Humanity & Inclusion

CharityWatch is currently unable to provide a letter grade rating of Humanity & Inclusion (HI-US) due to how the organization is structured and funded. HI-US receives the vast majority of its funding from the U.S. government and an associated organization, Humanity & Inclusion Federation (HI Federation). In addition, the vast majority of HI-US program and total expenses consist of grants to HI Federation.

According to the Humanity & Inclusion (HI-US) audit of December 31, 2023 (Note 6, Related Party Transactions):

"HI-US is a part of the Handicap International DBA Humanity & Inclusion Federation (the HI Federation), comprised of eight national associations, which is headquartered in Lyon, France. HI-US solicits private and public funds, as well as provides program management through technical expertise, training, monitoring and evaluation, and grants administration.

HI-US provides 70% of unrestricted contributions to the HI Federation and the HI Federation Affiliated Organizations. For the year ended December 31, 2023, they contributed $576,218 to the HI-Federation. HI-US did not make any contributions to the HI Federation Affiliated Organizations...

...Additionally, HI-US expended $42,312,472 in sub-grants to the HI Federation (which includes 70% of unrestricted contributions). The HI Federation implements the programs. There were no sub-grants awarded to the HI Federation Affiliated Organizations in 2023. HI-US and the HI Federation also share two Board Members..."


The majority of HI-US's program and total expenses are expended in sub-grants to the HI Federation. For 2023, HI-US reports cash program expenses of $42,641,668 of which $42,312,472 consists of sub-grants to the France-based HI Federation, according to the HI-US 2023 audit. These grants to affiliated organizations represent approximately 99% and 95% of HI-US's cash-based total program expenses and total expenses, respectively, for fiscal 2023.

According to the 2023 Humanity & Inclusion tax filing and audited financial statements, of the approximately $43.7 million in contributions received in 2023, approximately $40.1 million consisted of government grants. In addition, the majority of the organization's non-government contributions were received from a related, non-U.S. entity (HI Federation) for which financial documents either do not exist, are not publicly available, or are not based on U.S. accounting standards. According to the HI-US audit (Note 6): "...For the year ended December 31, 2023, operational support to HI-US [from HI Federation] totaled $2,093,517."

CharityWatch's methodology is not designed to measure how efficiently one entity of a charity grants funds to its associated organizations. For this reason, CharityWatch does not believe it is fair to publish a program efficiency ratio for HI-US alongside those of other charities that conduct their own programs and/or primarily make grants to unaffiliated charities. In addition, because such a small percentage of HI-US contributions come from non-government or non-affiliated organizations, CharityWatch is unable to provide a meaningful ratio of fundraising efficiency for HI-US.

CharityWatch's inability to provide a complete rating of HI-US is strictly due to how the organization is structured and funded. In order for CharityWatch to be able to provide a complete rating for HI-US in the future, we would require consolidated or combined audited financial statements, expressed in U.S. dollars and based on U.S. GAAP, that include all of HI Federation's related entities. Such statements would eliminate inter-organizational related party transactions, as well as provide a comprehensive view of how the organization both raises and spends public dollars on the whole. This information may not currently be practicable for HI-US or HI Federation to provide given that the organization's headquarters is based in Europe and not the U.S.