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Journalist: Policy editor @ thenewhumanitarian.org. What comes next?
For now, IRC may be reining in expectations: “IRC will remain a vital resource... smaller than five years ago but double the size of 10 years ago," Miliband wrote in a Valentine’s Day💔 staff email. "I am just so sorry at the price to be paid to get there." www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/02...
IRC cutting thousands of staff after US aid freeze
Layoffs and furloughs spread as humanitarians grapple with the fallout from Trump’s attempted dismantling of US foreign aid.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For now, IRC may be reining in expectations: “IRC will remain a vital resource... smaller than five years ago but double the size of 10 years ago," Miliband wrote in a Valentine’s Day💔 staff email. "I am just so sorry at the price to be paid to get there." www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/02...
Going into FY2025, IRC was predicting sustained yearly income of $1.5 billion – even as other organisations cut costs and underwent painful restructuring months earlier. eg WFP, a year before: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/10...
WFP warns staff on spending, orders ‘comprehensive review’: internal email
Aid groups prepare for donor cuts: The world’s best-funded aid organisation says it can’t be ‘business as usual’.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Going into FY2025, IRC was predicting sustained yearly income of $1.5 billion – even as other organisations cut costs and underwent painful restructuring months earlier. eg WFP, a year before: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/10...
The IRC was already weathering a fiscal crisis and staff cuts driven by poor budgeting and forecasting, rising costs, and lower-than-expected revenue. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/08...
IRC cuts staff amid budget shortfall
Critics have expressed anger at the high salaries paid to the aid organisation’s leadership team, particularly to CEO David Miliband.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The IRC was already weathering a fiscal crisis and staff cuts driven by poor budgeting and forecasting, rising costs, and lower-than-expected revenue. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/08...
IRC’s US funding for FY2025: $650 million, or about 42% of its budget (since revised).
The share of US funding at a few other NGOs with US financial statements in 2023: Save the Children (54%), CARE (37%), Catholic Relief Services (35%), Mercy Corps (41%).
The share of US funding at a few other NGOs with US financial statements in 2023: Save the Children (54%), CARE (37%), Catholic Relief Services (35%), Mercy Corps (41%).
February 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
IRC’s US funding for FY2025: $650 million, or about 42% of its budget (since revised).
The share of US funding at a few other NGOs with US financial statements in 2023: Save the Children (54%), CARE (37%), Catholic Relief Services (35%), Mercy Corps (41%).
The share of US funding at a few other NGOs with US financial statements in 2023: Save the Children (54%), CARE (37%), Catholic Relief Services (35%), Mercy Corps (41%).
IRC leadership board will also take a 20% pay cut. CEO David Miliband’s salary (+benefits) was about $1.2 million in 2022 – one of the highest in the sector. Its top 10 earners that year notched about $5.3 million in total compensation.
February 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
IRC leadership board will also take a 20% pay cut. CEO David Miliband’s salary (+benefits) was about $1.2 million in 2022 – one of the highest in the sector. Its top 10 earners that year notched about $5.3 million in total compensation.