Grants for international development organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to international development and relief organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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2,702 international development and relief organizations received at least $1.1 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 7,202 grants made from 3,807 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 3,807 foundations, 71% made just a single grant to global relief orgs, and 5% made grants to four or more global relief orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$1,097,705,688

Total grant dollars given to international development organizations

7,202

Number of grants made annually to international development organizations

3,807

Number of grantmakers funding international development organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to international development organizations

Foundations that support international development and relief organizations

Out of all grants made to international development organizations, 85% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 79% of the dollar-value of grants to global relief orgs. Foundations funding global relief orgs also made grants to international humanitarian organizations, food banks, scholarship organizations, multiservice human service organizations, and religious organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	3,273
Medium	307
Large	226

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	75
Private	3,404
Corporate	149
Other	179

Grants made

Grants made to global relief orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	2,731
2-3	852
4-10	188
11+	36

Top 10 foundations supporting international development and relief organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to global relief orgs	Number of grants made to global relief orgs	Median grant size
Baxter	IL	National	1.1%	278	$100
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.3%	127	$218
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.7%	122	$105
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.8%	99	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	96	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.2%	95	$1,000
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	65	$100
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)	NJ	National	0.0%	60	$500
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	WA	National	12.5%	52	$3,863,899
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.9%	50	$412

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International development and relief organizations grantees

International development organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 96% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 69% of all global relief orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	7,082
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	120

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,200
$100k-$500k	$1,260
$500k-$1M	$1,042
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	2,360
California	559
Virginia	486
Massachusetts	336
Other	3,461

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	2,401
Washington DC	392
Boston	323
Virginia Beach	306
Other	3,638

Top 25 grants made to international development organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Gavi the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI)	$315,000,000	Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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
Plan International	$23,591,119	Invoiced Amount	Plan International USA
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	$20,564,682	Support	Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
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
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
Jhpiego Corporation	$15,256,093	Operational Support	Jsi Research and Training Institute
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
The One Campaign	$13,000,000	Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases; Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis; Hiv; Pneumonia; Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
International Rescue Committee (IRC)	$11,803,347	PRGM. Implementation	Sesame Workshop (SW)
United States Fund for Unicef	$11,700,000	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mass Design Group	$11,191,763	Support for Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture - Africa	Howard G Buffett Foundation (HGBF)
Vital Strategies	$10,000,000	Public Awareness and Knowledge Sharing	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA)	$10,000,000	Core Support for the Reproductive Health and Womens Rights Collaborative	The Ford Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA)	$10,000,000	Reproductive Health and Women's Rights Collaborative	The JPB Foundation
Against Malaria Foundation Us	$8,817,051	Operating Support	GiveWell
Pact	$8,808,768	Supporting Human Rights, Democratic Initiatives And/or Rule of Law	Freedom House
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA)	$8,000,000	For Use By 100 Resilient Cities Toward the Costs of Winding Down Its Operations	Rockefeller Foundation
Doctors without Borders USA	$7,885,667	Project Support	Tides 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 development organizations" category for this page is determined by the "Q30: International Development, Relief Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.