Working with Visionaries on the Frontlines of Social Change Worldwide
Working with Visionaries on the Frontlines of Social Change Worldwide
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North America
UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE PROGRAMS
HEADQUARTERS: NEW YORK OPENED IN 1953 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$385.3 MILLION
ISSUE AREAS
DEMOCRATIC AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC FAIRNESS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND SCHOLARSHIP FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION HUMAN RIGHTS METROPOLITAN OPPORTUNITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS SOCIAL JUSTICE PHILANTHROPY
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
HEADQUARTERS: MEXICO CITY OPENED IN 1962 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$18.3 MILLION
South America
BRAZIL
HEADQUARTERS: RIO DE JANEIRO OPENED IN 1962 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$19.3 MILLION ANDEAN REGION AND SOUTHERN CONE
HEADQUARTERS: SANTIAGO OPENED IN 1963 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$11.2 MILLION
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
HEADQUARTERS: CAIRO OPENED IN 1959 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$25.8 MILLION
Europe
Asia
CHINA
HEADQUARTERS: BEIJING OPENED IN 1988 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$21.4 MILLION
INDONESIA
HEADQUARTERS: JAKARTA OPENED IN 1953 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
WEST AFRICA
HEADQUARTERS: LAGOS OPENED IN 1960
EASTERN AFRICA
HEADQUARTERS: NAIROBI OPENED IN 1963 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$13.2 MILLION
$11.6 MILLION
TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$14.1 MILLION
Africa Australia
SOUTHERN AFRICA
HEADQUARTERS: JOHANNESBURG OPENED IN 1993 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$16.4 MILLION
INDIA, NEPAL AND SRI LANKA
HEADQUARTERS: NEW DELHI OPENED IN 1952 TOTAL SPENDING IN 2008
$23.6 MILLION
We closed our regional offices in Vietnam and Russia in September 2009. Our 2008 grant making in Russia totaled more than $10.7 million, and in Vietnam it was nearly $11.4 million.
CHART 1 — PAYOUT RATE
distribution as a percentage of average investment portfolio values %
15.0
12.5
10.0
7.5
5.0
2.5
0.0 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
CHART 2
average investment portfolio values $ billions
20.0 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0
program spending $ millions
1.000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
CHART 3 — INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO VALUES
real (2008) dollars / nominal value $ billions
20
15
10
5
0 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
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