee; the American Committee for Chinese War Orphans; the Church Committee for China Relief; the American Committee for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives; and the China Aid Council.

The new board for this organization included Pearl Buck; William Bullitt; Henry Luce; Robert Sproul; Wendell Willkie; John D. Rockefeller III; Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; David O. Selznick; and Thomas Lamont. Eleanor Roosevelt served as honorary chairman.

United China Relief was the largest philanthropic effort to aid the Chinese people up to that time. This organization; which later became known as United Service to China; raised over US$50 million in donations. Pictures From History