What ACTED does

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO founded in 1993 and headquartered in Paris, registered as an association loi 1901 (private non-profit). It operates in 70 countries with 42 countries of direct ongoing operations, deploying a 2025 budget of €507 million across 507 projects to support 17.4 million people through emergency response, displacement assistance, sustainable development, and climate adaptation programming. With ~4,376-7,600 staff (depending on counting methodology) including 440 international employees, ACTED implements programs across the humanitarian-to-development continuum under its '3ZERO' vision (Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty), organized around flagship initiatives such as CCCM (Camp Coordination and Camp Management), THRIVE (landscape restoration), AGORA (territory-based programming), and 3ZERO Houses.

The organization is structured as the 'Acted Group' alongside three sister entities: IMPACT Initiatives (assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and capacity-building via the REACH initiative), Convergences (advocacy and thought platform for the Sustainable Development Goals), and OXUS (microfinance for the working poor). ACTED's operational technology stack centers on humanitarian program management, multi-country needs assessment, and adaptation programming rather than commercial software products; it does not sell or license technology as a service. Its 2026-2030 Climate and Environment Framework formalizes an organization-wide transformation with quantified targets (30% of portfolio dedicated to environment, 50% carbon footprint reduction).

Revenue is generated entirely through five non-commercial streams: individual donations (one-off and recurring via the iraiser.eu platform), institutional donor funding from French, European, and multilateral public bodies, corporate and foundation partnerships, project implementation grants, and climate finance (including Green Climate Fund-backed programming and a €10 million sustainability bond). 96% of resources are allocated directly to operations. ACTED funds itself without philanthropic capital markets, equity, or debt beyond thematic bonds, and is governed by a 13-member Board with a Bureau led by President Bertrand Gallet and CEO Marie-Pierre Caley.

Name

ACTED

Legal name

Acted (Association française loi 1901)

Website

https://acted.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO founded in 1993, deploying a €507 million 2025 budget across 507 projects in 40 countries to support 17.4 million vulnerable, displaced, and climate-affected people through emergency response, development, and climate adaptation programming under its 3ZERO vision.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Disaster Recovery, Reconstruction & Resilience Programs (BPAGAAAK), Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH), Humanitarian Health Coordination & Emergency Response Partnerships (HLAJAOAI)

Keywords

• Humanitarian assistance
• Emergency response
• Sustainable development
• Climate adaptation
• Disaster relief

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-off and monthly donations from individual supporters worldwide, with option to direct funds to specific operations or emergency fund
2. Institutional Donor Funding: Funding from French, European and international public institutions including governments and multilateral organizations
3. Private Sector Partnerships: Collaborations with companies and foundations for fundraising actions, donations, and events
4. Project Implementation Grants: Implementation of 507 projects across 40 countries in 2025 with budget of over €507 million
5. Climate Finance: Green Climate Fund accreditation enables mobilization of climate finance for adaptation projects; €10 million sustainability bond issued

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO that implements emergency response, rehabilitation, and sustainable development programs for vulnerable and crisis-affected populations across 70 countries. The organization delivers direct aid and programming through 7,600 staff in 42 countries with direct ongoing operations, spanning food security, water and sanitation, healthcare, shelter, cash assistance, education, livelihoods, civil society empowerment, and climate adaptation. It operates flagship frameworks (3ZERO vision, THRIVE, AGORA, CCCM) and channels funding from individual donors, governments, multilaterals, and private sector partners to populations affected by conflict, natural disasters, and socio-economic hardship.

Product overview

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO founded in 1993, not a technology product company. It provides humanitarian aid, emergency response, development programs, and environmental initiatives across 70 countries. Its work is organized around a '3ZERO vision' (Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty) and includes flagship initiatives such as CCCM (Camp Coordination and Camp Management), THRIVE (Landscape Restoration), AGORA (Territory-based aid planning), 3ZERO Houses (Collaborative spaces), and Civil Society Empowerment programs. The organization does not offer commercial software products, platforms, or technology-as-a-service offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• THRIVE Landscape Restoration Initiative A flagship landscape restoration initiative working towards ACTED's 3ZERO (Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty) objective through an innovative transversal approach. Designed for climate-vulnerable communities and partner organizations engaged in environmental programming.
• AGORA Area-Based Programming Approach An area-based programming approach developed with sister organisation IMPACT that works through local territories to ensure meaningful community engagement, programme impact, and scalability. Used to structure multi-sector programming in country operations.
• 3ZERO Houses Collaborative spaces flagship initiative designed as part of the 3ZERO strategy framework, serving as convening hubs for partners and communities around ACTED's humanitarian, development, and climate agenda.
• CCCM (Camp Coordination and Camp Management) Cluster coordination and camp management expertise for displaced populations (IDPs and refugees), delivered as a specialized humanitarian service in displacement contexts.
• Emergency Response Programming Direct emergency humanitarian response covering food security, water and sanitation, healthcare, shelter, and cash assistance for populations affected by conflict, natural disasters, and socio-economic hardship. Implemented across ACTED's country operations.
• Civil Society Empowerment Programs Local governance support, civil society development, and community engagement programming targeting local populations and stakeholders in areas of operation.
• Climate Adaptation & Green Climate Fund Programming Climate adaptation and resilience-building programming delivered under the Climate and Environment Framework 2026-2030, with Green Climate Fund accreditation enabling deployment of climate finance for vulnerable communities and landscape restoration (THRIVE).
• Individual Donor Donation Program Charitable donation program offering individual supporters one-off and monthly donations via the acted.iraiser.eu platform, with the ability to direct funds to specific country operations or to ACTED's general emergency fund.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17.4 million people supported in 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Global partnership of humanitarian actors engaged in policy, practice and research within cash transfer programming. Over 150 organizations and 5,000+ individuals. Acted has been a member since November 2015.
• UN Global CompactcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Acted has been a member since 2015, fostering synergies and innovative partnerships with the private sector and undertaking strategic actions for Sustainable Development Goals.
• SUN MovementsecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Movement uniting governments, civil society, UN, donors, businesses and researchers in a collective effort to improve nutrition and end malnutrition in all its forms.
• GNDR (Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction)secondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Network spread across 129+ countries with over 800 member organizations. Focuses on strengthening resilience at community level.
• Alliance2015coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Strategic partnership of seven European NGOs engaged in humanitarian and development activities: Acted (France), Cesvi (Italy), Concern Worldwide (Ireland), HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (Switzerland), Hivos (Netherlands), People in Need (Czech Republic), and Welthungerhilfe (Germany). Aims to fight poverty more effectively by cooperating at various levels.
• ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1962Global network of NGOs making humanitarian action more principled and effective. Acted is a member. Has grown to include over 70 NGOs operating at global, regional, national and local levels.
• VOICE (Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork representing 85 European NGOs active in humanitarian aid worldwide. Main NGO interlocutor with the European Union on emergency aid and disaster risk reduction.
• CHS AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImproves effectiveness and impact of assistance to vulnerable people through quality, accountability and people management initiatives. Over 240 member organizations in 55 capitals operating in 160+ countries.
• Start NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner41 members including national and international aid agencies from five continents. Develops more effective ways to work together and new approaches to reduce scale of human suffering.
• InterActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance of 180+ NGOs working around the world committed to working with the world's poor and vulnerable.
• ECOSOCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsultative status provides access to ECOSOC, its subsidiary bodies, human rights mechanisms, and special events organized by the President of the General Assembly.
• Coordination SudcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational coordination of French international solidarity NGOs founded in 1994. Brings together over 164 NGOs committed to development aid and humanitarian emergency work.
• Comité de la Charte du don en confiancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench accreditation and inspection body for charities. Acted certified since 2011, renewed in 2018 and 2024 for 3 years.
• OXUScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransparent and responsible enterprise providing financial services to the working poor and underbanked worldwide. Part of Acted Group.
• IMPACT InitiativescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister organization implementing assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and organizational capacity-building programmes through REACH and Agora initiatives. Part of Acted Group.
• ConvergencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst platform for thought, advocacy and mobilization in Europe to promote Sustainable Development Goals and development of a world Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty. Part of Acted Group.
• Coordination Humanitaire et Développement (CHD)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerIncludes 46 French international solidarity organizations. Aims at fostering coordination among practitioners throughout the humanitarian process.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mercy Corps: US-headquartered humanitarian NGO operating in fragile and conflict-affected states with integrated emergency response, economic recovery, and climate adaptation programming. Closest direct functional peer to ACTED—comparable in-country portfolio (Yemen, DRC, Syria, Afghanistan), institutional donor mix, and emergency-to-development continuum.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Global humanitarian NGO serving refugee and conflict-affected populations with health, education, economic recovery, and governance programs across crisis and post-crisis contexts. Direct functional peer in crisis-response delivery model, target population (IDPs/refugees), and donor base.
• Concern Worldwide: Irish humanitarian NGO and Alliance2015 co-member with ACTED, operating in 25+ fragile and developing countries with focus on emergencies, health, livelihoods, and education. Direct peer in Alliance2015 membership (explicitly named), European NGO identity, and multi-sector emergency response mandate.
• Islamic Relief Worldwide: Faith-based humanitarian NGO delivering emergency relief and development programming in over 40 countries, including major operations in Yemen, Syria, Somalia, and Afghanistan. Direct peer in operational scale, multi-country humanitarian mandate, and emergency-recovery-development continuum.
• Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC): Displacement-focused humanitarian NGO operating in 40+ countries with expertise in shelter, education, food security, and information/legal aid for IDPs and refugees. Directly comparable in displacement focus (CCCM, shelter, cash), European institutional donor base, and field operating model in fragile states.
• Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action): German humanitarian and development NGO with operations in 30+ countries focused on food security, rural development, and disaster response. Direct peer as Alliance2015 co-member, European nonprofit peer network partner, with comparable country mix and integrated humanitarian-development model.
• Première Urgence Internationale (PUI): French humanitarian NGO providing emergency response and post-crisis programs in 30+ countries, with particular expertise in health, nutrition, WASH, and food security. Closest French-nationality direct peer to ACTED, with comparable country footprint and emergency-relief-to-recovery programming model.
• Solidarités International: French humanitarian NGO specializing in water, sanitation, and food security in conflict and post-conflict zones. Direct peer in nationality (French), operational thematic focus (WASH, food security), and country mix (Middle East, Africa, Asia).

Broad incumbents

• Oxfam International: Federation of NGOs operating in humanitarian relief and long-term development across more than 90 countries with multi-sector programming. Highly comparable to ACTED's multi-country, multi-sector emergency response plus development mandate and roughly similar operating scale, though Oxfam has broader advocacy/campaign orientation.
• CARE International: Federation of humanitarian NGOs delivering emergency relief, food security, women-and-girls empowerment, and long-term development across 100+ countries. Comparable in multi-mandate humanitarian-development programming and global scale, with stronger thematic focus on gender equity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries3 records

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