About
International Relief Teams is a San Diego, California-based humanitarian nonprofit that works to alleviate human suffering caused by poverty and disaster around the world. Operating since 1988, the organization helps improve the lives of people affected by disasters and poverty by providing life's most essential resources: food, water, shelter, and medicines.
Mission
International Relief Teams' mission is to alleviate human suffering caused by poverty and disaster around the world. It pursues this through a two-pronged strategy: rapid emergency response through local partners when crises strike, combined with long-term community programs that provide food, water, shelter, and medicines to low-income families.
What they do
- Disaster relief: delivering emergency food, clean water, shelter, and medicines in response to earthquakes, wildfires, floods, and conflict
- Medicines: providing life-saving medicines to hospitals and clinics through strategic partnerships
- Food, water and shelter: building homes and distributing essentials to low-income families both domestically and internationally
Current and recent responses and programs listed by the organization include Ukraine, Sudan, Afghanistan, Chad, Lebanon, Syria, Mexico, the Los Angeles wildfires, and hurricane-affected areas, as well as long-term programs such as the Kids Kingdom Orphanage, Feeding San Diego's Kids, and home-building initiatives in Tijuana.
Scale and impact
Since 1988, International Relief Teams reports it has worked in 78 countries, delivered more than 770 million dollars in humanitarian aid, and responded to hundreds of crises worldwide.
Financials
According to its IRS Form 990 data on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, in the fiscal year ending June 2025 International Relief Teams reported total revenue of 48,733,515 dollars — 99 percent from contributions — against total expenses of 48,962,836 dollars, with net assets of 6,991,878 dollars. Total executive compensation was 466,494 dollars, about 1 percent of expenses. The IRS granted its 501(c)(3) tax exemption in November 1994, and it is classified under international relief.
Governance
Per the organization's most recent Form 990 filing (fiscal year 2025), Angelica Ocampo serves as CEO and Rose M. Uranga as Chief Operating Officer.