RRLI Awarded $10 Million Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award to Transform Refugee-Led Organization Funding
The Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI), a coalition of five refugee-led organizations across Lebanon, Egypt, Indonesia, Uganda, and Colombia, has been selected to receive a $10 million award from sponsors Chris Larsen and Lyna Lam. The funding will establish the first RLO-to-RLO fund, enabling pooled capital to support refugee-led organizations globally. The initiative addresses the critical underfunding of refugee-led organizations, which receive only 0.05% of the $30 billion annual humanitarian funding despite providing essential services in dangerous environments.
Metrics in this report
30$B
approximately
Total capital cycling through global humanitarian system annually
0.05%
of total
Annual humanitarian system funding directed to refugee-led organizations
10$M
single grant
Award to RRLI for RLO-to-RLO fund establishment
37teams
across
Teams coordinated across five programmatic areas at StARS
20%
of workforce
Percentage of StARS staff comprised of refugee youth