Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,542,545 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($13,311,231). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3B
- Funders on record
- 95
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $1.2B
What International Committee of the Red Cross does
Mission
The International Committee of the Red Cross (switzerland)(icrc) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and of violence and to provide them with assistance. The icrc also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal principles. Established in 1863, the icrc directs and coordinates the international activities conducted by the red cross movement in conflicts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The icrc intends to provide assistance to various target populations affected by conflicts and other situations of violence. In 2023, the icrc ran assistance programs in numerous countries. The bulk of the work was carried out in africa, near and middle east, and europe and central asia. As to economic security, 2,709,770 people received food aid and 888,542 of them were internally displaced persons (idps). 6,247,125 people received support for food production, 3,221,942 people benefited from income support, 1,900,465 people were given basic household items and hygiene kits to improve their living conditions, and 27,087 people benefited from capacity-building initiatives. 36,281,293 people gained access to clean water for drinking, irrigation or household use, reduced their exposure to environmental health risks or saw improvements to their general living conditions. Also, a total of 195 beds have been contributed to hospitals. With the help of national societies, icrc is able to support 679 primary-health-care centers covering a total population of 16,104,023 people on average. The icrc conducted first-aid training sessions for 40,646 people, including volunteers. People with…
$1,428,296,296 spentof which $277,923,056 as grants62% of program spendingThe icrc intends to protect the life and dignity of various target populations affected by conflicts and other situations of violence, either by visiting detainees or by restoring family links. The icrc facilitated 1,873,156 phone and video calls facilitated between family members separated as a result of armed conflict or other situations of violence, migration, detention/internment or other circumstances. The fate or whereabouts of 8,262 people for tracing, as requested by their families, has been established by the icrc. A total of 437,009 people visited or telephoned icrc offices worldwide for family-links services or other related concerns. In relation to forensics, the icrc carried out forensic activities in some territories around the world to ensure proper and dignified management of human remains and to help prevent and resolve cases of missing persons. The icrc delegates visited 885 places of detention holding 837,029 detainees, including those held in relation to armed conflicts and other situations of violence. A total of 22,624 detainees were monitored individually; among them, 14,020 detainees were visited and registered for the first time in 2023. A total of 11,398…
$404,372,338 spentof which $10,420,494 as grants18% of program spendingThe icrc intends to develop an active dialogue with national authorities worldwide to promote staff ratification of or accession to international humanitarian law (ihl) treaties and their domestic implementation. The icrc continued to strengthen its legal capacity and the protection of its staff by securing privileges and immunities worldwide, particularly the privilege not to disclose confidential information in legal proceedings. These privileges and immunities are crucial to the organization's ability to discharge its internationally recognized humanitarian mandate in a neutral, impartial and independent manner, and to do so without excessive financial and administrative burdens.
$240,659,747 spentof which $3,219,826 as grants10% of program spendingThe icrc has four major programs: assistance (4a), protection (4b), prevention (4c) and cooperation (below). The aim of the fourth program, icrc's cooperation with national societies. (example american red cross for the usa), is two-fold: 1) to strengthen operational relationship with host national societies to improve their activities for people affected by armed conflict and 2) to strengthen their capacities overall the icrc annual report available on our website descrived in detail the objectives and achievements of these four programs. Here is the website for the 2023 annual report, which will be available by end of june 2023:https://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/annual-reports/.amounts reported in part iii do not match the annual report because the annual report figures include overhead, whereas the part iii figures exclude overhead.
$220,243,382 spentof which $50,044,949 as grants10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,293,571,763.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.7B to $2.1B (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 94% · 2021 94% · 2022 80% · 2023 82% · 2024 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $51k → $5.2M.
39 of 95 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 95 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 86% · 2021 81% · 2022 34% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Against its field
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 98 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 98 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Foundation for the Icrc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS?
- INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,542,545 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($13,311,231). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS have?
- IRS filings report 95 organizations giving $28,542,545 in grants to INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,311,231 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 95 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing