Our Finances

Ecole Evangelique Chretienne in Sable Cabaret, Jacmel Haiti October 19th, 2010: First grade student 6-year-old Islande Douce. practices her penmanship by writing the letter “L “. Susan Warner/ Save the Children

Save the Children maximises the benefits to children by managing our income and expenditure responsibly and effectively.

Save the Children receives income from a wide variety of sources including individuals, foundations, governments and companies. These valuable contributions make it possible for us to secure improvements for children all over the world. We have a clear responsibility to the world’s children, and to all of our supporters, to make the best possible use of these resources.

To improve our cost-effectiveness, Save the Children International works together with partner organisations where feasible. We spend as much money as possible on programmes which benefit children directly. Most of these programmes are based in the world’s poorest countries, where millions of children struggle to survive and thrive.

Save the Children national organisations also operate domestic programmes to meet the particular needs of children in their own country.

We are committed to managing our funds in a fully accountable way. Effective administration does cost money, but we keep this cost as low as possible. Save the Children is working to align our financial processes, planning and reporting through the transition to one Save the Children where, instead of many member organisations delivering programmes in a particular country, there is only one Save the Children organisation – bringing significant cost efficiencies in-country as well as across the rest of the organisation. This allows us to focus more on working for children.