International Alert

Registered charity 327553 · since 1987international-alert.org·International·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£4.7M

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

£3,000 to £145k

Grant range

From the annual report's grant list

From the named grants only. A further £693k went in grants the report doesn't itemise.

£18,000

Typical grant (median)

72 published grants

Key takeaways

About 8 in 10 of International Alert's 72 grants to organisations fall between £3,000 and £145,000, with a median of £18,000, so a request in that typical range fits its usual pattern.
The band is not a ceiling, though, as its largest grant was £595,000.
Its geographic focus is stated as anywhere in the world, and its work centres on peacebuilding, so a project with a clear link to ending violence is the natural fit.
It describes its partnerships as rooted in conflict-affected societies and wants its peacebuilding to be increasingly locally led and locally managed, so a proposal that shows local leadership and management is likely to read well.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so the sensible first step is to contact it through the contact it shows before writing a full proposal.

Overview

International Alert is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 327553).

International Alert was founded to help people find peaceful solutions to conflict. Its purpose is to support a sustainable and inclusive end to violence, working with people directly affected by violence and advocating for changes that sustain peace. Its annual giving is £4,714,000 as shown in its annual report, and more than a quarter of its annual expenditure is passed on as grants to partner organisations. Most of its funds come from restricted or unrestricted grants from institutional funders, primarily governments, together with some charitable trusts and foundations.

What they fund

Priority Areas

International Alert’s purpose is to support a sustainable and inclusive end to violence, working with people directly affected by violence and advocating for changes that sustain peace. It passes a substantial share of its expenditure to partner organisations as grants. The organisation describes its partnerships as rooted in conflict-affected societies: partners ground its understanding of conflict, shape its peacebuilding approach, extend its reach and bring expertise. Grants can accompany consortium work, build a recipient organisation’s capacity or enable learning from a partner. Its accompaniment can also include training, mentoring and capacity building in peacebuilding and organisational management. It wants its peacebuilding to be increasingly locally led and locally managed.

Themes

Peacebuilding

Geographic Focus

Anywhere in the world.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It wants its peacebuilding to be increasingly locally led and locally managed.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to International Alert.

Christian AidNo public processGave £28.8M ADD InternationalInvitation onlyGave £103k ActionAid UKNo public processGave £29.3M Mothers’ UnionNo public processGave £291k Muslim AidNo public processGave £4.6M The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)RollingGave £4.9M The British Red CrossNo public processGave £77.8M The Polden-Puckham Charitable FoundationInvitation onlyGave £3.4M Internews EuropeNo public process Relief International UKNo public process

Grants

72 published grants analysed · median £18,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 72 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size

£1k–£2.5k10%

£2.5k–£5k17%

£5k–£10k13%

£10k–£25k17%

£25k–£50k22%

£50k–£100k7%

£100k–£250k8%

£250k–£500k4%

£500k–£1M3%

Median £18,000 (year to 31 December 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Pole Institute
£595,000year to 31 December 2025
iPEACE Rwanda
£509,000year to 31 December 2025
International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
£382,000year to 31 December 2025
Justice Plus
£280,000year to 31 December 2025
iPEACE DRC
£265,000year to 31 December 2025
Bureau D'Etudes Scientifiques Et Techniques
£144,000year to 31 December 2025
Commission Épiscopale Justice Et Paix Du Rwanda (CEJP)
£143,000year to 31 December 2025
Public Journalism Club
£142,000year to 31 December 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£693k); 5 with no amount stated.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£19,371,000	£17,382,000	£3,893,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£25,275,000	£21,471,000	£5,630,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£19,217,000	£20,719,000	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£19,995,786	£19,461,171	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£15,543,447	£16,245,277	£4,714,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£3.9M grants

YE 2022

£5.6M grants

YE 2025

£4.7M paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.