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Which US foundations give to Kosovo?

US foundations sent $6M to organizations in Kosovo across 19 grants, from 7 different funders. Read from IRS 990 filings.

The short version

The biggest funders, year by year

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

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY$6M
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION$320k

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

Top US funders of Kosovo

4 grants · NY · 0.4% of its overseas giving

8 grants · MI · 0.2% of its overseas giving

What the money funds

By the stated purpose of 19 grants that carry one.

General & operating support$4M

5 recipients

Health & medicine$2M

1 recipient

Economic & community development$135k

4 recipients

Arts & culture$120k

2 recipients

Human rights & democracy$65k

2 recipients

Research & science$16k

1 recipient

Largest recipients in Kosovo

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.

Kosovo Foundation for Open Society$6M

1 US funder · 4 grants

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Kosovo$120k

1 US funder · 2 grants

Kosovo's Architecture Foundation$89k

1 US funder · 1 grant

Artpolis$77k

1 US funder · 2 grants

Initiative for Progress$50k

1 US funder · 1 grant

Red Cross of Kosovo$50k

1 US funder · 1 grant

Who funds whom

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

FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY Kosovo Foundation for Open Society$6M
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Kosovo$120k
THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST Kosovo's Architecture Foundation$89k
JOSEPH HANDLEMAN I BELIEVE IN YOU TRUST F/K/A JOSEPH HANDLEMAN TRUST FOUNDATION Artpolis$77k
The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc Initiative for Progress$50k
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION Red Cross of Kosovo$50k

Where the funders are

The US states home to the foundations giving to Kosovo, 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 Kosovo on record.

FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETYKosovo Foundation for Open Society · 2020$4M
FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETYKosovo Foundation for Open Society · 2021$2M
THE J PAUL GETTY TRUSTKosovo's Architecture Foundation · 2017$89k
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATIONBalkan Investigative Reporting Network Kosovo · 2017$70k
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATIONRed Cross of Kosovo · 2017$50k
CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATIONBalkan Investigative Reporting Network Kosovo · 2018$50k

Questions and answers

Which US foundation gives the most to Kosovo?
FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY is the largest US funder of Kosovo organizations on record, with $6M across 4 grants.
How much do US foundations give to Kosovo?
7 US foundations have granted a combined $6M to organizations in Kosovo across 19 grants in the IRS filings on record.
What do US foundations fund in Kosovo?
The largest areas are general & operating support, health & medicine, economic & community development, by the stated purpose of the grants.

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