Since the International Rescue Committee (IRC) was first founded at the request of Albert Einstein in 1933, our global team of more than 17,000 staff have helped people upended by conflict and crisis to survive, recover, and regain control of their lives. Today we work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S.

Rigorous inquiry and examination guides the way in which the IRC designs our programs and delivers our services.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people affected by humanitarian crises—including the climate crisis—to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. Our work In 1933, Albert Einstein and a small group of humanitarians banded together to found what became the International Rescue Committee.