Grants for international humanitarian organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to humanitarian organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,879 humanitarian organizations received at least $682.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 5,038 grants made from 2,975 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 2,975 foundations, 75% made just a single grant to humanitarian orgs, and 4% made grants to four or more humanitarian orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$682,087,739

Total grant dollars given to international humanitarian organizations

5,038

Number of grants made annually to international humanitarian organizations

2,975

Number of grantmakers funding international humanitarian organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to international humanitarian organizations

Foundations that support humanitarian organizations

Out of all grants made to international humanitarian organizations, 86% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 90% of the dollar-value of grants to humanitarian orgs. Foundations funding humanitarian orgs also made grants to international development organizations, food banks, animal shelters, multiservice human service organizations, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	2,576
Medium	228
Large	170

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	63
Private	2,663
Corporate	122
Other	127

Grants made

Grants made to humanitarian orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	2,260
2-3	589
4-10	97
11+	29

Top 10 foundations supporting humanitarian organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to humanitarian orgs	Number of grants made to humanitarian orgs	Median grant size
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.5%	101	$100
Baxter	IL	National	0.6%	91	$150
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.3%	89	$285
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.6%	74	$1,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	66	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	63	$501
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	47	$100
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)	NJ	National	0.0%	44	$500
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.6%	39	$400
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.4%	37	$500

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Humanitarian organizations grantees

International humanitarian organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 69% of all humanitarian orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	4,993
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	45

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,200
$100k-$500k	$1,131
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	1,884
California	328
Massachusetts	252
Florida	239
Other	2,335

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	1,934
Boston	243
Bridgeport	214
Miami	189
Other	2,358

Top 25 grants made to international humanitarian 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
United States Fund for Unicef	$17,070,086	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United States Fund for Unicef	$13,058,659	Polio	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
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
Doctors without Borders USA	$7,885,667	Project Support	Tides Foundation
Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TR	$5,600,000	General Operating Support for RHF'S Grantmaking Programs	MJS Foundation
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	$5,231,004	General Support	Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Save the Children Federation	$5,193,517	Sub-Award	Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Pact	$5,030,089		Fhi 360
Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TR	$5,000,000	Gift To Support the Robin Hood Relief Fund in Response To Covid-19	MJS Foundation
Mercy Corps	$4,936,600	Project Support	Tides Foundation
Mercy Corps	$4,718,525	International Development	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TR	$4,334,000	Fight Poverty in Nyc.	Robbins Family Foundation
United States Fund for Unicef	$4,100,396	Nutrition	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Path Vaccine Solutions (PVS)	$4,000,000	Pneumonia	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Capital for Good USA	$4,000,000	Project Support: Community Fund To End Child Marriage	Novo 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 humanitarian organizations" category for this page is determined by the "Q33: International Relief" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.