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The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 47-6032365 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$2.4B
Grants reported
815
Typical grant
$503.1K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$567.7M

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Contact
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Deadlines
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Application materials
For the scholarship program, all relevant information can be found on our website at https://buffettscholarships.org/.
Restrictions
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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

Reported organization name: THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION

Application information: https://buffettscholarships.org/

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.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025417$1.5B
2024398$908.8M

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.

Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria

FCT ABUJA

$80.5MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Program support

Naf Hotline Fund

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD

$67.3MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Program support

Naf Hotline Fund

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD

$60.6MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Program support

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

WASHINGTON, DC

$60MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Program support

Oromia Health Bureau

ADDIS ABABA

$50.5MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Program support

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (815 reported in all).

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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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