United Nations Office For The Coordination Of Humanitarian Affairs

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), operating as Un-Ocha, is an international non-profit organization subordinate to the United Nations that serves as a federal grant recipient coordinating humanitarian response, emergency relief distribution, needs assessment, and resource allocation for conflict-affected and refugee populations worldwide. UN-OCHA receives project grants from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to mobilize international humanitarian assistance aligned with SPHERE standards and U.S. foreign policy priorities in crisis regions globally.

UN-OCHA operates exclusively as a grant recipient — it holds no federal contracts, contract IDVs, or subcontract awards. Across 69 total awards in the source dataset spanning 2008 through June 2026, UN-OCHA has obligated $2.95 billion in federal grant funding. Recent awards dominate the portfolio: five major project grants awarded in February and June 2026 total $1.875 billion and target humanitarian coordination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine, and Africa under the State Department's Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Strategic Global Priorities (CFDA 19.522) and Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). A representative sample includes a $750 million grant from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration on February 20, 2026 (completion December 31, 2026) funding emergency relief, shelter, food distribution, and protection services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; a $350 million State Department award on June 1, 2026 (completion May 31, 2027) supporting the Democratic Republic of the Congo Humanitarian Fund and Regional Humanitarian Pooled Fund for Eastern and Southern Africa; and a $725 million grant from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration on February 26, 2026 (completion December 31, 2026) for Ukraine humanitarian response coordinated through pooled funding mechanisms.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to USAID, which accounts for 63 of 69 awards. Within USAID's footprint, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance leads with 16 awards, the broader USAID organization accounts for 40 awards, and the Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator holds 7 awards. The State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and State Department proper account for 3 and 2 awards respectively, covering 99% of all grants. Federal grant programs center on CFDA 98.001 (Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas), which underpins the majority of USAID awards for Syria, Yemen, Haiti, Sudan, Colombia, Ukraine, and Venezuela humanitarian coordination, and CFDA 19.522 and 19.517 for State Department refugee assistance in Africa and globally. Earlier awards in the 2021–2025 window include a $92.8 million USAID grant (January–December 2022) for worldwide humanitarian coordination and information management, a $25 million USAID award (September–December 2023) for Ukraine crisis response through Country-Based Pooled Funds and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, and a $19.5 million USAID grant (August–November 2023) for Somalia emergency response coordination. Five awards are set to complete within the next twenty-four months, presenting potential recompete opportunities. UN-OCHA operates place of performance across crisis regions including Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Ukraine, and sub-Saharan Africa, with administrative oversight from Geneva, Switzerland. The organization functions as the central coordinating entity for U.S.-funded international humanitarian response, leveraging pooled fund mechanisms and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to rapidly mobilize resources and coordinate partner organizations in underfunded and emerging humanitarian emergencies.