Plan International

Name

Plan International

Legal name

Plan International, Inc.

Website

https://plan-international.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Plan International is a non-profit humanitarian and development organization founded in 1937 that delivers child-rights and girls'-empowerment programming across 80+ countries, funded through individual sponsorship, institutional grants, and corporate partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Humanitarian and Development Services

NAICS

International Affairs (92812), International Affairs (928120), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA), Global Health & School Health Partnerships (WASH, Nutrition, SRH) (EDADALAH), International & Global Public Health Aid Administration (Government Donors) (HLAJALAO), Bilateral Development & Global Health Cooperation Programs (HLAJAOAB)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Child rights advocacy
• Girls education programs
• Emergency response services
• Community development

Headquarters

HQ city

Surrey

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorship: Individual donations and child sponsorship programmes where supporters sponsor girls and families in programme areas. Sponsors receive updates on the child's progress and development.
2. Institutional Funding: Funding from governments, foundations, and multilateral organisations including UN agencies, EU, and bilateral aid agencies for humanitarian response and development programmes.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Strategic partnerships with corporations such as Kimberly-Clark ($28.7 million commitment), Miik ($75,000 partnership), and DP World for specific programme delivery and funding.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Plan International is an international humanitarian and development organization that delivers programs for children and adolescents, with a strategic focus on girls. Its core offerings include humanitarian and emergency response; inclusive quality education; child protection and protection from violence; early childhood development; youth empowerment; skills and work (vocational training, entrepreneurship, life skills); sexual and reproductive health and rights; and health, nutrition and water access. These programs are delivered in over 80 countries through country offices and local partnerships and are supported by child sponsorship, institutional grant funding, and corporate partnerships.

Product overview

Plan International is a global humanitarian and development organization that works with children and girls in over 80 countries. Rather than a commercial product or software platform, Plan International delivers a portfolio of humanitarian and development programs organized around core service areas: Humanitarian Response and Emergency Programs (providing lifesaving support in crises), Inclusive Quality Education, Protection from Violence, Early Childhood Development, Youth Empowerment, Skills and Work, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Health/Nutrition/Water. Supporting these core programs are advocacy campaigns (including We Object/End Child Marriage), the Emergency Response Roster (a talent deployment program), research publications, and community health initiatives like the Swasthya Kendra Programme. The organization operates through a network of country offices and local partnerships, with its work guided by humanitarian principles and a strategy focused on standing with girls to break down barriers and back their leadership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global Girls Foundation: A foundation under Plan International focused on girls' rights and empowerment
• Pledge for Change

Products and services

• Humanitarian Response and Emergency Programs Emergency response programs providing lifesaving support before, during, and after crises including conflict, natural disasters, and disease outbreaks, delivering food, shelter, health services, and protection for children and families in humanitarian contexts.
• Inclusive Quality Education Programs supporting education from early learning to secondary education, working with girls, families, communities, and governments to ensure quality education, safety, and the ability of children to shape their futures.
• Protection from Violence Child protection programming preventing harm and creating safer environments, addressing violence at home, schools, online and public spaces while challenging root causes of inequality.
• Early Childhood Development Support for children's health, nutrition, play, early learning and safety during the first 1,000 days of life while challenging barriers that limit girls from the start.
• Youth Empowerment Programs amplifying girls' movements from grassroots to global, supporting girls to lead and engaging boys and young men as allies in building a more equal world.
• Skills and Work Vocational training, entrepreneurship support, financial literacy, mentoring and life skills programs equipping girls and young women to access decent work and shape their futures.
• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Programs expanding access to youth-friendly health services, ending harmful practices like child marriage and female genital mutilation, and supporting girls to protect their health.
• Health, Nutrition and Water Programs supporting access to healthcare, nutritious food, and clean water, working alongside girls, families, communities, and governments to ensure health and dignity.
• Emergency Response Roster A roster of experienced professionals ready to deploy at short notice to support locally led teams in protecting girls and delivering urgent humanitarian support during emergencies.
• Free to Be App A mobile application that allows girls to report incidents of abuse and seek emergency assistance, used in research including the Unsafe in the City study across multiple cities.
• Swasthya Kendra Programme A network of wellbeing hubs for truckers and their families in India, providing healthcare services, preventive screenings, rest areas, sanitation facilities, and welfare assistance, developed in partnership with DP World, with plans to expand across India targeting one million truckers and their families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached 12.2 million people with humanitarian assistance in 2024-25
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DP WorldcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026DP World launched the Swasthya Kendra programme in partnership with Plan International India - a 7,000 sq ft integrated wellness hub for truckers near the Mundra International Container Terminal in Gujarat. The programme provides healthcare services, preventive screenings, rest areas, sanitation facilities, and welfare assistance, with plans to expand across India targeting one million truckers and their families.
• MiikminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 9 March 2026Miik, a woman-owned sustainable fashion brand based in Toronto, announced a $75,000 partnership with Plan International Canada to support the Women and Girls' Economic Empowerment Fund over three years. The initiative aims to empower over 100,000 women and girls across six countries through education, vocational training, skill development, entrepreneurship support, and job opportunities.
• Zurich Climate Resilience AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance convened a Climate Resilience Multi-Stakeholder Forum in Quezon City, Philippines. Plan International Pilipinas signed a Terms of Reference with Philippine Red Cross and IFRC Philippine Country Office to reinforce the ZCRA Philippines Country Coordination Mechanism, advancing inclusive climate action across Filipino communities.
• Sahara Group FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 January 2026Sahara Group Foundation signed a Strategic Partnership MoU with Plan International Nigeria for the Sahara Go Recycling Project, a waste-to-wealth initiative launched in 2021. The partnership aims to create economic opportunities for vulnerable populations with at least 60% of participants expected to be adolescent girls, combining environmental sustainability with social inclusion.
• Kimberly-ClarkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 October 2025Kimberly-Clark launched enhanced global partnerships including a $28.7 million commitment from its foundation to improve care for women and girls. The partnership with Plan International focuses on menstrual, maternal, and infant health, aiming to reach 24 million people over three years through collaborations with Baby2Baby, Plan International, Project HOPE, and UNICEF.
• TUI Care FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTUI Academy Dominican Republic is a vocational training initiative led by the TUI Care Foundation in partnership with Plan International. The programme has equipped over 600 young people with hospitality, language, and life skills since its launch nearly a decade ago, with 60% female participation and collaborations with INFOTEP and the Ministry of Labour.
• Taawon (Welfare Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlan International partnered with Taawon, Palestine's largest NGO, to respond to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza. Plan International has dispatched over 50 trucks of life-saving humanitarian aid through the Egyptian humanitarian corridor, reaching more than 250,000 people with food, dignity kits and hygiene kits.
• Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlan International coordinated with ADRA to deliver urgent humanitarian relief aid to Palestinian families in Gaza in October 2024. Joint efforts to dispatch life-saving supplies through the Egyptian humanitarian corridor.
• Pledge for ChangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlan International is committed to the Pledge for Change, aiming to become a more locally-led organisation. They publish Pledge for Change baseline reports showing progress against commitments, and engage in decolonising the aid sector.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Save the Children: The closest comparable INGO: focuses on children's rights, education, health and emergency response across 100+ countries with a similar sponsorship and institutional funding model. Both compete directly for the same bilateral, multilateral and individual donor pools.
• World Vision International: Large Christian-affiliated child-focused INGO operating in ~100 countries with a comparable child-sponsorship model and similar humanitarian, education and livelihoods programmes. Direct competitor for individual donors and institutional grants.
• CARE International: Major humanitarian and development INGO with a strong focus on women and girls, similar global geographic footprint and a comparable mix of institutional, sponsorship and corporate funding streams.
• ChildFund International: Child-focused INGO operating in dozens of countries with an individual child-sponsorship funding model directly comparable to Plan International's sponsorship programme. Strong overlap in education, child protection and livelihoods targeting children in developing contexts.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Humanitarian INGO operating in conflict-affected countries with strong institutional donor relationships. Directly comparable on emergency response programmes, women and girls programming, and the funding mix with bilateral donors and foundations.
• SOS Children's Villages: Global INGO focused on children without parental care or at risk of losing it, with a sponsorship funding model and country presence in over 130 countries. Comparable child-welfare positioning and donor base.
• Mercy Corps: Humanitarian and development INGO working across emergency response, food security, and youth economic empowerment with similar funding sources (institutional grants, private donations, corporate partnerships).

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF: The UN agency mandated for children's welfare globally; the dominant institutional incumbent in the same thematic space (child rights, education, SRHR, emergencies). Competes for the same government and multilateral funding, but at a vastly larger scale and with privileged coordination access.
• Oxfam International: Large confederation of INGOs focused on poverty, gender inequality and humanitarian response. While broader in mandate than Plan International, it competes for the same institutional donor funding and individual sponsorship pools.

Emerging players

• BRAC: Large development organization headquartered in Bangladesh with growing global programs targeting girls' empowerment, education, and livelihoods. Comparable mission focus on adolescent girls and economic empowerment; increasingly competitive for institutional funding.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plan-international

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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