Condition additional U.S. humanitarian aid on other donors' contributions

What has happened

1. May 14, 2026 Partially done

   Reported as working: four months on, State recorded "mobilizing support from major humanitarian donors" among the results of the first $2 billion. `partial` and not `done`: the Quote's operative clause is to make other donors' contributions - not pledges - a condition for receiving additional U.S. aid, and nothing found conditions U.S. funding on another donor's disbursement. The United States pledged a further $1.8 billion on the same date without any such condition being recorded.

   • State Department: additional $1.8 billion to OCHA pooled funds, bringing the total to $3.8 billion across 21 countries; 13 percent of the first contribution obligated to local partners

     Primary Executive branch May 14, 2026

2. Dec 29, 2025 Partially done

   Burden-sharing was designed into the new funding architecture. The "Humanitarian Reset" memorandum of understanding is stated to "better share the burden of humanitarian work across major donors", and its pooled vehicles are meant to "facilitate greater burden sharing among major humanitarian donors, allowing U.S. funds to be more easily matched by other humanitarian donors and private funding".

   • State Department: United States and UN OCHA sign the "Humanitarian Reset" memorandum of understanding, with a $2 billion anchor pledge to country-based pooled funds

     Primary Executive branch Dec 29, 2025