Government partners
© UNHCR/A. Penso
UNHCR relies almost entirely on voluntary contributions from governments, UN and pooled funding mechanisms, intergovernmental institutions and the private sector. We work all year round to raise funds for our programmes and address new emergencies as they occur.
Regularly updated information about our operations, financial requirements and donor contributions is available on the Global Focus website, our main operational reporting platform for donors.
In a complex environment with fast shifting needs and priorities, we depend on donors to provide contributions that can be allocated as flexibly as possible. These allow us to direct funds where they are most needed, providing protection, shelter, water, health, education and other essentials to millions of refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless and internally displaced people around the world.
Top Donors
| 2020: Top 10 donors* | |
|---|---|
| Donor | USD |
|
*As of 31 December 2020 |
|
| United States of America | 1,973,251,228 |
| European Union | 522,113,339 |
| Germany | 446,900,261 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
134,725,928 |
| Japan | 126,332,049 |
| Sweden | 124,742,413 |
| Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) |
106,988,819 |
| España con ACNUR (Spain) | 102,589,817 |
| Denmark | 96,555,108 |
| Netherlands | 93,576,166 |
Donor profiles
All donors who have funded UNHCR's activities in recent years are included in this section on our Global Focus website.
- 2020 Global Funding Overview (as at 31 December 2020)
Seeing where your donations are spent
Many who give to aid organizations want to see more about where the funding they give is spent, what it is spent on, and how it has made a difference to the lives of people in need. By signing up to IATI, the International Aid Transparency Initiative, UNHCR can now provide greater levels of detail on its financial and results information.
Find out more about how this works, along with the information UNHCR is displaying.