The American Red Cross combines disaster response, blood services, lifesaving education, military support and home-fire preparedness. Its reported figures show a large nationwide operation: FY25 operating revenues and gains totaled $3,964.2 million, while FY25 operating expenses totaled $3,333.1 million. The following statistics retain the measurement period and source label attached to each figure.
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- Financial scale and daily assistance
- Disaster response and relief
- Blood collection and patient support
- Training and water safety
- Home-fire preparedness
- Military and international services
Financial scale and daily assistance
The FY25 Annual Report recorded $3,964.2 million in total operating revenues and gains, $3,333.1 million in total operating expenses, and $4,116.2 million in net assets. These are fiscal-year figures, so they describe the organization’s financial position and activity for FY25 rather than a single calendar month.
The same report gives this revenue mix:
| FY25 revenue source | Share of revenues |
|---|---|
| Products and services | 63% |
| Contributions | 34% |
| Investment income and other sources | 3% |
The figures add context to the Red Cross’s operating model: products and services accounted for 63% of revenue, contributions for 34%, and investment income and other sources for 3% (FY25 Annual Report). The percentages describe the reported mix, not a forecast of future revenue.
The Red Cross says more than 28,000 people receive assistance every day, according to Where Does the Money Go? That source also reports that the organization responds to an average of nearly 60,000 disasters every year. A separate Disaster Relief Services source describes a response to an emergency every 8 minutes and about 65,000 disasters every year. Because these are different source statements, the annual figures should be read as reported measures rather than combined into a new estimate.
In FY25, the Red Cross served more than 5.1 million meals and snacks with local partners and provided more than 274,000 overnight shelter stays with partners (Where Does the Money Go?). Those figures describe practical relief delivered with partners during the fiscal year.
Disaster response and relief
Volunteer participation is central to disaster relief. In FY24, nearly 95% of disaster relief workers were volunteers (Disaster Relief Services). This percentage identifies the reported workforce composition for FY24; it does not mean every response used the same staffing pattern.
The organization’s response cadence is also described in short time intervals. Disaster Relief Services reports one emergency response every 8 minutes. Read alongside the same source’s annual figure of about 65,000 disasters, that description emphasizes regular activity across the year without requiring an unsupported conversion between the two measures.
International response figures vary by year and by the type of measure reported. In 2024, the Red Cross deployed 9 trained disaster responders to international disasters (International Disasters and Crises). A separate International Disaster Responders source says the organization deploys 20 to 30 roster members each year to international disasters on average. The first figure is a reported 2024 deployment count; the second is an average range, so they should not be treated as contradictory or added together.
For 2025, Community responders provide lifeline amid 2025 emergencies reports that the American Red Cross supported response efforts in 23 countries, provided over $16 million in aid for international response efforts, and deployed 13 disaster specialists. These are 2025 international-response measures and should be kept distinct from the 2024 responder count and the longer-term average range.
Blood collection and patient support
The Red Cross says it supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood (We Are the American Red Cross). Its blood-collection figures are reported with “last year” wording in Donate Where It’s Needed Most: about 4.7 million blood donations, nearly 1.2 million platelet donations, and blood collected from more than 2.5 million volunteer donors.
The FY24 Annual Report provides a separate fiscal-year view:
| FY24 blood-service measure | Reported amount |
|---|---|
| Blood donations collected | More than 4.5 million |
| Blood platelet donations collected | Nearly 1.1 million |
| Blood products provided to patients | More than 9.5 million |
| Hospitals and transfusion centers receiving products | About 3,000 |
These measures cover different parts of the blood system. Donations and platelet donations describe collection, blood products describe items provided to help patients, and the final figure describes the receiving network. They are not interchangeable counts.
The Donate Where It’s Needed Most source also reports that the Red Cross supports service members, veterans and their families through more than 60,000 emergency communications cases each year. It separately says nearly 62,000 families are assisted each year through emergency communication services. The cases and families figures describe related but different units, so neither should be presented as a conversion of the other.
Training and water safety
Training is another major part of the Red Cross footprint. In FY24, nearly 2.3 million people enrolled in Training Services courses (FY24 Annual Report). The same report says more than 11.6 million sets of swim lessons and water safety classes were conducted. A “set” of lessons or classes is a reported activity measure, while enrollment is a people measure.
The Red Cross reports more than 824,000 healthcare professionals and first responders trained in Resuscitation Suite programs, and more than 5,000 healthcare facilities choosing Resuscitation Suite BLS, ALS and PALS programs (CPR Facts & Statistics). These figures describe both individual training reach and institutional participation.
Daily averages in CPR Facts & Statistics include about 16,000 people receiving Red Cross lifesaving training in first aid, water safety and other skills each day, and about 8,000 people receiving first aid, CPR and AED training each day. The narrower training figure is part of the broader skills figure; adding them would double-count people.
The same source reports that more than 1,500 people download a Red Cross mobile app every day on average to access lifesaving information. Downloads measure app activity, not the number of unique people who use the information or complete a course.
In FY24, more than 230 people received National Lifesaving Awards for helping save over 230 lives (FY24 Annual Report). The paired figures concern award recipients and lives associated with the awards; they do not establish that each recipient saved exactly one life.
Home-fire preparedness
The Home Fire Campaign provides some of the clearest preparedness-specific measures. Sound the Alarm reports 3,279,731 smoke alarms installed, 1,348,361 households made safer, 3,519,088 people served through home visits, and 2,577 lives saved. These are cumulative campaign measures as presented by that source, rather than a single-year count.
The same Sound the Alarm source also reports more than 2,000 lives saved. That rounded milestone is related to the more precise 2,577 figure, so it is useful as historical context but should not be added to the precise total.
Other Home Fire Campaign source statements report more than 3 million smoke alarms installed and more than 2.5 million free smoke alarms installed. The first appears in Where Does the Money Go? and the second in Red Cross Home Fire Campaign reaches goal of installing 2.5 million free smoke alarms. These rounded milestones describe the campaign’s scale at different reporting points; the precise Sound the Alarm count is the most detailed figure supplied here.
The campaign’s household and community reach matters for everyday preparedness because smoke-alarm installation is paired with home visits. The reported 3,519,088 people served through home visits therefore represents a people-served measure, while 1,348,361 households made safer represents a household measure. They should not be compared as if they counted the same unit.
Military and international services
Military support spans emergency communication, training partnerships, staffed sites and volunteers. In FY24, more than 620,000 Hero Care Network calls were handled for service members and their families (FY24 Annual Report). The Red Cross served on more than 389 military installations and deployment sites worldwide, deployed 60 mobile staff members to support U.S. service members, and had nearly 18,000 Service to the Armed Forces volunteers log hours in FY24 (FY24 Annual Report).
The FY24 Annual Report also says more than 2,292,000 people came through the Red Cross collaboration with the Military Training Network. This is a collaboration reach measure, distinct from the more than 620,000 Hero Care Network calls and from the nearly 18,000 volunteer count.
The international figures show how scope changes with the reporting period. The 2025 report describes 23 countries supported, over $16 million in aid, and 13 disaster specialists deployed. The 2024 source reports 9 trained disaster responders deployed, while the international-responder source gives an average of 20 to 30 roster members each year. Keeping the year, geography and unit visible prevents a country count, aid total and personnel count from being mistaken for one another.
For readers focused on preparedness, these statistics point to several distinct forms of capacity: volunteers who deliver relief, blood services that connect donors with hospitals, training that builds response skills, and home-fire work that reduces household risk. Each figure is most useful when read with its source label, measurement period and unit intact.