Cross-Border Funding Outflows: Spotlight on Europe relies on data from the 2023 Global Philanthropy Tracker (GPT) to offer insight into cross-border funding from 27 European countries. The data allow for country-by-country comparisons of philanthropic outflows, official development assistance (ODA), remittances, and private capital investment. The research identifies common recipient regions of cross-border funding and discusses prevalent recipient causes. It shines a spotlight on four critical areas for philanthropic engagement: democracy, migration, climate change, and Artificial Intelligence.
In 2020, these 27 countries contributed USD 16 billion in cross-border philanthropy, representing a diverse array of histories, languages, and cultures. Notably, these countries have unique legal environments for cross-border funding, which provide varying degrees of support or hindrance for cross-border philanthropic flows. Nine of the 27 countries reported on the geographic destinations of their giving, and only four reported on the specific causes supported by the philanthropic flows.
A searchable and sortable table of the country-level data for all 47 GPT countries is available here. For additional information on the global findings from the 2023 GPT, please refer to the downloads page. There you will find the global report, the executive summary in 6 languages, a terminology 1-pager, as well as the global report appendices.
Total Contributions from 27 GPT European Countries
European Contribution as % of Total Amount of All GPT Countries
The 47 countries included in the 2023 Global Philanthropy Tracker contributed USD 70 billion in cross-border philanthropic outflows, 22% of which came from European countries.
Top Recipient Regions of European Cross-Border Philanthropy
Among the 27 European countries with data on cross-border philanthropy, nine countries also included data on the recipient regions of the philanthropic outflows. The top regional recipient was Europe (7 countries), followed by Africa (6 countries) and the Middle East & North Africa (3 countries). While Europe and Africa were among the top 3 recipient regions at the global level, Asia was more commonly supported than the Middle East & North Africa.