Private Philanthropy for Development in 2017

Private Philanthropy for Development in 2017

January 2019

Development Co-operation Directorate

OECD DAC statistics on private philanthropy The OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) has a proven experience in collecting data on development finance, with a specific focus on Official Development Assistance (ODA). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been reporting its development activities to the OECD on a regular basis since 2010, followed by the United Postcode Lotteries in the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom in 2017.

In order to explore the feasibility of expanding the coverage of its statistics on private philanthropy for development, in 2016-17 the OECD carried out a largescale survey which gathered grant-level information from more than 140 philanthropic foundations worldwide. For comparability purposes, these data were collected according to the same standards as for ODA flows. The main results of this survey are presented in the OECD Report on Private Philanthropy for Development and the Working Paper on Foundations’ Giving for Development, both published in early 2018.

Building on the encouraging results of the survey, the OECD DCD has been reaching out to the largest philanthropic foundations working for development to establish regular and sustainable data sharing partnerships on their grant making and programme-related investments. As a result, in 2018, 22 new foundations started reporting to the OECD on a regular basis, bringing the number of foundations included in the OECD DAC statistics on development finance to 261. This booklet provides an overview of the main features of these foundations’ activities in 2017.

This new expanded set of data on private philanthropy2, presented alongside official development finance interventions from bilateral and multilateral providers, makes OECD DAC statistics a unique source of information on broader development finance, which can in turn help the development community build innovative partnerships for the SDGs. 1:

In the 2016 survey, spending from these 26 foundations represented approximately two-thirds of the total.

OECD DAC Statistics, accessible at https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=crs1 and http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DV_DCD_PPFD.

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In 2017, the 26 foundations provided USD 6.1 billion for development Still modest compared to ODA in 2017…

USD billion, gross disbursements

… but key in health sectors USD billion, commitments

United States

8.3

PHILANTHROPY

3.7

World Bank: IDA

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

2.1

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

1.5

United Kingdom

1.5

from countries

USD 178.4 bn

Private philanthropy for development USD 6.1 bn

EU Institutions

1.2

Global Fund

0.9

Germany

0.8

Canada

0.5

WHO

0.5

Korea

0.4

Japan

0.3

Sweden

0.3

Norway

0.3

UNICEF

0.2

Health Population & reproductive health

The 26 foundations as a group were the second largest funder in the health and reproductive health sectors. 62% of these foundations’ contributions to the health sectors were extended in support of infectious disease control (e.g. poliomyelitis, malaria, tuberculosis, STDs incl. HIV/AIDS).

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

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The BMGF remains the most generous philanthropic foundation… … but other foundations also proved to be very active, such as the United Postcode Lotteries and the MasterCard Foundation.

USD million, gross disbursements, 2017

BMGF

Other United States and Canada

Europe

3,800

19% 19% 364 278

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

254 244 207

USD 6,1 billion 62%

185 119 111

80 71 57 51 50 50 38 31 30 24 18 17 15 14 12

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Africa was the most targeted region Private philanthropy in Africa represented 29% of the total in 2017.

Gross disbursements, 2017

EUROPE USD 0.03 bn 0.4%

Bilateral Multilateral

AMERICA

OCEANIA

USD 0.2 bn 3%

USD 0.01 bn 0.1%

AFRICA USD 1.8 bn 29%

TOP 5 (60%) Brazil; Mexico; Peru; Colombia; Haiti

UNALLOCABLE* USD 3.1 bn 51%

ASIA USD 1.0 bn 16%

TOP 5 (34%) Nigeria; Ethiopia; Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania

Top 5 countries

TOP 5 (75%) India; Pakistan; China; Indonesia Bangladesh

Other and regional

*: Unallocable includes activities addressing global challenges and core funding to NGOs and multilateral organisations.

59% of philanthropic funding benefitted middle-income countries (MICs).

Private philanthropy (country-allocable) by income group, USD billion, gross disbursements, 2017 UMICs

0.3

LMICs Other LICs

0.9 0.1

LDCs

0.7 Other foundations

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

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Health was by far the main sector, largely driven by the BMGF USD million, gross disbursements, 2017 3,088

HEALTH & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 531

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING

473

GOVERNMENT & CIVIL SOCIETY*

329

EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

278

HUMANITARIAN AID

265

BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICE

232

WATER AND SANITATION

122

OTHER SOC. INFRA. AND SERVICES

121

OTHER

NON-ALLOCABLE

225

588 Other foundations

BMGF

*: Government and civil society sector includes human rights, democratic participation and civil society, media and free flow of information, public finance management, legal and judicial development, support to women’s equality organisations, ending violence against women and girls etc.

If the BMGF is excluded, health and reproductive health still remain the most targeted sectors by philanthropic foundations, followed by government & civil society, education, environmental protection and humanitarian aid.

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

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38% of philanthropic funds were channelled through NGOs and CSOs

BMGF 44%

Provider country- based NGOs 49%

26 foundations

38%

BMGF 63%

BMGF 92%

United Nations 47%

Recipient countrybased NGOs 17%

NGOs and civil society

20%

28%

Universities, research institutes, think tanks etc.

Multilateral organisations

Other

For-profit private sector 7%

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

Gavi 30%

Partner countries

Other Foundations 56%

Other 23%

Other foundations 37%

International NGOs 34%

14% Networks and PPPs 5%

Governments 2%

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Philanthropic funds were largely earmarked for specific projects/programmes Only 17% of these funds consisted of unearmarked contributions to NGOs, research institutes and multilateral organisations (from the BMGF for the latter).

Gross disbursements, 2017

Programme-level Technical support assistance 3%

Core support to NGOs, research institutes and other (...)

8% 10%

7%

Core support to multilaterals

Scholarships and training 1%

4% Project-type interventions; 68%

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

Debt relief 1% Development awareness 2%

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Deep equality Deepdive: dive: gender gender equality ASK GENDERNET FOR HELP In 2017, 15% of private philanthropy was extended with the objective to support gender equality and women’s empowerment (USD 0.9 billion).

Share of private philanthropy targeting gender equality USD gross disbursements, 2017

85% Gender not targeted / not identified

Gender-related philanthropy by region USD gross disbursements, 2017

Europe 0.3%

Gender was a 6% principal (primary) objective

9%

Asia

America 3%

21% Africa

Gender was a significant (secondary) objective

Top foundations supporting gender equality* USD million, gross disbursements, 2017

35% Unallocated

41%

Gender-related philanthropy by sector USD million, gross disbursements, 2017

746 572

HEALTH AND REPROD. HEALTH

164

GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY SOCIAL INFRA. AND SERVICES excl. health & reproductive health

103 62 56 43 37 23 21 19 18 18 16

80 50

BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

7

10 HUMANITARIAN AID

27

PRODUCTION SECTORS

32

OTHER

5

Other foundations BMGF

*: In the case of the BMGF, marking on gender was made based on a key word search.

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

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Deep dive: East Africa In 2017, private philanthropy to East Africa amounted to USD 565.6 million, representing 9% of the total (52% of country-allocable funds to Africa).

Main foundations active in East Africa USD million, gross disbursements, 2017

USD 565.6 million

BMGF

297

MasterCard Foundation

107

CIFF

41

Comic Relief

41% for RMNCH

21% for gender

$

8% for trade development

24

Hilton Foundation

16

Ford Foundation

15

Wellcome Trust

12

Packard Foundation

12

Geographic distribution Gross disbursements, 2017 Other (3%) Mozambique (4%) Zimbabwe (3%) Rwanda (5%) Malawi (6%) Zambia (6%)

Hewlett Foundation

9

Tanzania (16%)

Oak Foundation

8

Uganda (16%)

Gatsby Africa

7

United Postcode Loteries

6

MacArthur Foundation

Kenya (19%)

4 Ethiopia (22%)

Other 6% for PD/GG

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Main sectors targeted in East Africa by the foundations USD million, gross disbursements, 2017

3% for environment 3% for biodiversity 1% for desertification 1% for climate change mitigation and/or adaptation

Source: OECD DAC Statistics.

HEALTH & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING EDUCATION BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICE GOVERNMENCE & CIVIL SOCIETY WATER AND SANITATION OTHER

223 165 74 33 27 12 31

BMGF

Other Foundations

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For online data: Creditor Reporting System (CRS), stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=crs1 Private Philanthropy for Development (CRS), stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DV_DCD_PPFD

For more information: oe.cd/foundationsdata www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/developmentfinance-standards/beyond-oda-foundations.htm Contact: cecile.SANGARE@oecd.org tomas.HOS@oecd.org Development Co-operation Directorate