Funding permitting, and having received and reviewed an initial proposal and signed a partnership agreement, we transfer funds to our humanitarian partners as soon as we are able to, so they can act quickly to respond to a crisis while an appeal is still gathering support. We then agree additional tranche payments taking appeal funding into account. Where feasible, we also strive to engage with and support national and local organisations who are responding too.
Because most donations arrive early and then slow down, we sometimes make a final transfer to our humanitarian partners before all gifts have been received.
If further donations come in after that final payment, we will pass these on to the partner(s) unless the remaining balance is too small to transfer efficiently (under £250). In those cases, the remainder will support our Emergency Relief Fund (https://www.allwecan.org.uk/appeals/emergency-relief-fund)where we are able to restrict money to help humanitarian work very soon after we have launched an appeal (funding permitting).