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Emergency relief

Direct Relief

Medical resources for people affected by poverty and emergencies.

EIN 95-1831116 · Reporting period ended Jun 30, 2025

Financial data retrieved Oct 13, 2026 · Read the source and reporting dates below

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Spending & reporting score

The score combines reported program spending, the financial documents reviewed, and the age of those records.

Not an impact rating. This is not a percentage of your gift.

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How the money was spent

For every $100 spent:

Medical supplies & emergency aidIncludes the staff and supplies for this work.
About $9999.3% of expenses
Raising fundsAsking for and collecting support.
About $00.2% of expenses
Running the organizationManagement and everyday administration.
About $10.5% of expenses

Reported expense allocation for FY 2025. Total: $2,309,271,000. Rounded amounts may not add to $100.

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What the figures show

About $99 out of every $100 spent went toward medical supplies and emergency aid.

This includes the cost of staff, supplies and other resources used for that work. It is not all money handed to people.

Spending figures describe accounting allocations. They do not measure a program’s quality or results.

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What the spending picture leaves out

The reported total includes large noncash medical donations and inventory adjustments. It is not a cash donation pass-through rate.

Spending ratios alone do not establish effectiveness or waste. Outcome evidence has not been assessed. Financial figures alone cannot show the quality or results of this work.

Program expenses include $1.918B of donated medical products distributed and $250.46M of expired-pharmaceutical inventory adjustments.

Medical-product valuations make the program ratio difficult to compare with service charities. A comparable cash-only ratio is not calculated here.

Expense classifications do not prove the value of treatment or health outcomes achieved.

How the score works, in plain language

The score combines three financial and reporting measures. It describes the records reviewed, not the effectiveness of a charity’s programs.

Spending on the cause60% of the score
59.6 of 60 points
Source records25% of the score
25.0 of 25 points
Age of records15% of the score
15.0 of 15 points

Our assessment of reported spending and source records. Not an audit or a guarantee of impact.

An independent audit is included in this snapshot. A functional expense breakdown is included.

Methodology financial-balanced-1.0. Age measured at Oct 17, 2026.

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Sources, scope and reporting dates

Direct Relief and affiliates, consolidated

FY2025 audited financial statements. Printed pages 6 through 8. Values converted from thousands to dollars.

Source snapshot retrieved Oct 13, 2026. This date records when the source was retrieved, not a new audit of the organization.

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