Howard G. Buffett Foundation
A private foundation led by Howard G. Buffett that makes large, catalytic grants to improve the lives of the world's most impoverished and marginalized people, concentrating on food security, conflict mitigation, and countering human trafficking.
Financial profile
Howard G. Buffett Foundation · EIN 47-0824756 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $377,621,424 | $503,789,015 | $419,366,664 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $335,523,370 | $307,831,132 | $535,734,498 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $295,560,997 | $236,939,256 | $381,094,694 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $154,813,665 | $137,116,172 | $302,780,534 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $196,921,556 | $221,903,308 | $276,625,307 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $159,962,761 | $157,797,921 | $188,020,273 | Dec 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Howard G. Buffett Foundation is read alongside.
IFEBP
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
A nonpartisan educational organization for the employee benefits field, serving the professionals who…
227 companies named
SHRM
Society for Human Resource Management
The institution that certifies, equips, and speaks for the profession whose job is to stand between the…
1 companies named
P
PayrollOrg
The professional association for payroll practitioners, providing certification, education, and advocacy for…
48 companies named
HCI
HR Certification Institute
An independent credentialing body for the human resources profession, whose defining function is to guard…
JTF
John Templeton Foundation
A large endowment funding bold, contrarian inquiry into humanity's deepest questions across science…
Who backs HGBF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Howard G. Buffett Foundation's peers, but not Howard G. Buffett Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of Howard G. Buffett Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Howard G. Buffett Foundation's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A private foundation led by Howard G. Buffett that makes large, catalytic grants to improve the lives of the world's most impoverished and marginalized people, concentrating on food security, conflict mitigation, and countering human trafficking.
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Their shape
The Movement
Gathered around a cause, and built to move.
The Movement is mission-led and built to mobilize, organized around changing something in the world. Its gift is passion and external impact, its challenge is turning momentum into something that lasts.
Also reads toward The Frontier and The Legacy.
Strengths
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