The Red Cross Council is also the strategic body of the SRC Humanitarian Foundation. In this capacity, its responsibilities include:
- electing the Foundation Council
- issuing the Foundation's regulations and approving the award guidelines
- establishing binding medium-term priorities derived from the SRC Strategy
- establishing the amount of the fixed contribution to the Red Cross Council for the medium term. The fixed contribution to the Red Cross Council may not exceed 30% of the Foundation's gross revenue
- approving the annual accounts, the annual report and the budget
Members
- Thomas Zeltner, president
- Matteo Pedrazzini
- Hans Jürg Steiner
- Manuel Bessler
- Filippo Bolla
- Ursula Forrer
- Ömer Güven
- Elischa Link
- Christian Ludwig
- Marzio Medici
- Hans Muff