Save the Children International
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Its stated criteria are partner experience, reach and governance, and what a partner brings to reaching the most deprived and marginalised children, so show how your work reaches those children on the ground.
- It makes grants to operational partners that carry out programme work on the ground, so the fit is strongest for organisations doing child-focused work in child rights, child health, education, child protection or resilience.
- Its typical grant band is $1,250,000 to $4,050,000, with a median of about $1,850,000, so check that the scale fits before writing a proposal, since the band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so start with the contact it shows for getting in touch.
Overview
Save the Children International is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1076822).
Save the Children International is a registered charity that works for children's rights and needs, helping children to survive, learn and be protected, and to stay safe and healthy. Its work covers humanitarian response, development programmes and advocacy, with children, communities and partners worldwide. A sizable proportion of its programme work is carried out through grants to operational partners, who do the work on the ground and report back. The annual report gives its annual giving as $306,630,000, of which $178,276,000 was in grants the report does not itemise.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Save the Children International works for children’s rights and needs, helping children to survive, learn and be protected, and to stay safe and healthy. Its work includes humanitarian response, development programmes and advocacy, with children, communities and partners worldwide. It makes grants to operational partners that carry out programme work on the ground. These include community-based organisations and local and national NGOs, as well as civil-society organisations, networks and alliances. Grant partnerships support partners’ contribution to its child-focused goals and strengthen their organisational capacity. It considers partners’ experience, reach and governance, and the value they bring in reaching the most deprived and marginalised children; it monitors grant use and provides guidance so funds are used effectively and in line with agreed objectives.
Themes
- Child rights
- Child health
- Education
- Child protection
- Resilience
Geographic Focus
Worldwide.
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 considers potential partners’ experience, reach and governance.
- It values what potential partners bring in helping it reach the most deprived and marginalised children.
- It monitors grant use and provides guidance to ensure funding is applied effectively and in line with agreed objectives.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Save the Children International.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 50 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size
Median $1.9M (year to 31 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Norwegian Refugee Council$12,281,000year to 31 December 2025
- International Rescue Committee$8,748,000year to 31 December 2025
- Ministry of Education Culture and Higher Education$6,000,000year to 31 December 2025
- International Medical Corps$5,282,000year to 31 December 2025
- CARE International$4,091,000year to 31 December 2025
- Save Youth Future Society$4,026,000year to 31 December 2025
- World Vision$3,994,000year to 31 December 2025
- Population Service International$3,294,000year to 31 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients ($178M).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £988,001,224 | £956,387,109 | £195,420,680 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £1,309,489,397 | £1,240,159,902 | £268,040,180 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £1,216,342,610 | £1,222,576,350 | £263,278,560 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £1,103,536,563 | £1,180,817,504 | £291,768,178 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £955,412,235 | £955,712,819 | $306,630,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
Year to 31 December 2025 not shown: grants paid were reported in US dollars and income in pounds.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- savethechildren.net
- savethechildren.net/about-us/our-partners · read on 23 October 2026
- savethechildren.net/about-us/contact-us · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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At a glance
Applying to Save the Children International?
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Contact
- +44 (0)20 3272 0300source
- 1 St. Johns Lane London EC1M 4BL United Kingdomsource
- savethechildren.net
- Contact form
Applying to Save the Children International?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- +44 (0)20 3272 0300source
- 1 St. Johns Lane London EC1M 4BL United Kingdomsource
- savethechildren.net
- Contact form