The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Private foundation · Omaha, NE · EIN 47-6032365 · reported 2023–2025
1,188grants reported
$500Kmedian award
$247Klower quartile
$2,802smallest grant
$3.1Btotal paid
37states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 57 of its 1,188 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $701.8M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
808 Conagra Dr Ste 300
Omaha, NE 68102-5025
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria | — | $80,536,284 |
| Naf Hotline Fund | Annapolis Junction, MD | $67,322,157 |
| Naf Hotline Fund | Annapolis Junction, MD | $60,574,746 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Washington, DC | $60,000,000 |
| Naf Hotline Fund | Washington, DC | $54,890,802 |
| Oromia Health Bureau | — | $50,540,000 |
| Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria | — | $50,000,000 |
| Ministry of Health Burkina Faso | — | $47,020,000 |
| The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria | — | $40,000,000 |
| Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean | — | $38,634,559 |
| Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone | — | $38,020,830 |
| Center for International Reproductive Health Training (cirht) | — | $36,818,845 |
| Sand Tech Holdings Limited | — | $35,201,379 |
| The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria | — | $35,000,000 |
| Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean | — | $33,635,900 |
| Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean | — | $33,635,887 |
| Ministry of Health Rwanda | — | $32,772,283 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $32,735,077 |
| Gidabo Policy and Advocacy Center | — | $32,359,470 |
| Imbuto Foundation | — | $30,792,597 |
| Republic of Togo | — | $30,023,117 |
| Ministry of Health Republic of Rwanda | — | $30,005,305 |
| Center for International Reproductive Health Training (cirht) | — | $30,000,987 |
| Ministry of Health Republic of Rwanda | — | $30,000,017 |
| Sustainable Healthcare Solutions Africa | — | $30,000,000 |
| King Faisal Hospital Rwanda Foundation (kfhrf) | — | $28,198,927 |
| King Faisal Hospital Rwanda Foundation | — | $27,874,770 |
| Kenya Ministry of Health State Department for Medical Services | — | $26,000,000 |
| Ministry of Health Republic of Zambia | — | $26,000,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $25,386,143 |
| Ministre de LA Sant Publique de LA Rpublique du Bnin | — | $25,336,228 |
| Ministry of Community Development Gender Eldery and Children Tanzania | — | $24,300,000 |
| Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene Senegal | — | $23,807,131 |
| Ministry of Health Malawi | — | $23,526,821 |
| World Health Organization | — | $22,662,174 |
| Ministry of Public Health and Population Central African Republic | — | $22,000,000 |
| Ministry of Health and Social Action Senegal | — | $21,670,000 |
| African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africa's Development | — | $21,003,001 |
| World Health Organization | — | $20,291,153 |
| Amhara Regional Health Bureau | — | $20,185,672 |
| King Faisal Hospital Rwanda Foundation (kfhrf) PROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENT | — | $20,045,455 |
| Togo Ministry of Health | — | $20,000,003 |
| Center for International Reproductive Health Training (cirht) | — | $20,000,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $17,737,963 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Washington, DC | $15,000,000 |
| Amhara Regional Health Bureau | — | $15,000,000 |
| Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone | — | $15,000,000 |
| Oromia Health Bureau | — | $15,000,000 |
| Amhara Regional Health Bureau | — | $15,000,000 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Washington, DC | $15,000,000 |
| Ministry of Health Sierra Leone | — | $15,000,000 |
| Oromia Health Bureau | — | $15,000,000 |
| Society of Family Planning | Denver, CO | $13,926,726 |
| Sand Tech Holdings Limited | — | $13,892,385 |
| The African Field Epidemiology Network (afenet) | — | $13,868,089 |
| Ministry of Health and Social Action Senegal | — | $13,862,869 |
| Liberia Ministry of Health | — | $13,509,094 |
| Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene - Democratic Republic of the Congo | — | $13,354,532 |
| Health Intelligence Centre for Africa | — | $13,000,000 |
| Ministry of Health Burkina Faso | — | $12,333,804 |
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