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Which US foundations give to Guinea-Bissau?

US foundations sent $3M to organizations in Guinea-Bissau across 23 grants, from 6 different funders. Read from IRS 990 filings.

The short version

The biggest funders, year by year

Each top funder of Guinea-Bissau with its total, and how that giving falls across the filing years — darker means more.

'19'20'21'22'23'24
THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION$3M
Shoes for the World Foundation$128k

* 2025 onward is still arriving — 990s lag 12–24 months, so the most recent years under-report.

Top US funders of Guinea-Bissau

2 grants · NE · 0.2% of its overseas giving

6 grants · MA · 81% of its overseas giving

What the money funds

By the kind of organization receiving the money — universities, hospitals, research institutes, and so on.

Health & medicine$3M

2 recipients

Relief & humanitarian$26k

1 recipient

Arts & culture$25k

1 recipient

Education & schools$5k

1 recipient

Largest recipients in Guinea-Bissau

Spelling, accent, abbreviation, and language variants of the same organization are merged into one recipient. Organizations abroad have no US EIN, so this resolution is best-effort.

Ministry of Public Health of Guinea-Bissau$3M

1 US funder · 2 grants

Missão Semide Assembleia de Deus$128k

1 US funder · 6 grants

José Roberto dos Santos$48k

1 US funder · 1 grant

Amaro Lopes$27k

1 US funder · 5 grants

21 Islands COVID Relief$26k

1 US funder · 1 grant

Cooperativa Geba Filmes$25k

1 US funder · 1 grant

Who funds whom

The largest funder-to-recipient ties — which US foundation backs which organization in Guinea-Bissau.

THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION Ministry of Public Health of Guinea-Bissau$3M
Shoes for the World Foundation Missão Semide Assembleia de Deus$128k
Global Ahead Inc José Roberto dos Santos$48k
HELP GUINEA BISSAU AFRICA INC Amaro Lopes$27k
HELP GUINEA BISSAU AFRICA INC 21 Islands COVID Relief$26k
FOUNDATION FOR ARTS INITIATIVES Cooperativa Geba Filmes$25k

Where the funders are

The US states home to the foundations giving to Guinea-Bissau, shaded by dollars granted. Click a state.

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Notable grants

The largest individual grants to Guinea-Bissau on record.

THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATIONMinistry of Public Health of Guinea-Bissau · 2024$2M
THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATIONMinistry of Public Health of Guinea-Bissau · 2023$1M
Shoes for the World FoundationMissão Semide Assembleia de Deus · 2022$89k
Global Ahead IncJosé Roberto dos Santos · 2020$48k
HELP GUINEA BISSAU AFRICA INC21 Islands COVID Relief · 2020$26k
FOUNDATION FOR ARTS INITIATIVESCooperativa Geba Filmes · 2023$25k

Questions and answers

Which US foundation gives the most to Guinea-Bissau?
THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest US funder of Guinea-Bissau organizations on record, with $3M across 2 grants.
How much do US foundations give to Guinea-Bissau?
6 US foundations have granted a combined $3M to organizations in Guinea-Bissau across 23 grants in the IRS filings on record, about $1.51 per resident.
What do US foundations fund in Guinea-Bissau?
The largest areas are health & medicine, relief & humanitarian, arts & culture, by the kind of organization receiving the money.

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