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12 funders with a record of paying for “afghanistan”
Where the money went
GofundmeorgWest Hollywood, CACharity · may take applications
217 matching grants · $15.7M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to AFGHANISTAN YOUTH RELIEF FOUNDATION — welcome fund:afghanistan welcome.us
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $24.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.2M to World Food Program USA — general operating support for wfp afghanistan to provide food, medical assistance, and shelter to families in need, equal support for relief efforts in the following 4 countries: u…
Largest: $75,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC — for its keough school of global affairs' afghanistan peace and development research program
Largest: $400,000 to NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE — to support the afghanistan human rights initiative, a sponsored project of the grantee, in its work on human rights in afghanistan
Globalgiving FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $431,364 · through 2024Largest: $120,035 to AID AFGHANISTAN FOR EDUCATION — funds raised by globalgiving and disbursed to meet donor expectations
Largest: $32,547 to INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION — to support mira studios, a fiscally sponsored project, to produce a short documentary on womens rights in afghanistan to educate policymakers on security, human rights, and humanit…
Anglican Relief and Development FundAmbridge, PACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $115,000 · through 2021Largest: $10,000 to WILLIAM WILBERFORCE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS — afghanistan refugee relief in us
The Malala FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to ATLANTIC COUNCIL US — advocacy to recognize gender apartheid in afghanistan
Largest: $75,000 to USA FOR UNHCR — to support unhcr's work in afghanistan
Avaaz FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $649,708 to ACTIONAID USA — afghanistan humanitarian aid
Largest: $115,800 to Zamani Foundation AFG — afghanistan non profit organization
Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL
6 matching grants · $144,000 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE — work in middle east, africa and asia and to help families in afghanistan and afghans worldwide
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →