Grants for international-focused organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to international and foreign affairs organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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4,988 international and foreign affairs organizations received at least $1.7 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 11,247 grants made from 5,484 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 5,484 foundations, 67% made just a single grant to global-focused orgs, and 7% made grants to four or more global-focused orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$1,674,655,435

Total grant dollars given to international-focused organizations

11,247

Number of grants made annually to international-focused organizations

5,484

Number of grantmakers funding international-focused organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to international-focused organizations

Foundations that support international and foreign affairs organizations

Out of all grants made to international-focused organizations, 85% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 69% of the dollar-value of grants to global-focused orgs. Foundations funding global-focused orgs also made grants to international humanitarian organizations, international development organizations, food banks, land conservation groups, and animal shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	4,677
Medium	467
Large	335

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	88
Private	4,883
Corporate	199
Other	314

Grants made

Grants made to global-focused orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	3,681
2-3	1,370
4-10	374
11+	59

Top 10 foundations supporting international and foreign affairs organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to global-focused orgs	Number of grants made to global-focused orgs	Median grant size
Baxter	IL	National	1.4%	310	$100
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.5%	198	$200
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.1%	158	$442
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	1.1%	154	$150
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	1.2%	152	$1,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.2%	134	$1,000
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	109	$50
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)	NJ	National	0.0%	77	$500
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.4%	64	$394
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.7%	63	$480

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International and foreign affairs organizations grantees

International-focused organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 95% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all global-focused orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	11,067
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	180

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,200
$500k-$1M	$1,051
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	3,212
California	1,122
District of Columbia	817
Virginia	638
Other	5,458

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	3,276
Washington DC	1,183
Boston	410
Chicago	387
Other	5,742

Top 25 grants made to international-focused organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Gavi the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI)	$315,000,000	Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International	$100,000,000	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs	$49,992,503	Democracy Assistance	Consortium For Elections and Political Process Strengthening
Plan International	$32,994,317	Accrual Acctg	Plan International USA
Plan International	$32,994,317	Prog. Support	Plan International USA
Plan International	$32,411,365	Pledged Amount	Plan International USA
Jasper Ridge Partners	$31,882,440	General Support	Sergey Brin Family Foundation
UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children	$30,920,909	Payment in Support of the Unicef Usa Impact Fund for Children Inc Bridge Fund Transactions	United States Fund for Unicef
Plan International	$23,591,119	Invoiced Amount	Plan International USA
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	$20,564,682	Support	Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations US	$20,000,000	Vaccine Development	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United States Fund for Unicef	$19,999,402	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Hadassah Medical Relief Association	$19,227,500		Hadassah
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA)	$18,890,000	Conservation and Science	David and Lucile Packard Foundation
American Center for International Labor Solidarity	$17,972,804	Pluralism	National Endowment for Democracy
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs	$17,715,789	Democratic Governance & Political Parties	National Endowment for Democracy
United States Fund for Unicef	$17,070,086	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere	$15,500,000	Delivery of Solutions To Improve Global Health; Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Maccabee Task Force Foundation	$15,336,449	General Charitable Purposes	Adelson Family Foundation
Jhpiego Corporation	$15,256,093	Operational Support	Jsi Research and Training Institute
The Carter Center	$15,000,000	Neglected Tropical Diseases	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gates Philanthropy Partners	$15,000,000	General Nonprofit Support	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos (NPH)	$13,202,751	Support Orphaned and Disadvantaged Children	Nph-Usa
United States Fund for Unicef	$13,058,659	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The One Campaign	$13,000,000	Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases; Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis; Hiv; Nutrition; Pneumonia; Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "International-focused organizations" category for this page is determined by the "Q00: International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.