Première Urgence Internationale

Name

Première Urgence Internationale

Legal name

L'ONG Première Urgence Internationale

Website

https://premiere-urgence.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Community Food Services (624210), Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian & Disaster Assistance (Bilateral) (BPADABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Emergency Food Assistance & Nutrition Response (BPADADAE), Emergency Food Security & Nutrition in Humanitarian Crises (BPADAJAI)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Emergency medical response
• Food security programs
• Mental health psychosocial support
• Water sanitation hygiene

Headquarters

HQ city

Asnières-sur-vègre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual one-time donations: Secure online donations of user-chosen amounts via the iraiser-powered donation form on premiere-urgence.org, including Urgence Venezuela emergency appeal donations through the Fonds d'Urgence. Also accepts life insurance capital designation as a one-time deferred gift.
2. Recurring direct-debit / monthly donations: Regular recurring donations via direct debit or recurring credit card payment that allow the organization to plan actions effectively and minimize fundraising costs.
3. Crowdfunding via Gandee: Solidarity kitty fundraising through Gandee crowdfunding platform; 100% of the money raised goes directly to Première Urgence Internationale in an account opened in its name, with tax-deductible donations and receipts for participants.
4. Institutional grants and humanitarian contracts: Funding from institutional donors (ECHO, AFD, SIDA, BHA/USAID, CDCS, UN OCHA country humanitarian funds, NDICI, Citi Foundation, Fondation pour le Logement des Défavorisés, etc.) under project-based contracts for humanitarian service delivery across 25 country missions.
5. In-kind contributions: Non-cash contributions received alongside financial resources (e.g., €1.1M in 2024; €523k in 2022; €481k in 2021; €366k in 2020; €22.2M in 2019).
6. Corporate and event-based fundraising: Corporate partnership / sponsorship opportunities combined with event-based fundraising including exhibitions, conferences, solidarity bibs and charity streaming, plus skipper partnership (e.g., Victor Mathieu).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Première Urgence Internationale is a French international NGO delivering integrated humanitarian assistance across six core sectors — Food Security and Livelihood, Health, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Nutrition, Protection, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) — to civilian populations affected by armed conflict, climate-related disasters, and economic collapse. Operations are run directly through 199 projects across 25 countries (staffed by 3,007 national employees and 219 expatriates) and increasingly through a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) delivered with local civil society partners.

Product overview

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a French international NGO (not a software vendor) whose offering is a unified humanitarian aid platform organized as a core operational base — a network of 199 projects across 25 countries staffed by 3,007 national employees, 219 expatriates and 139 headquarters staff — plus six sector modules (Food Security and Livelihood, Health, MHPSS, Nutrition, Protection, and WASH). These sector modules are delivered through cross-cutting mechanisms including the Emergency Fund, the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), Exploratory Missions, the Integrated / Multi-sectoral Approach, and a Climate and Environmental Adaptation theme that has been strategic since 2019. The donor-facing web presence, donations (via iRaiser), crowdfunding (Gandee), careers (Cornerstone OnDemand) and annual reports (Calameo) sit on top of this core humanitarian platform, but no public/partner-facing developer API is exposed.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Security and Livelihood (FSL)

Quantifiable outcome

• 92.4% of 2024 budget (€138.9M) spent in the field; 93% in 2023
• +9 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered secondary partner, core local partner, core crowdfunding partner, core donation technology partner, core infrastructure partner, core technology vendor, standard analytics partner, core audit partner and secondary training partner.

• Stand Speak Rise Up! (SSRU)secondary partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerStand Speak Rise Up! initiative to end rape as a weapon of war; partner on Afghanistan programming.
• CADEPIcore local partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal Cameroonian civil society organisation partnering with Première Urgence Internationale on the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) in the Far North region, supporting ~60,000 people with essential household items, shelter, civil documentation, drinking water and cash transfers.
• Tammounde Speranzacore local partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal Cameroonian civil society organisation partnering with Première Urgence Internationale on the RRM in the Far North region.
• HURACcore local partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal Cameroonian civil society partner delivering RRM in the West region (host area for IDPs from the North-West/South-West crisis); benefits over 22,000 people.
• Rhema Carecore local partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal Cameroonian civil society partner delivering RRM in the West region alongside HURAC.
• Gandeecore crowdfunding partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerCrowdfunding platform partner providing solidarity kitty fundraising infrastructure; 100% of money raised goes directly to Première Urgence Internationale in a dedicated account, donations are tax-deductible.
• iraisercore donation technology partnerTechnology or IntegrationOnline donation platform powering secure one-time and recurring donation forms on premiere-urgence.org, including the Fonds d'Urgence emergency appeal donations.
• OVH (OVHcloud)core infrastructure partnerTechnology or IntegrationWebsite hosting provider for premiere-urgence.org (French and English sites, legal notice disclosures).
• CookieFirst (Digital Data Solutions BV)core technology vendorTechnology or IntegrationCookie consent management platform (CMP) providing GDPR-compliant consent collection and storage; data processing agreement signed; provider based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Google Analyticsstandard analytics partnerTechnology or IntegrationAudience analysis tool used by Première Urgence Internationale together with service provider Widdil to understand how visitors arrive and use the website.
• Widdilstandard analytics partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService provider partnering with Google for audience analysis cookies on behalf of premiere-urgence.org.
• Deloitte & Associéscore audit partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStatutory auditor certifying Première Urgence Internationale's annual financial statements without reservation.
• SGS ICScore audit partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAnnual external auditor of the organization attesting to the rigor and transparency of operations and management; co-validator (with Gandee) of the DO GOOD label.
• solidaire-info.orgsecondary training partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner portal referenced for information on training and working in the humanitarian sector.

Scale indicators21 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mercy Corps: Global humanitarian and development NGO active in 40+ countries with food security, WASH, protection, and economic recovery programs. Comparable country-mission footprint, multi-sector methodology, and donor mix to PUI, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Large US-headquartered humanitarian NGO delivering health, protection, education, and economic recovery programming across crisis-affected countries. Comparable multi-sector emergency-response model, country-mission footprint, and institutional donor mix (BHA, ECHO, FCDO).
• Solidarités International: French humanitarian NGO focused on WASH, food security and livelihoods in crisis-affected populations across roughly 20 countries. Overlaps directly with PUI's WASH, FSL and emergency-response portfolio and shares the French institutional donor base.
• Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC): International humanitarian organisation assisting refugees and internally displaced people across 30+ countries with shelter, WASH, education, protection, and food security programmes. Overlaps with PUI's displacement-focused work in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Cameroon, Chad, and Burkina Faso.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Largest French-founded medical humanitarian organisation operating in conflict zones, providing emergency healthcare, surgery and outbreak response. Overlaps with PUI's Health, Nutrition, MHPSS and Ebola response work and competes for similar donor and field-talent pools.
• Action contre la Faim (ACF): France-based international humanitarian NGO delivering multi-sector emergency response (health, nutrition, food security, WASH, mental health) across ~50 countries. Highly comparable to PUI in scale, French headquarters, integrated programming model, and donor mix (ECHO, AFD, CDCS, USAID).
• Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International): French-headquartered NGO delivering humanitarian assistance with a focus on disability inclusion, rehabilitation, and protection in conflict and disaster contexts. Comparable geographic footprint and donor base, with overlapping protection and health programming.
• Islamic Relief Worldwide: Faith-inspired humanitarian NGO operating in 40+ countries delivering emergency response, food security, health, WASH, and orphan sponsorship. Comparable multi-sector methodology, country-mission structure, and growing institutional-donor relationships.

Others

• Gandee: Crowdfunding platform partner for PUI's solidarity-kitty fundraising and co-issuer of the DO GOOD label verified by SGS. Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct humanitarian peer.
• Premi\u00e8re Urgence - Aide M\u00e9dicale Internationale (legacy brand): Same organisation under its pre-2011 PU-AMI legacy brand; included only because the LinkedIn handle and prior naming may still surface the entity as a comparable in peer screens.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/premiereurgence
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/premiereurgence
• Facebookfacebook.com/premiere.urgence
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pu-ami
• Instagraminstagram.com/premiereurgence
• TikToktiktok.com/@premiereurgence

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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