These Are The Top USAID Recipients—From Religious Groups To Major U.S. Companies—As Trump Targets Agency
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Forbes – WHIA
Topline
The Trump administration’s push to eliminate the U.S. Agency for International Development threatens billions of dollars in funding across both the for- and non-profit sectors—prompting chaos among USAID staff in Washington and panic among organizations the agency helps fund.
Key Facts
The USAID budget totalled $43.4 billion in fiscal year 2023, according to the Congressional Research Service, and approximately 130 countries received USAID assistance—Europe and Eurasia received 40% of the funding ($17.2 billion), since Ukraine was the top foreign recipient for USAID in fiscal year 2023.
USAID has distributed more than $30 billion in direct financial support to the government of Ukraine between fiscal years 2022 and 2024, according to the CRS.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) implement the majority (52%) of USAID programs, while public international organizations administer 34%, the U.S. government is responsible for about 10% and foreign governments implement about 4%, according to a CRS study of USAID non-military funding between fiscal years 2013-2022.
Among public international organizations, which are formed via a partnership between foreign governments, the World Bank Group was the top recipient of non-military USAID assistance, receiving more than $20 billion between fiscal years 2013 and 2022, followed by the World Food Program, which received more than $15 billion.
For-profit firms received 40% of all USAID NGO funding in the nine-year period included in the CRS report, with four receiving at least $1 billion.
Top Ngo Usaid Recipients (fiscal Years 2013-2022)
1. Catholic Relief Services: $4.6 billion (nonprofit)
2. Chemonics International: $4.5 billion (for-profit)
3. FHI 360: $3.8 billion (nonprofit)
4. Development Alternatives, Inc.: $3 billion (for-profit)
5. ABT Associates, Inc.: $2.6 billion (for-profit)
6. RTI International: $2.3 billion (research institute)
7. John Snow International: $1.8 billion (nonprofit)
8. Save the Children Federation, Inc.: $1.5 billion (nonprofit)
9. ARD, Inc.: $1.5 billion (nonprofit)
10. Jhpiego Corporation: $1.3 billion (nonprofit)
11. Deloitte: $1.2 billion (for-profit)
12. World Vision: $1.2 billion (nonprofit)
13. Mercy Corps: $1.1 billion (nonprofit)
14. ADCI/VOCA: $1.1 billion (nonprofit)
15. Population Services International: $1.1 billion (nonprofit)