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
Members
- Thomas Zeltner, president
- Hans Jürg Steiner
- Barbara Wyssbrod
- Patrizia Perrotta Barca
- Manuel Bessler
- Ömer Güven
- Susanne Hardmeier
- Linda Hornisberger
- Eddy Houlmann
- Alexandra Kämpf
- Elischa Link
- Hans Muff