Humanitarian Funding

Turning resources into humanitarian impact requires more than goodwill. It requires systems, relationships and accountability built over time and tested in the field. For donors and partners who want to act on humanitarian priorities, the question is not just how much to give, but how to give in a way that reaches the right places, through the right partners, with the right oversight.

The Netherlands Red Cross offers institutional donors, corporate partners, trusts and foundations a structured, accountable route to translate resources into humanitarian impact through the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. Donors and partners gain access to an in-country presence across eight bilateral partnerships, a network of trusted partner National Societies, and thematic expertise across anticipatory action, water and climate resilience, cash assistance, and data and digital solutions.

The Netherlands Red Cross works with donors and partners across the full disaster risk cycle, from government ministries and corporate partners to civil society organisations, designing funding arrangements that match donor priorities to humanitarian need on the ground.

How we work together

Support is shaped around what each donor or partner needs and what the humanitarian context requires. It can include:

• Designing the right funding arrangement together, whether a bilateral grant, a multi-donor consortium or a co-financing structure, matched to donor priorities and humanitarian need
• Managing compliance, reporting and financial accountability throughout the grant cycle, giving donors oversight of how resources are used
• Leading or joining multi-partner initiatives that pool expertise and funding for greater reach, the Water at the Heart of Climate Action programme and STREAM are examples
• Connecting donor resources to in-country National Society partners, bridging donor intent and local implementation needs and capacity