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This paper assesses donor “need-orientation”—the degree to which humanitarian motives matter for aid allocation decisions made by bilateral and multilateral aid donors. Scholars have typically tested the responsiveness of various aid donors to recipient need by observing whether donor aid flows typically go to poorer countries. However, even among poor countries, recipient needs are very different; for example, some have acute health or education needs while others are more lacking in basic energy production or road infrastructure. I evaluate donor needorientation by estimating the degree to which sector-level recipient needs induce donors to give more aid to needy sectors. In addition to providing a ranking of donor need-orientation, I find that aid flows are most responsive to recipient needs in countries that donors find strategically important.