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This dataset collected by Humanitarian Outcomes provides insights about humanitarian organizations, such as name, website, headquarter information, and etc. This short version excludes the information about how many operational units a humanitarian organization has in each country, where you can find it in data gdho_full.

Usage

gdho

Format

A tibble with 4556 rows and 33 variables

id

A unique Id for each organisation

year

Latest year information is available for

name

Full organisation name

abbreviated_name

Organisation abbreviation or acronym

type

National NGO (NNGO), International NGO (INGO), UN, Red Cross/Crescent classification

international_or_national

Organisation’s reach

website

Organisation page url

hq_location

Country where HQ office is located

year_founded

Year of establishment

year_closed

Year closed or last year of visible activity

countries_of_operation_count

Number of countries operational in

sector

Children/youth, coordination, disabilities, education, environment, food security/agriculture, health, landmines, livelihoods, logistics/communications, nutrition, refugees, shelter, veterinary, water/sanitation, women

religious_or_secular

Organisations religious affiliation

religion

Specific religious affiliation (ex. Catholic, Islamic, Jewish)

red_cross_code_of_conduct_signatory

Signatory status of the organisation

chs_member

Signatory status to the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability 

interaction_member

Membership status

icva_member

Membership status

staff

Actual number of total staff

staff_imputed

Imputed number of total staff

natl

Actual number of national staff

natl_imputed

Imputed number of national staff

intl

Actual number of international staff

intl_imputed

Imputed number of international staff

percent_intl

Percent of total staff that are international

ope_approx_usd

Actual approximate annual operational program expenditure in USD

ope_imputed

Imputed approximate annual operational program expenditure in USD

ope/staff

Percent of operational program expenditure per staff member

ope_inflation_adjusted

Operational program expenditure adjusted for inflation

ope_original_currency

Actual approximate operational program expenditure in original currency used by organisation

humexp_approx_usd

Approximate humanitarian expenditure in USD

humexp_imputed

Imputed approximate humanitarian expenditure in USD

humexp_inflation_adjusted

Approximate humanitarian expenditure adjusted for inflation