Development Co-operation Profiles

Howard G. Buffett Foundation

Introduction

The Howard G. Buffett Foundation is a U.S.-based private philanthropic foundation chaired by Howard G. Buffett, son of Warren Buffett. The Foundation’s mission is to catalyse transformational change to improve the standard of living and quality of life, particularly for the world’s most impoverished and marginalised populations. It invests most of its funding in three main areas: food security, conflict mitigation and public safety across 130 countries in the world.

This profile is based on estimates using information available in the Howard G. Buffett Foundation’s publicly available annual reports.

Private development finance

Howard G. Buffett Foundation provided USD 237.8 million for development in 2022 through its grantmaking activities. Compared to 2021, this amount represents an increase by 71.9% in real terms.

 

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Support to Ukraine

In 2022, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation provided USD 146.6 million of gross development finance to Ukraine to respond to the impacts of Russia’s war of aggression.

Geographic and thematic focus

In 2022, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation’s development finance was primarily focused on Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean. USD 146.6 million was allocated to Europe and USD 72.2 million to America, accounting respectively for 61.6% and 30.4% of gross development finance.

Additional resources

Official website: www.thehowardgbuffettfoundation.org

The methodological notes provide further details on the definitions and statistical methodologies applied, including core and earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations, the Sustainable Development Goal focus of private development finance, channels of delivery, unspecified/unallocated allocations, the gender equality policy marker, and the environment markers.