EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR DONATIONS IS THE KEY MEASURE OF YOUR FOUNDATIONS' SUCCESS. 

When major disasters happen, hundreds, if not thousands of aid-organisations big and small scramble for support and try to procure as much emergency-supplies as they can get.

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Unfortunately, this dispersion of organisations, projects and initiatives requires massive redundant resources, and this makes emergency-relief inefficient, costly and slow.

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Past emergencies and especially the current COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated the overwhelming challenges aid-organisations experience when trying to carry out their mission. Overnight they need to scale-up their operations, convince donors, find supplies, negotiate and close transactions with unknown overseas suppliers, etc.

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The challenges for grant-making foundations are not less.

Especially in times of crisis, quickly selecting trustworthy grantees is difficult, but probably the biggest challenge is making sure that your support is having the biggest possible positive impact.

HOW IOCR CAN HELP

The International Organisation for Crisis-Response has been established to make sourcing and distribution of emergency-supplies significantly more effective for aid-organisations. For foundations supporting these organisations, this means that more of their funding goes directly to emergency-relief resulting in a much bigger positive impact.

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Some of the key benefits for foundations are:

• Grantees need to invest less in in-house sourcing-expertise, with less overhead more of your donations will go to actual emergency-relief.

• A procurement-platform for emergency-supplies with verified participants allows for faster, more effective crisis-response, giving your grants a bigger impact.

• A membership-community with a stringent application and verification process makes it possible to swiftly select charitable causes in times of crisis.

• The ability to source and allocate purchases to aid-organisations, or to offer them credit to do their own purchasing gives you control over how your donations will be used

• Being part of a global crisis-response community makes it possible to join forces with other members.

• Donating to aid-organisations via IOCR is transparent and makes the allocation of funds more manageable.

• Donations in-kind or donations of cash are both possible.

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In short, IOCR's global network, proven trading-system and its online platform guarantee a bigger positive impact in a much shorter time and access to more and better information where the real funding-needs are.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR IOCR-MEMBERS

• Opportunities to minimise your own overhead

• Opportunities to promote your foundations and how you are making a positive impact

• Get connected to strategic partners and allies who share your vision, mission & values