International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on emergency humanitarian assistance, primary healthcare delivery, water and sanitation services, nutrition interventions, mental health and psychosocial support, gender-based violence prevention, and protection services in conflict-affected and refugee-impacted regions worldwide. The organization competes predominantly as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor, with 98 percent of its federal footprint composed of prime grants and cooperative agreements (453 of 461 awards).

The Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration is the dominant funder, accounting for 218 awards (approximately 47 percent of the portfolio by count). The U.S. Agency for International Development and its component bureaus collectively hold approximately 208 awards (45 percent of the portfolio), comprising USAID's main humanitarian assistance account (106 awards), the Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator (80 awards), and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (22 awards). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded 9 grants to International Medical Corps. These five customer entities represent 94 percent of all awards.

International Medical Corps' recent grant work demonstrates a portfolio anchored in integrated emergency response. A $25 million Project Grant from State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (CFDA 19.517, awarded June 24, 2026) funds integrated emergency response to Ebola Virus Disease with continuity of essential health services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan through June 2027. A $3 million Project Grant from the same bureau under the Middle East and North Africa refugee program (CFDA 19.519, April 9, 2026 through January 8, 2027) delivers primary healthcare, mental health and psychosocial support, nutrition, water and sanitation, and protection services in Lebanon. USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance awarded a $6.286 million Project Grant (CFDA 98.001) for emergency water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in Zimbabwe (January 2025 through March 2026), targeting 613,039 beneficiaries across five districts. A $9.2 million Project Grant from USAID (August 2024 through June 2026) supports health, nutrition, protection, and water and sanitation activities in the Central African Republic. An additional $3 million USAID grant (May 2024 through January 2025) addresses integrated multi-sectoral assistance in drought and conflict-affected areas of Ethiopia.

The portfolio reflects sustained activity over the past several years, with 19 awards in 2022, 17 in 2023, and 14 in 2024, though recent annual volume has declined from the 2022 peak. Only five awards carry ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure. International Medical Corps operates predominantly as a prime recipient; sub-award activity comprises only 2 percent of the portfolio (8 sub-awards), including a sub-award role under George Washington University for mental health and psychosocial support services for gender-based violence survivors in humanitarian settings (September 2024) and a consortium position under Catholic Relief Services for the Supporting Transformation for Afghanistan's Recovery program targeting 93,330 beneficiaries across nine Afghan provinces (September 2023).

Capability scope centers on multisectoral emergency response in protracted humanitarian crises: primary health care and emergency medical treatment, water and sanitation infrastructure, nutrition programming and specialized food commodity distribution, mental health and psychosocial support, gender-based violence prevention and response, child protection, and community-based protection services. Work spans Sub-Saharan Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic), the Middle East and North Africa (Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Gaza), and South Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan). The organization has also served as a technical capacity-building partner — a $1.2 million USAID Cooperative Agreement (September 2024 through September 2026) funds strengthening of local and national NGO partners' operational capacity to respond to emergencies, and a five-year USAID Cooperative Agreement under the LEARN program (October 2023 through September 2028) strengthens localized multi-sectoral readiness and response to infectious disease outbreaks in humanitarian settings, benefiting 80 humanitarian organizations. A CDC Cooperative Agreement (September 2023 through September 2028) under the Global Emergency Response and Recovery Partner Engagement program (GERRPE II) builds capacity of humanitarian responders and health workers through core competency frameworks and training modules for response to public health emergencies.