Last month, two major international NGOs announced significant layoffs.
The International Rescue Committee, with a total revenue of $1.34 billion and staff of 14,000, said it was cutting around 10% of the staff it funded from unrestricted revenue. In practice, that is likely to mean several hundred jobs, mostly in its head office.
Meanwhile, more than 500 jobs are also on the line in the central and regional offices of Save the Children International, the largest INGO in the United Kingdom, which together with its member nonprofits has a total revenue of $2.5 billion and around 25,000 staff.