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The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

Name: The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,530
grants reported: $3.56B
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $452,442
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

African national and regional health ministries for family planning delivery
Abortion access services, hotlines, and provider networks in the US
Reproductive health research, training, and clinical workforce development
Reproductive rights litigation, policy advocacy, and movement infrastructure
Nebraska college scholarships through university boards of regents
Contraceptive supply, procurement, and global health financing intermediaries

Typical grant

Median grant is about $452,000, with the middle half between $200,000 and $1.5 million. The eight and nine figure checks go almost entirely to African ministries of health, Planned Parenthood Federation, NAF Hotline Fund, and multilateral bodies like the World Bank and Global Fund; the sub-million grants go to US advocacy groups, research shops, and university programs. Giving repeats heavily, with 1,530 grants across only 558 recipients, and core grantees like Planned Parenthood and NAF appear multiple times in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“PROGRAM SUPPORT”
“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“SCHOLARSHIPS”
“REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH”
“FAMILY PLANNING”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie work to contraceptive access or abortion service delivery, not maternal health generally; that framing dominates the portfolio.
Anchor global proposals to a named African ministry of health or regional bureau as implementing partner.
For a first US research or training grant, ask $1M to $5M, the band UCSF, Ibis, and Guttmacher occupy.
Emphasize direct service volume or clinician training throughput; they fund delivery and workforce more than descriptive research.

Worth knowing: This is a concentrated funder: African government health ministries and a small set of US reproductive rights institutions absorb most of the money, and relationships appear multi-year and renewed rather than newly competed. Nebraska giving is essentially scholarship money to the University of Nebraska system and is separate from the reproductive health work.

4 grants matching “faso” · $75.7M

$47.0M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso · 2025
Program support
$11.2M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso · 2024
Program support
$12.3M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso · 2023
Program support
$5.1M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso · 2022
Project support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Naf Hotline Fund10 grants · $252.5M
Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria2 grants · $130.5M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America16 grants · $129.6M
Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean3 grants · $105.9M
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development3 grants · $90.0M
Center for International Reproductive Health Training (Cirht)4 grants · $88.6M
Imbuto Foundation4 grants · $86.0M
Oromia Health Bureau4 grants · $83.1M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso4 grants · $75.7M
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria2 grants · $75.0M

Giving over time

$495.5M

2022

$695.2M

2023

$908.8M

2024

$1.46B

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,530 grants.

$80.5M
Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria · 2025
Program support
$67.3M
Naf Hotline Fund · Annapolis Junction, MD · 2025
Program support
$60.6M
Naf Hotline Fund · Annapolis Junction, MD · 2024
Program support
$60.0M
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2025
Program support
$54.9M
Naf Hotline Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$50.5M
Oromia Health Bureau · 2025
Program support
$50.0M
Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria · 2024
Program support
$48.4M
Naf Hotline Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$47.0M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso · 2025
Program support
$40.0M
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria · 2025
Program support
$38.6M
Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean · 2025
Program support
$38.0M
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone · 2025
Program support
$36.8M
Center for International Reproductive Health Training (Cirht) · 2025
Program support
$36.7M
Imbuto Foundation · 2022
Project support
$35.2M
Sand Tech Holdings Limited · 2025
Program support
$35.0M
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria · 2024
Program support
$33.6M
Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean · 2023
Program support
$33.6M
Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean · 2024
Program support
$32.8M
Ministry of Health Rwanda · 2024
Program support
$32.7M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$32.4M
Gidabo Policy and Advocacy Center · 2025
Program support
$30.8M
Imbuto Foundation · 2025
Program support
$30.0M
Republic of Togo · 2025
Program support
$30.0M
Ministry of Health Republic of Rwanda · 2025
Program support
$30.0M
Center for International Reproductive Health Training (Cirht) · 2024
Program support
$30.0M
Ministry of Health Republic of Rwanda · 2023
Program support
$30.0M
Sustainable Healthcare Solutions Africa · 2025
Program support
$28.2M
King Faisal Hospital Rwanda Foundation (Kfhrf) · 2025
Program support
$27.9M
King Faisal Hospital Rwanda Foundation · 2024
Program support
$27.7M
Center for International Reproductive Health Training · 2022
Project support
$26.0M
Kenya Ministry of Health State Department for Medical Services · 2025
Program support
$26.0M
Ministry of Health Republic of Zambia · 2025
Program support
$25.4M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$25.3M
Ministre De La Sant Publique De La Rpublique Du Bnin · 2025
Program support
$24.3M
Ministry of Community Development Gender Eldery and Children Tanzania · 2024
Program support
$23.8M
Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene Senegal · 2025
Program support
$23.5M
Ministry of Health Malawi · 2025
Program support
$22.7M
World Health Organization · 2023
Program support
$22.0M
Ministry of Public Health and Population Central African Republic · 2025
Program support
$21.7M
Ministry of Health and Social Action Senegal · 2023
Program support
$21.0M
African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africa'S Development · 2024
Program support
$20.3M
World Health Organization · 2023
Program support
$20.2M
Amhara Regional Health Bureau · 2025
Program support
$20.0M
King Faisal Hospital Rwanda Foundation (Kfhrf) · 2023
Program related investment
$20.0M
Togo Ministry of Health · 2024
Program support
$20.0M
Center for International Reproductive Health Training (Cirht) · 2023
Program support
$17.7M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$15.0M
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2025
Program support
$15.0M
Amhara Regional Health Bureau · 2024
Program support
$15.0M
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$15.0M
Ministry of Health Sierra Leone · 2024
Program support
$15.0M
Oromia Health Bureau · 2024
Program support
$15.0M
Amhara Regional Health Bureau · 2023
Program support
$15.0M
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone · 2023
Program support
$15.0M
Oromia Health Bureau · 2023
Program support
$15.0M
Global Financing Facility · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$13.9M
Society of Family Planning · Denver, CO · 2025
General operating support
$13.9M
Sand Tech Holdings Limited · 2024
Program support
$13.9M
The African Field Epidemiology Network (Afenet) · 2023
Program support
$13.9M
Ministry of Health and Social Action Senegal · 2024
Program support
$13.8M
Equity Group Foundation · 2022
Project support
$13.5M
Liberia Ministry of Health · 2025
Program support
$13.4M
Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene - Democratic Republic of the Congo · 2025
Program support
$13.1M
Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$13.0M
Health Intelligence Centre for Africa · 2025
Program support
$12.6M
Ipas · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Project support
$12.3M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso · 2023
Program support
$12.1M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$12.0M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$12.0M
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$11.6M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Program support
$11.6M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Program support
$11.3M
World Health Organization - Regional Office for Africa · 2025
Program support
$11.3M
Who Africa Region · 2024
Program support
$11.2M
Ministry of Health Burkina Faso · 2024
Program support
$11.0M
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health · 2025
Program support
$10.4M
Society of Family Planning · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$10.4M
King Faisel Hospital Rwanda Foundation · 2022
Project support
$10.1M
Tigray Regional Health Bureau · 2025
Program support
$10.1M
Msi-US · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$10.0M
New Morning Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2022
Project support
$10.0M
The Government of the Republic of Botswana · 2025
Program support
$10.0M
Ministry of Health Kenya · 2024
Program support
$10.0M
Tigray Regional Health Bureru · 2024
Program support
$10.0M
Gidabo Policy and Advocacy Center · 2023
Program support
$10.0M
Ministry of Health Community Development Gender Elderly and Children Tan · 2023
Program support
$10.0M
Tigray Regional Health Bureau · 2023
Program support
$9.8M
Willows International · Middletown, RI · 2025
Program support
$9.5M
Ministre De La Sant Publique De La Rpublique Du Bnin · 2023
Program support
$9.4M
Imbuto Foundation · 2023
Program support
$9.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$9.1M
Imbuto Foundation · 2024
Program support
$9.1M
Reproductive Freedom for All · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$8.5M
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$8.2M
St Paul Institute for Reproductive Health and Rights · 2025
Program support
$7.9M
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Project support
$7.4M
Society of Family Planning · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$7.1M
University of Nebraska Omaha Board of Regents · Omaha, NE · 2025
Scholarships
$7.0M
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024
General operating support
$7.0M
Nti · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support

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