The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Omaha, NE · EIN 47-6032365 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation is a private foundation based in Omaha, NE (EIN 47-6032365). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $2.4B paid in 815 grants, with a median grant of $503.1K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $2.7B. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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- Total grants paid
- $2.4B
- Grants reported
- 815
- Typical grant
- $503.1K
- Future commitments
- $567.7M
- Total assets
- $2.7B
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications. The same filing also names deadlines, application materials or an application link. Those are kept under Original filing text, may be out of date, and are not an invitation to apply; check with the foundation first.
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- Contact
- See Website
- Phone
- (402) 943-1300
- Restrictions
- See website
Original filing text
- Contact
- SEE WEBSITE
- Address
- 808 CONAGRA DRIVE STE 300 OMAHA, NE, 68102
- Phone
- 4029431300
- Deadlines
- SEE WEBSITE
- Application materials
- FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT HTTPS://BUFFETTSCHOLARSHIPS.ORG/.
- Restrictions
- SEE WEBSITE
- Application link
- https://buffettscholarships.org/
Reported organization name: THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-susan-thompson-buffett-foundation-476032365
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria | FCT ABUJA | Program support | Tax year 20252025 | $80.5M |
| Naf Hotline Fund | Annapolis Junction, MD | Program support | Tax year 20252025 | $67.3M |
| Naf Hotline Fund | Annapolis Junction, MD | Program support | Tax year 20242024 | $60.6M |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Washington, DC | Program support | Tax year 20252025 | $60M |
| Oromia Health Bureau | ADDIS ABABA | Program support | Tax year 20252025 | $50.5M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (815 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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