The2010 United States federal budgetspent $52.7 billion out of $3.55 trillion (1.5%) on foreign aid. $15.0 billion was military; $37.7 billion was economic aid (of whichUSAIDreceived $14.1 billion).[1]
Aid from private sources within the United States in 2007 was probably somewhere in the $10 to $30 billion range. TheOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) estimated that net private grants from the United States to developing countries totaled $12.2 billion that year.[2]A private think-tank, theHudson Institute, gave the following figures for U.S. private assistance for 2004.
Category | Amount[3] |
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Total U.S. Private Assistance | $71.2 billion |
Foundations | $3.4 billion |
Private and Voluntary Organizations (eg., NGOs) | $9.7 billion |
Universities and Colleges | $1.7 billion |
Religious Organizations | $4.5 billion |
Corporations | $4.9 billion |
Remittances from immigrant workers | $47.0 billion |